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| 5 ultimate songs on CDs 2die4. Martin: ignore Sluggo and pass the salt. He apparently thinks his glib and condescending remarks add to the discourse, and that other readers find his remarks amusing. I like the idea behind your thread, and respond after I've taken a bit of time ... | |
| Best of value-based systems Thank you, all, for your comments. I will ignore Sluggo's remarks and expand on the purpose for starting this thread. One editorial after another in the audio press, supported by annual sales figures, indicate that our hobby is not growing - infac... | |
| Best of value-based systems I retract my thread, Sluggo - your succinct and erudite commentary has totally subdued me. Sorry for expecting useful input, but I guess your remarks illustrate my point to stunning effect. Here in the Pacific Northwest, we have a lot of slugs, bu... | |
| Best Subwoofer for music and movies The REL line of subs is very hard to beat for use with both music and movies. I have recently auditioned a number of subs, and particularly liked the REL Q201E (MSRP $1600). I do not like "boomy" subs, nor am I particularly enamored with the subs ... | |
| Who R U? Nice idea to know some of our fellow 'philes from a more personal perspective. I may qualifiy as the "old fart" in the crowd, but here's my background. I am almost 58 y.o., was born and raised in the Washington, DC, area, graduated from the Univ o... | |
| Preamp new/used under $900 You should definitely include the Adcom GFP-750 to your list. It retails for $1250 and can usually be bought on this site for around $800. This preamp is very neutral, and is "Class A" rated by Sterepiles, and has received uniformly excellent revi... | |
| Best DVD Player for $300-$500 I think the best buy on the market right now is Sony's 560 DVD player. I've seen it listed recently for $299. It is the upgraded version of the 550 that I own, which I paid $400 for about 6 months ago. Both the sound and picture quality of the 560... | |
| Best S-Video Cables?? Hi, Sutts. I recently purchased a set of S-Video and a set of component video cables, both made by a small company called "BetterCables.com". The company is fairly new, and the owner actually hand-builds all cables as they are ordered. I was VERY ... | |
| Triangle Speakers...Anybody got opinions Hi, Mailman. You didn't state whether you needed monitors, as opposed to small floor standers, or your budget. If you have around $1000 to spend, one monitor you should consider is the Pyramid MET-7, manufactured by audio guru Richard Sequerra. I ... | |
| Budget phono stage- advice appreciated A second thought I should have included in my previous post. The Black Cube is now being sold in an upgraded version, which I am told has an improved op-amp stage. The Cube I currently own is this later version. Are the other writers on this threa... | |
| Budget phono stage- advice appreciated I own the Black Cube and have been VERY pleased with it. I bought mine used for $450 and think it's a superb buy at that price. I find the comments about "compression" of the audio signal by the Cube interesting, since I have NOT experienced such ... | |
| OFF, Standby, or ON for amplifiers FWIW, I have always left my solid state amps turned on, and just recently had to do the first repair EVER on an amp I have owned for nearly 10 years. I currently have a Bryston 4B-ST, and I leave it on except when I away for extended periods, or w... | |
| All-time best recordings for romance I suppose each person has a slightly different concept of "romance". As a man in his late 50's, my all-time favorite "romance" album, which is also superb music, is Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue". In a bit more recent vein, I also like the recordings... | |
| Tuner Advice. Help a lost soul. NEC made a very fine line of moderately priced tuners in the late 80's and early 90's. I recently sold my NEC T6-E to a fellow in Connecticut who absolutely raved about the quality of radio reception he was getting on New York City stations. If yo... | |
| Recommended BLUES recordings With due respect to El34, Miles Davis's album "Kind of Blue" has no blues on it. It may FEEL bluesy, but blues is actually a vocal form characterized by an "aab" rhyming scheme. The primary form used on this album, which made it unique at the time... |