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| Your First Concert was..... The Iguanas, a local band from Ann Arbor, Mi. This was at a sock hop at Ann Arbor Pioneer HS, probably circa 1965. I was all of 12 years of age, helping lug around equipment for the band as my sister's boyfriend was the bass player. The lead singe... | |
| Are bad rooms keeping the hobby alive? Absolutely correct! I've improved my system's sound greatly with proper speaker placement and room treatments, much greater improvement than many of the equipment changes I've made. | |
| Merlin VSM and SETs? Pabul, I can't compare the Joule amps directly to the Carissa as I didn't use the Joules in my system. I can say I prefer the Carissa in my setup to the Joules in the systems I've heard, I suspect my fully treated room had much to do with this. I ... | |
| Merlin VSM and SETs? I use the Art Audio Carissa Signatures with the Merlins, this is a higher current iteration of the Carissa, plenty of oomph for the Merlins! Marco points out the advantages of SET's well. The sonic presentation is totally holographic, palpable, I ... | |
| What to replace DQ-10s with? Opalchip's recommendation of Alon V's is good. I went from DQ 10's to Alon II's, the Alons are a dipole design, right in line with the Dahlquist. By the way, I still have my DQ10s stored away, never letting them go. | |
| What are your favorite music genres? Saw your post for the radio show, right up my alley. My tastes are very similar, I would add sunshine pop from the 70's as one of my guilty pleasures. I usually listen to WCBN (University of Michigan student station), some of my recent favorites: ... | |
| ISO Information re: Alon Model IV MKII speakers I previously owned Model II, MkII's and Lotus SE's, I did hear the IV's and V's quite extensively. The Model 2 is pretty similar, used the same midrange speaker and tweeter. My biggest problem with the Alons was trying to get a continuous, coheren... | |
| Proceed CDD Transport Poetcatullus, I cannot answer your exact question as I have no experience with the Sonic Frontiers or Stello units. I have used a Proceed CDD in my system since 2005 with wonderful results. My inspections show it to be a very well constructed tran... | |
| Merlin Upgrade Experience This is a copy of an email I recently sent to Bobby in regard to my Merlin VSM-MM.Hi Bobby,Yeah, I recieved the lead free jumpers, the 230amp batteries and lead free power cord for Superbam, but I incurred a back injury shortly after recieving ite... | |
| RECOMMEDATIONS FOR AC RECEPTACLE I've used the Power Ports, various Furutechs, various Wattgates and all the Oyaides. The Oyaide R1s outperform all the others in my system, greater transparency and detail without any edge or stridency, there is simply no downside in my system. In... | |
| Lee Hazlewood Some of his work with Nancy Sinatra is really 'out there,' I've heard it called psychedelic country, whatever, I like! His music has been on my wish lists for years, his death will make purchasing a top priority. | |
| Anybody tube rolled 845's? I'm surprised no one has mentioned the TJ Fullmusic 845's. Beautiful sounding in my Art Audio Carissa Signature. I had the KR's previously, a certain unrelenting and analytical presentation in my setup. I also had issues with reliability as one fa... | |
| System psychology, or just psyched out? Audio_obsessed_novic, have you thought that perhaps you are predisposed to preferring your system to the mega buck systems just because it is so cheap. Perhaps, the pride of owning something so cheap that out performs mega buck systems has altered... | |
| System psychology, or just psyched out? Folks, what we have here is a 1st degree Wizard, anyone who has the ability to delude themselves a $1500 system sounds better than 100k systems certainly is in posession of great magic. This goes way beyond psychology, I only wish I had the same c... | |
| joy killing refridgerator Oh yeah, this has been an ongoing problem for me as well since my listening room opens into the kitchen. I previously did the turn off routine, that ended when I forgot to turn back on too many times. I usually turn down the thermostats so the fri... |