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| Help me spend $100,000 on a new system tunefuldude, no where else I can think of. macg19, will do. maxwave, my heirs will have to worry about thar eventuality. I plan on using the room ’til I drop. Thanks for the many equipment recommendations. I’ll look into all of them. garrettc, ... | |
| Help me spend $100,000 on a new system jallan, I think I might have missed answering your post. That’s an excellent suggestion to visit Command Performance in Falls Church to listen to the Gryphon Diablo on Magico A3s. I will do it on my next trip up that way. My new house will definit... | |
| Help me spend $100,000 on a new system ronres, it’s hard to state conceptually what I’d like to accomplish. What I can do is listen to some of the higher priced equipment some of you are suggesting and then figure out how and why it is sounding better or not. then figure out if the imp... | |
| Help me spend $100,000 on a new system mapman, I fortunately know how to build, having built my current 3000 square foot home myself, and should be able to buy a house that will either suit any equipment I might demo and really like, or can be modified to do so. That’s kind of backward... | |
| Help me spend $100,000 on a new system ddgtt, thanks for your equipment suggestions. I will look into each. Do you really think the current VPI Classic 2 turntable will cut the mustard in a hundred thousand dollar system? When I was asking advice about getting my current Kleos Lyra car... | |
| Help me spend $100,000 on a new system yysantabarbara- thank you for your suggestions. I’ll look up each of them. Inna, nice to hear from you again. I’m not sure what I plan to do yet. But I would like to listen to a system at a show or dealer showroom that would add up to approximate... | |
| Help me spend $100,000 on a new system laoman, will do. Thanks. mapman, spending money just because I can may not be the wisest way to go, but letting it sit in a bank account might be even less wise. At this point I’m just exploring options for best utilizing that possibly available ... | |
| Help me spend $100,000 on a new system Thank you for your suggestion immatthewj. Is the Cary brand still available new? I forgot to mention I’m going to purchase new, not used equipment. grisleybutter, , sorry if the title sounded obnoxious to you. I was thinking it was a fun fantasy ... | |
| List some of your favorite live Jazz recordings ChuckT, Benny Goodman’s Carnegie Hall 1938 live album was pretty good too if I recall. Haven’t heard it in years though. Miles Davis Quintet's Live in Europe 1967 has its' moments too. That one has Wayne Shorter on tenor. | |
| List some of your favorite live Jazz recordings Jeff Beck’s "Live at Ronnie Scott’s" is more on the Fusion end of Jazz with some R&R and R&B thrown in. It’s a fabulous testament to his ability to play guitar, especially with a great band featuring Tal Wilkenfeld on bass and Vinnie Colai... | |
| List some of your favorite live Jazz recordings Thelonius Monk/John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall Coltrane at Newport Any of the Pablo recorded Coltrane European tour recordings, Afro Blue Impressions, mentioned above, is my favorite of those John McLaughlin’s Mahavishnu Orchestra’s "Between Not... | |
| Shout out to the Moderator(s) What might constitute a bot thread that might appear here? An example might me nice for us less computer literate folk. And why we are on the subject of complimenting Audiogon's administrative folk, compliments on your substantially cutting down o... | |
| What's the point of reviewing? I found when shopping for speakers a while back the then newish Magico A3’s had many glowing reviews from professional reviewers. On the other hand there were significantly more criticisms on audio forums, including here, from members who had list... | |
| What's the point of reviewing? 8th-note, the one thing you’re more likely to get from Audiogon and other sites forum members is honesty about the shortcomings of various products. Site members will often point out shortcomings of a product that many professional reviewers are l... | |
| What's the point of reviewing? If you like quality stereo equipment, reviews are a good way to help separate the wheat from the chaff if you’re a consumer, and not an expert. You can look at product reviews online, comments by readers on Audiogon and other forums, and "best of ... |