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| 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 ... | |
| Integrating speakers into contemporary decor - can WAF ever be overcome? If you’re working around your OP’s situation where you have furnishings already in your possession like his Colonial and Chinese pieces, that’s a difficult situation to design around without your speakers clashing with your belongings and being ey... | |
| Integrating speakers into contemporary decor - can WAF ever be overcome? I’ve a interior decoration situation similar to kletteri1mann’s. My wife was gracious enough to allow me one room in the house we were designing and building to house my stereo system and a largish flat screen TV. Let your wife have every other ro... | |
| best SACD player Another vote for the Marantz KI Ruby. My only legitimate comparison is to a Marantz 8005, like 8th-note above, that I upgraded from.. The Ruby does a much better job on the high end on my system, clearly delivering content with a clarity and prese... | |
| Best Forum to hear experienced audiophiles exchange thoughts? I like Audiogon especially because of some of the regulars who are knowledgeable, helpful, and offer their expertise to the rest of us graciously. I also appreciate the site moderators who have done a good job clearing out trolls over the past yea... | |
| Taylor Swift Concert Prices What would $8.00 around about 1970 be today corrected for inflation? For that price I got to see Lara Nyro at the Fillmore East for what seemed at the time to be exorbitant New York City prices. I mentioned in a previous post Miles Davis was openi... | |
| Why do almost all women today hate home audio? Are you all saying the fact they are born evil has nothing to do with it? My late wife once gave me a "honey do" list a full 92 items long. Not one of them was to go out and purchase a new stereo component, not even after completing all 92 tasks. ... | |
| VPI noise problem Stringreen your problem seems to be solved, but for anyone else, there’s a VPI youtube video by Matt which addresses this issue, and recommends what lubricant to use on the platter bearing at least. Google "VPI turntable lubrication youtube" and i... |