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| speaker choice help below $800 I just got a pair of PSB Image 5T's for a friend who wanted floorstanding speakers for rock and jazz with more bass than a monitor. The PSB's were only $450 used and sound very good in her system and small room. She has a small Cambridge Audio A30... | |
| Help me select an integrated amp. Options please If you're on a budget, try to audition the Unison Research Unico integrated that's been getting so many great reviews. I also recommend the ARC CA-50 (tubed integrated), which I use with ProAc monitors. Your speakers are very efficient so you may ... | |
| Question for Velvet Underground fans The female drummer staring straight ahead was Mo Tucker. she always looked that way. | |
| Linn LP12 Black Felt Mat How do you keep it on ? Hi, yes I too replaced it, after years of believing that nothing should be used instead of it, with the Extreme Phono Donut Mat. Never sticks to the record and TT sounds better! My Linn dealer thinks I have violated all Linn principles and may not... | |
| Question for Velvet Underground fans Zaikes, are you a record reviewer or music critic? You are that well-informed and make that many cool analogies and spin-offs. I wouldn't be surprised to learn that you write/wrote for Rolling Stone (in the older days), NME, or Spin. I love readin... | |
| Early 1970's rock: Name some of your favorites Yeah, great thread! These were my high school and college days, and the era when I bought my first component system. Spinning on that, to me, high end Garrard turntable in the early 70's were:Elton John, Yellow Brick RoadArt Garfunkel, that first ... | |
| What is the best regarded desktop speaker? The Totem Mites, the Paradigm (?) Atoms, and the ProAc Tablette Signatures are all very good sounding little speakers. | |
| Unheralded Sideman Kasper and Walter--yes, it's Kenny Vaughn! Thanks for refreshing my memory. He says absolutely nothing onstage, looks very shy, but just blows everyone away with his well-placed licks. I think he may also play with the super-group (so to speak), L... | |
| MF A3 speaker connectors: What were they thinking? I don't think you are missing anything; this seems to be a popular Brit way of doing speaker terminals! A little Cambridge Audio integrated I used to own has the same damn arrangement. I had to cut off the beautifully made spades from my speaker c... | |
| Unheralded Sideman There's this really dorky-looking guy (big black glasses and ratty longish brown hair in his eyes) who plays KILLER lead guitar for Lucinda Williams, and I think for Buddy and Julie Miller recently too. I just can't remember his name right now. Bu... | |
| need help Unpgrading from CAL Ikon MK II I too have the Cal Icon II (non-HDCD) and have been interested in a cost-effective upgrade. My own research has led me to the new Jolida 100 CDP, but I've never heard one myself yet. I have listened to a few other lower-cost CD players but none ha... | |
| Mark Levinson Gurus: Vintage Three Mile Island I love all the great vintage equipment you're using! Are you the original owner of all these classic pieces, or did you acquire them later, as a collector? I can only imagine how the Tympani's sound, I longed for a pair back in the mid 80's when a... | |
| Where are you? Do you know what your FM is doing? I'm in the Washington DC area and have 4 great FM tuners (Mac MR-67; Magnum MD-102; Meridian 204; and Myryad MT-100). Unfortunately, there are hardly any great stations. I listen to WPFW for jazz and blues, WETA for NPR programs, and occasionally,... | |
| UPS strikes again Make sure your buyer photographs ALL damage, including the outer box, inner packaging, etc. Take tons of photos, preferably digital if possible. After UPS comes back to your buyer's house to pick up the damaged TT for "inspection," they will tell ... | |
| Anyone ever have claims for damage with UPS? Update on my earlier response regarding sad experiences w/FedEx Ground: after their initial denial of my claim on the damaged PSB 5T speaker, I called and spoke with the guy who authored the denial letter and told him I took photos of the damaged ... |