sugarbrie
Responses from sugarbrie
| Why Doesn't Contemporary Jazz Get Any Respect? What Sdcampbell and others have said about smooth jazz is what I was saying about classical Pops concerts. While it may be played by a symphony orchestra in a symphony concert venue, it is not classical music. The name sais it all, it is pop music... | |
| Belt for Technics turntables www.garage-a-records.com is usually cheaper than the needle doctor for the same stuff. | |
| Can I use Dolby Pro-Logic receiver with DVD player In the DVD setup you can also choose the 2 Channel Dolby for a better signal to the Pro-Logic decoder and more balanced sound. | |
| Why Doesn't Contemporary Jazz Get Any Respect? For the same reason you'll never see the hardcore classical music crowd at a Pops concert.In the end though, to each person it is best to remember what Duke Ellington said; "If it sounds good, it is good." | |
| How many power conditioners do you own and use? I sort of agree with Jeff. Many designers don't recommend power conditioners, however the high quality power supplies and circuits they build into their gear is in many regards a custom power condtioner. They have aready tweeked the power going in... | |
| Stereophile Music Reviews Just a guess: Might be a correlation to how much the record distributor advertises in the magazine. | |
| Equipment priority for powercords I agree with starting with the power conditioner if it has an IEC. Is is where the power starts for all components (the wall) and it therefore will affect the whole system. The CD sourc is a good second choice or amps. You may need to experiment t... | |
| Speakers below 800 Go up to Baltimore (Timonium actually) to Gramophone. They have multiple HT rooms for each price point up the line. And I mean HT rooms. They are set up with sofas, etc just like you would have in your house. They have regular listening rooms also... | |
| Like it or not..... I like the Freudian typo... "My puter is finally up and running again"..... | |
| Advise on VHS/VCR to purchase New or Used?? If you will buy online then go to Pricescan.com and get the best price on the JVC Super VHS machines or any other. | |
| Audible differences between speaker cables? Everyones hearing is different, so maybe the folks who can't tell a difference between cables, just don't have great hearing. | |
| Anybody know where to get CES updates http://www.shows.soundstagelive.com/shows/ces2002/ | |
| How do you all store CDs? I also have the Ikea veneer stuff. Looks a lot better than the metal stands you get at Walmart, etc. | |
| Modified equipment... The only Stan modded unit I have that is probably worth more than a stock unit is my Pioneer DVD player I use in my den/home office system. DVD player makers come out with new models every 6 months, so mine while is only over a year old, is now 2 ... | |
| Modified equipment... Get the mod only if you want it. I have some gear modified by Stan Warren who is very popular on this site. If I ever sell this stuff it will probably only sell well to a person looking for stuff modded by Stan.Manufacturers use components they ca... |