shubertmaniac
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| Cats and audiophiles In our yard, we have a couple of tree rats, I mean, squirrels. One in particular, we call Fatso, he teases the crap out of the cats. He runs up to the windows and pawsand taps them as hard as he can, then stands on his hind legs and sort of grimac... | |
| Best solid state pre-amp below US $ 10.000,00 ?? There has to be a match with the speakers, amp, and source. One man's trash is another man's treasure. So exactly what do you want to purchase this preamp to go along with???? What kind of sound do you want? what kind of music do you listen to??? ... | |
| Who makes quality sealed box speakers? Very few. But if you want a very good used one The Avalon Radian and Radian HC are your ticket. In fact I prefer my Radian model to the older Eidolon model ( which is a modified port design), particularly the integration of the bass to the midrang... | |
| Amps/Preamps for Avalon Ascendant Vinnyd: I heard the Avalon Ascendants with ARC tubes and Spectral solid state: Spectral all the way, and it was not even close. I am not saying other electronics wouldn't work but for the money solid state for Avalon. I have tried my ARC tube elec... | |
| The problem with the music There is no problem with the music. It is what it is. I would rather listen to an attenuated, very low dynamic range CD of Furtwangler's 1944 recording of Beethoven's 5th Symphony than the best recording of some third rate rock group. Of course a ... | |
| Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive? I just ordered a BMW 325i with the Sport, Premium and Cold Weather package with leather and zenons. The audio system is ok with the HK upgrade but not like the Lexus with the Mark Levinson, however the Lexus put me to sleep. My wife, on the other ... | |
| The question "The Acoustat Delema" As an owner of Acoustat 2+2s for over twenty years, I still find myself asking that question. But I pretty much go with solid state because I no longer have the patience with tube amps that I did in my youth. If you can find a lightly used Spectra... | |
| Music for the spirit and the soul Yes. The one that is sonically the best of the lot is David Zinman conducting the London Sinfonietta. Whether it is the best interpretation, I am not sure, but the sound isexcellent. | |
| Music for the spirit and the soul Gorecki's Third Symphony is spine tingling. In fact it hit the pop charts in England a few years back and sold over a million copies. | |
| What's your latest "Discovery" Volebeats:Country Favorites (subtitled Detroit, Michigan). A great sounding alt.country cd with fine vocals and guitar work. Runs the gamut from hard honky tonk to grunge country to pop rock to bluesy stuff. For once a cd without at least 6 songs ... | |
| Your favourite recordings that everyone else hates Albert: You and I are about the only members of Audiogon that like Hank. However, the world still likes him enough that he still sells worldwide between 100,000 and 200,000recordings a year. That is not bad considering he has been dead for over 50... | |
| Tift Merritt Get home and lo and behold TAS does a review: 4 stars for music and 2 stars for sonics for Tift's latest recording. The sonics part is about right but 4 stars for the performance: if that is true then any retreaded Hank is 100 stars. In the same i... | |
| Tift Merritt Wildoats: Nothing that grabs you by the throat and says this is great stuff. What can you about someone that who is not poor, not an alcoholic, does not or did not have an abusive relationship either way, And is educated. Not enough Hank, not enou... | |
| Tift Merritt The alt.country magazine that I picked up that recommended Tift was "No Depression". I also purchased her second CD, it is not nearly as good a recording and the sonics seem atad less palpable than the Bramble Rose recording. | |
| Avalon: are new models quite better than older ? Luke: I am an owner of both electrostats(Acoustat 2+2s) and the Avalon Radian (not HC) with both tubes and solid state. I would state that the bass definition of the two are actually quite comparable but the quantity of bass is higher in the Radia... |