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| What's the oldest piece of gear in your system? The oldest piece of gear in my possession is a pair of Scott "bookshelf" speakers that were purchased by my father in 1967. The "bookshelf" designation was always questionable in my eyes because they are very heavy and have such prodigious low fre... | |
| Piano only... The Art Tatum Solo Masterpiece series from Pablo is absolutely essential. He was arguably the greatest soloist in Jazz history, and these recordings will tell you why this is so. | |
| A brutal review of the Wilson Maxx No agenda...are you kidding?!! I haven't seen pissing in print like this since the great sniping contests between Absolute Sound and Stereophile in days gone by. How Mr. Hardesty can claim to have made impressions of systems (those of Fremer and H... | |
| Best live album you've ever heard? Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane - Live at Carnegie Hall - a highpoint of Western music if there ever was one. | |
| Your Top 5 Sax Players? Wow! Not an easy task...but if I had a gun put to my head this is what I'd say:Of those I've heard live and in no particular order:David Murray, James Carter, Pharoah Saunders, Stan Getz and Sonny RollinsOf those I've heard only on record:Charlie ... | |
| New Buddy Guy - "Blues Singer" If you've been a Buddy Guy fan for a long time you have to be aware that his live and recorded performances have ALWAYS been extremely variable. I saw him regularly for a span of almost 20 years starting in the late 70s and can say with confidence... | |
| Wife Acceptance Factor Jefff1: Very, very funny! | |
| Wife Acceptance Factor My wife and I solved the problem by agreeing to set aside a room for my musical pursuits. That said, I still don't want to antagonize her. If I'm interested in buying something expensive I ask her opinion of it. After all, we share the house as we... | |
| Wilson Sophia I thought it was worth it. The major benefits of the Sophias are that they cost less, and are easier to drive with excellent but less expensive amplification. They sound truly fabulous with gear such as the Naim Nait 5, or the Music Reference RM10... | |
| Vandersteen 1C: suggestion on placement and amp I have worked extensively with 1Bs in a nearly square room of small dimensions, such as yours. The harshness and boominess that you speak of may be the result of corner reinforcement and slap echo that result from how you've set up your system. I ... | |
| Audio Research D125 - help re problem Get a repair authorization from ARC and send it back to them. | |
| Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive? I used to be something of a gearhead when I was a young pup. But, after too many speeding tickets, accidents and exploded engines I retired from the field. At this point the purchase price of my music and playback equipment excedes by at least thr... | |
| Wilson Puppies/5.1 and Amp The Music Reference RM200 is a fully balanced 100 wpc power amplifier with a transistor input stage and tube rectifier and output stages. It is my favorite amplifier with the WP7s, which present a load that is very similar to the WP5.1s. It is a p... | |
| Name three of yours the most favourite drummers Max RoachZakir HussainGiovanni Hidalgo | |
| Spectral and Accuphase Spectral preamps can be used to drive non-Spectral amps. I drove an Audio Research D115 Mk. II for years with a Spectral DMC10-delta. The results were quite satisfactory. Most, but not all of the amplifiers from Spectral require the use of Spectra... |