suretyguy
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| Best Patricia Barber's CD? To Czbbcl: The Chicago night club is The Green Mill, where Companion was recorded. The club is on the north side, at Lawrence Avenue (4800 North, if you know Chicago) near one of the El lines close to Lake Michigan. It's been there a long time, ac... | |
| Top Ten Speakers of All Time? Here are my choices, in no particular order and chosen for the impact and importance of the speaker in its time,not necessarily because it would stand up against the competition today-although several do indeed still sound remarkably good:1) Quad ... | |
| Help - amplifier matching problems I agree that it is highly unethical for Jtinn NOT to disclose his business interest in certain products. It is one thing for him to steer potential buyers within his store, where his biases are obvious, but another matter altogether when it is don... | |
| The best CD player new or used for under 500 Given the 24/96 requirement specified in Dave43's, how about one of the Pioneer DVD players? Even brand new there are several current models that sell for well under $500 and there are slightly older ones from the Elite series that are extremely w... | |
| Bryston or Classe I've often wondered over the years why there always seems to be so much Classe equipment in the used market, but beyond that observation can make no other comment, since the only piece I've ever owned was their Model 3B (I think that's it, but it'... | |
| Reynaud vs. Spendor vs. Harbeth vs. Linn I'm not familiar with the Reynauds and have never cottoned to any of the Linns I've heard over the years, but I don't think you can go wrong with either the Harbeths or Spendors. Another one to consider is the atc scm 7, which has a much superior ... | |
| What speaker to replace ESL 63? I heartily second the motion on the Harbeth Compact 7, which, although not easy to find-you may have to purchase from the Canadian distributor-is worth the effort. And it will keep you at the lower end of the price range you mention. In its object... | |
| What is your vote for best bookshelf speaker ? How about the following:atc SCM 7-an incredibly accurate, shoe box size speaker w with astounding bass given its dimensionsTriangle Titus-Can't believe no one mentioned this bargain (less than $500)Harbeth Compact 7-Another extremely accurate spea... | |
| Audiogon "RECORDINGS TO DIE FOR" list I'm at my office, not at home where the music is, therefore my list will be somewhat short on exact titles, etc., but I think I can still provide enough information to be useful. I've been beaten to the punch on a lot of titles already mentioned b... | |
| Best Smooth Jazz Concert ever..in LA I'm with Chas. This is more aptly called "snooze" music. With so many other conduits to this good cause available, I'll pass. Don't live anywhere near LA anyway, but it still annoys me that these "musicians" make a [relative] bundle from doing som... | |
| Why aren't these on the "recommended list?" Unlike Doug28450 I've never taken the time for such an in depth analysis, but, as a long time Stereophile subscriber, began to develop a sense several years ago (prior to the sale) that the magazine was full of inconsistencies and outright hypocri... | |
| Least Losses: Long speaker cable vs. Long Interconnect? Based on recent experience I'm convinced that something almost no one seems to address, except perhaps indirectly through mention of specific cable types, is the question of wire gauge. For a more detailed description of my experience, you can che... | |
| any experience using bettercables? What I'm about to write may be regarded as total heresy by almost any audiophile who knows anything at all about the conventional wisdom of speaker cable usage, but here is my recent experience anyway. I too am faced with the necessity for a longe... | |
| ATC speakers, anyone heard of them? The comments are generally on the money with one exception: To suggest that the top end is even a little polite makes me wonder if the writer listened to the same speaker I did-or alternatively, to ask what other equipment was involved and/or whic... |