stuartk
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| Sphere! Huh? Did Garcia's widow manage to have him cloned? | |
| Sonus Faber Electa Amator III vs. the Bowers and Wilkins 805 D4? @ghdprentice Were you already using tube amplification at that point? | |
| Jazz for aficionados @acman3 I didn't mean for my remarks to sound so combative. Sorry about that. Dunno why the thought of a simple sound effect triggered such a strong reaction. | |
| Sonus Faber Electa Amator III vs. the Bowers and Wilkins 805 D4? @ghdprentice I’ve found references to the Electa Amator II being more traditionally voiced than the III. And what I've read is consistent with what you say about the Guarneri Homage. I’m curious -- did you become a S. Faber aficionado before ... | |
| Thumper’s Mother We may wish things were otherwise but it seems to me @audphile1 clearly described the reality of the situation: People are people and will behave the way they choose in that particular moment. You can choose to ignore and move on, respond or j... | |
| Sonus Faber Electa Amator III vs. the Bowers and Wilkins 805 D4? @soix Excellent suggestion | |
| Sonus Faber Electa Amator III vs. the Bowers and Wilkins 805 D4? @soix ...So does S. Faber even make a stand-mount with their older, "traditional" presentation??? One review I recently came across of the E. Amator asserted it had a "smiley face" EQ profile. I subsequently watched a review by that Canadian de... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @acman3 And then there is this I’m an Old Cowhand (youtube.com) I could never stand those corny "hoofbeats". . . too kitschy for my tastes... Fortunately, there’s no shortage of fine Rollins recordings to enjoy! RE: "Coltrane Jazz", "Coltr... | |
| A day in the life of an audiophile Don't count on moving to the country being a solution. . . dirtbikes, chainsaws, weapons fire, are not quiet. | |
| Looking for comparisons between CD transports @cooper52 Stating the obvious in such cases can’t hurt. The most reliable way to determine what you prefer in terms of sonics is to listen for yourself, in your room. There are a number of online vendors that offer home trials /return policies, ... | |
| Would you move to a bigger house if you could just to have a better listening room ? @inna Conversations about slavery in the United States frequently center on the South and the Civil War. Yet the roots of slavery in the New World go much deeper than that—back to the original British colonies, including the northernmost in New... | |
| Quandary I would not do business with any dealer who made me such an "offer". Period. | |
| Jazz for aficionados @jafant "Come Play With Me" is a good one... | |
| AC cords for Hegel H390 that do not color sound? @deep_333 Not sure what you mean by "If you insist" but I will check them out. | |
| Sometimes you just get lucky @elliottbnewcombjr Let's not forget John Lennon's quest for spirituality Ironically, that seemed to have ended with his song titled "God". . . but then, disillusionment is often part of the process. . . God is a Concept by which we measure... |