rzado
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| Speakers that will bring me down to me knees crying with joy Hi the_spaniard,What is your price range? Just off the cuff based on the speakers you listed above, the speakers that I find come closest to meeting your stated goal of "emotions emotions emotions" plus "BIG sound which can bring me to my knees I... | |
| Premium distilled water for ultrasonic record cleaner Audiotomb,I also use the KL Audio - I don't have the silencer, but will check out the sale now.In terms of water, you are looking for the highest purity you can obtain. In particular, check out Audio Intelligent, which is purportedly "filtered an... | |
| What used speaker would you buy with $20,000-$35,000 and why? Despite the long post above, there is one other speaker I forgot to mention as a consideration - Evolution Acoustics MM3. | |
| What used speaker would you buy with $20,000-$35,000 and why? Nab2,Great thread idea - I was also shopping in this same ballpark recently. Here are the options that stood out to me in my search, for one reason or another, which fit into your proposed price range (I am not saying I loved all of these speaker... | |
| Avalon Vicweast - I hear you, and the Ayon is still a great choice; I am sure you will enjoy the combo. Let us know how it works out; just watch out for your back when you pick it up - its pretty dang heavy. | |
| Avalon HI Vicweast,I think you have reached the right decision. The Ayon Audio Triton III should be a significant upgrade, and I certainly recommend you demo it if you have the opportunity (although you may need to run in pentode to really drive the Eid... | |
| Servers: Are we there yet? Celtic66 - I cannot echo your comment enough, given audiophile companies' failure to provide mechanisms to facilitate transferring a significant, pre-existing digital music collections to hard drive storage.The closest I have found to provide such... | |
| Amps which are Great, but either Unknown or Underpriced At their used prices, Convergent Audio Technology (CAT) amps are the greatest stone cold bargains in audio - much better even than their preamps. You can pay ~$4-7k for amps that will compete with anything made today, regardless of price. | |
| If you could only own 7 Jazz/blues albums. What would they be? Combining both jazz and blues in a single list? I can't do it; thus, here is a list of 7 of each. While this bears some relation to lists previously posted, in my view, classic blues albums have been conspicuously underrepresented in favor of j... | |
| Servers: Are we there yet? Mattmiller,The assertion that "Any HI END Server, NEEDS to be connected directly to the router via a cat 5" is not correct. You can have a high performance, hi-end server that includes its own drive (blu-ray or otherwise) for directly burning mus... | |
| I am really disappointed with the hip-hop enthusiasts on Audiogon I have held my peace for a while on the hip hop posts instituted by taters, which are both uninspired and clearly denigrating, but have reached the point where I have to respond to bpoletti's comments in view of taters' overall theme. Audiophiles... | |
| I am really disappointed with the hip-hop enthusiasts on Audiogon Generally, I would imagine it is because he is not considered the "grandfather of hip hop," as he did nothing to develop the break beat style that defines hip-hop music (other than provide some samples for hip hop artists to use). Blowfly was not... | |
| Who are the most underground high-end companies The first two that come to mind are Convergent Audio Technology and Spectral - very little advertising, but generally recognized as making fantastic products. If you want to go further off the grid, Wavestream Kinetics (product of Scott Frankland... | |
| How important are speaker cables to the sound emanating from the speakers? dave_b - Many cable designers other than Bruce Brisson have patents on cable design, including: Noel Lee (Monster), William E. Low (Audioquest), David Magnan, Ray Kimber, and George Cardas to name few.Also, Brisson did not "start[] the whole high ... | |
| What do you miss about old school hip hop music and why? My answers are quite similar. First, I miss the diversity of styles, and in particular the concept that hip hop could just be fun and about the music itself. In the 80s and early 90s, there were artists / groups that achieved commercial success ... |