roberjerman
Responses from roberjerman
| Loudspeakers have we really made that much progress since the 1930s? Correction: "ss amps"! | |
| Loudspeakers have we really made that much progress since the 1930s? I prefer listening to my vintage Altec Bolero, Segovia, Santana 1 and Stonehenge 1 speakers! Lively, dynamic sound even when used with low power tube or as amps! Sadly this company is gone - now just a marketing name for cheap Ch****e junk! | |
| Is this an ugly speaker? TAS cover 10/2017 Speaker design has now reached a new height of ugliness! The Chronosonic reminds me of an ALIEN with jaws open and about to devour a hapless listener!!! Scary! It would give your domestic partner a simultaneous coronary and stroke if you brought i... | |
| Your advice to speakers designers Check out the latest issue of TAS - there on the cover is a real "monster" of a speaker: the new Wilson Chronosonic!!! With its grills off it looks like the ALIEN about to pounce and devour the hapless listener! Jeez, speaker design has reached a ... | |
| KLIPSCH Heritage speakers . I have a pair of vintage Heresy's in unfinished birch. I like the look! High sensitivity and works well with low-power amps - both tube and ss. Very lively sound - but I prefer my TW1A's and original Quads! I live not far from you in Pasco County. | |
| Gryphon and Ypsilon price lists Ditto for high-priced digital gear! | |
| Gryphon and Ypsilon price lists I worked for an audio dealer some years ago. Dealer markup was typically 30%. Today's audio dealers with expensive stock must cater to the 1% - nobody from the middle class can afford these stratospheric prices! Is a $10K amp really 10X better tha... | |
| Why do better MC cartridges cost a fortune? In 1978 The Audio Critic tested and found the Koetsu to be the best sounding mc phono cartridge. But was appalled by its high price - $1000!!! Today I just saw an ad for an Opus 1 mc cartridge - used: $10,000 (list price $15k)!!! I am going to wai... | |
| FED-EX ground and SMART POST..........It travels around the US with no place to go Even the USPS loses packages! Some months back I ordered and paid for a rare 1920's tube radio from a seller in NJ. I received the tracking number and waited two weeks for it to reach me in FL. Nothing! The t.n. showed it still in NJ! I contacted ... | |
| Greatest Composers of All Time Anybody for Erik Satie??? Just trying to add some humor to this thread! | |
| What's your greatest purchase... A pair of one-owner KLH Nines in very good condition for $500! | |
| Greatest Composers of All Time Or G.Mahler: "The Symphony should be the World"!!! Try Symphony No. 9!!! | |
| Greatest Composers of All Time Or I.Stravinsky! Try "Le Sacre Du Printemps"!!! | |
| Greatest Composers of All Time Anybody for Edgar Varese? Have a listen to "Ionization"!!! The estimable F.Zappa was a fan! | |
| Greatest Rock Drummers How about drummer B.J.Wilson of the Brit band Procul Harum? Check out his work on "Shine On Brightly" and "A Salty Dog". |