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| Live From Daryl's House-Shelby Lynne Christmas Special Mofi, great reminder.Guys, you can watch all the episodes free online on the Live at Daryls House website. If you search the archives here you'll find a couple of threads with a number of great episode recommendations including both classic artist... | |
| Tube preamp for under $3000 "BAT is the worst sounding......Dry, unemotional, and very forgettable highs. On the other hand (and I'm speaking of the 6H30 based BAT's) "Funny, that is exactly the opposite of the feedback I've received from many members of my local audio club... | |
| New Forum Format Sucks The previews of posts on the pages listing the threads is very annoying. You should be able to scroll thru thread titles without having previews of posts. The need view takes far more time to scroll and makes it harder to see all the threads. Peop... | |
| If you could have only one Christmas album/CD, which one? It's a tie between A Charlie Brown Christmas and A Christmas Gift To You From Phil Spector. Doesn't everybody wish for a wall of sound in their stocking? Cheers,Spencer | |
| Warm sounding power cord for for CD player to suppress digital glare on vocals. Yup, get more neutral with less glare right at the source and fewer band-aids is the route to success in the long run. Cheers,Spencer | |
| Speaker help under $2,500 Well, the most frequently match with A.R. gear is probably Vandersteen. Used the 3A or 4 both would fit your price range.The Nola Contender used is worthy of consideration, and I believe they were voiced using Audio Research gear which is a favori... | |
| Speaker help under $2,500 Without knowing the amp, or at least the type of tube amp you will get, we can't give you meaningful suggestions. 8w class A SETs won't drive the same speakers as bigger KT150, EL34, etc. The more specific you are about your preferences, the bette... | |
| The War On Drugs Yes, along with Dr. Dog leading a new wave of interesting rock bands emerging from Philly. "Under The Pressure" from their excellent Lost In The Dream album is a monster of a song! Cheers,Spencer | |
| New format, dislike..... @audiogonWell, I guess you either didn’t like the suggestion I shared after testing the beta, or there is a setting somewhere that I don’t know how to change...when viewing recent discussions in last 24 hours, how do I change the view so that I on... | |
| Philly Record Store Day fail Gold Million is okay, but the record store in the Philly area that is tops according to many members of our local audio club is Jupiter Records in Wilmington, DE.Heard good things about Beautiful World Syndicate in South Philly on Passyunk Ave. to... | |
| New Jazz Releases +1 : Avishai Cohen....Dark Knights- really well played trio.Maybe I'm the only one who didn't know but there are two jazz musicians named Avishai Cohen. The one mentioned above is sax player, the other who is better known to some, is a tremendous ... | |
| Soliciting Upgrade Advice Gdhal,Answers to your last post won't get you any closer to answering your original question.You've got basically two approaches. In both cases explain what aspects of sound you are looking to prioritize & build a list from replies of "contend... | |
| We seem to highly regard DEMO over anything else. With some brands that warranty is up to 20 years and is often only for the original purchaser. Cheers,Spencer | |
| Evening Classical Music; listening for relaxation #1 for me is Bach Cello Suites. In digital the Casals Hi-rez is nice, in vinyl I love the much heralded Starker box (3LPs) reissue. Cheers,Spencer | |
| I Tunes to my System "Though if you've downloaded music on to iTunes in lossless format that does change things..." +!If you are talking about lossy iTunes files it's not worth investing much in. In this case a bluetooth receiver with RCA outs would be even simpler an... |