rockadanny
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| New Soliloquys with spikes and hardwood floors DIY! Get some "fender" washers from any hardware store. These are like regular washers, only with much smaller holes. Get enough of them so when stacked (and glued together with JB Weld) each spike sits in the hole but does not touch the floor. Th... | |
| Mating with the Bryston 3B ST For that amount of dough I'd go for a Mapletree Audio 2A SE. Female vocals and jazz (my favorites as well) sound terrific with this pre: extended, full-bodied, deep; although I've only heard it in my system, which is not Bryston. | |
| BACH Cello Suites - CD only Rcprince - Thanks. BTW: I just saw an EMI of Rostropovich at Border's. | |
| Eggleston Andra 2 owners I do not own the Andras but do own the Fontaines. FWIW, I am extremely pleased with my setup driving the Fontaines: Opera Consonance Reference 2.2 (factory mod'ed) CDP; Mapletree Audio 2A SE Linetage (separate power supply with tube/HEXFRED hybrid... | |
| Tube Amp for Totem Hawks My AVA Fet Valve Ultra 550 performs extremely well with my different but similarly spec'ed speakers (mine are 87 dB; dips to 6 ohms), though they do not have metal tweeter. However, the amp provides such an extremely smooth top end without sacrifi... | |
| Unable to audition used speakers a problem Ozzy62,You strike me as someone who puts little credence in the importance of front end equipment.Incorrectly struck. Perhaps I was not clear in expressing that the front-end equipment, if properly engineered and built (such as my relatively inexp... | |
| Unable to audition used speakers a problem Timrhu: Good question.Prefer to buy locally as floor-standing speakers are the most susceptible to damage in shipping (size, weight) and can be more difficult to repair if damaged in shipping (assumption), especially if: manufacturer is out of bus... | |
| Unable to audition used speakers a problem Thanks to all. All good points. This gives me a different perspective and is very helpful. Space issues, spouse issues, tire kickers, etc. I agree. | |
| Subwoofer w/ most SPL's For Music Only System I auditioned many subs, but only one of the three you mentioned, Sunfire. I ended up with an ACI Titan - the most musical sub of all of the ones I heard. And it has plenty of power. I have mine turned down so low, at times I wonder why I even got ... | |
| Preamplifier: Yes or NO ? Yes. I have an Opera Audio Consonance Reference 2.2 CD player (volume control) and I greatly prefer a preamp (at least mine - Mapletree Audio 2A SE) in line. It offers a much fuller and more vibrant sound. To confirm that the preamp is not adding ... | |
| First song to "Blow You Away"... Qdrone - Awesome! Had no idea there was a live version. THANKS!! Take a magic carpet ride on me. | |
| Best Male Singers of the 20th Century Mark Murphy - check out his latest, "Once to Every Heart". Over 70 years old!!!! | |
| First song to "Blow You Away"... "The Pusher" (Hoyt Axton) performed live by Steppenwolf at the Olympia in Detroit (1969?), 4th row (my ears are still ringing). It was a mind-boggling awakening to loud, fuzzy, gutteral, blues-rock ... thank God! | |
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| Has anybody else experienced the magic of Karan?? The magic of Karen? Oh yeah! Twice: once in the band room after school, and once in my parents' station wagon at the park after a football game. She really was ... huh? What? Oh, it's Karan? Not Karen? Um, never mind. Sorry ... |