t_bone
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| New or used??? Jhkear, with 5k CDs, it appears as if you have your priorities sorted. Next it is simply (ha!) a matter of choosing your tools. While I applaud Goatwuss for his supporting his friendly local dealer, those of us who use horns don't have to worry to... | |
| New or used??? Jhkear, that clarification will help. You did not mention what music you like and what your listening priorities are and these would help Audiogoners help you. If your like listening to electronica quite loud, and want to have your lungs vibrate a... | |
| New or used??? Jhkear,If budget for everything is $5k (though your post explicitly states speakers only to start with), by all means spread it around. If just speakers, you will get a lot more bang for buck out of used than new.I have bought almost everything us... | |
| Best sounding solution for Ipod Without buying a DAC (I assume from your previous thread that your CD player is up for grabs), the easiest way might be to get a decent 'interconnect' which converts the output to dual RCAs. I think Monster makes one and for some reason 'Stefan Au... | |
| Stereophile Article - Holt telling it like it is. Danlib1, you are obviously a scholar and a gentleman. Otherwise, JGH poses an important issue in front of us. I admire what he did and what he stood for. However, not all of us have to have the same priorities or opinions. I spend my money and pur... | |
| What are the treasures in your vinyl library? My "most treasured list" evolves. Currently, I am being relatively flexible with the term and it is the next five in the stack of stuff I pull out from the larger stack. The front five there are currently...Kenny Dorham - AfroCubanThelonius Monk -... | |
| Angriest Lyric/Vocal Theres one thing I know I'd like to live long enough to savour,Thats when they finally put you in the ground,Ill stand on your grave and tramp the dirt down.from a song ("Tramp the Dirt Down") written by Elvis Costello about Margaret Thatcher. | |
| Bass--How much is too much? Mlsstl, you are giving clues to where you live... I can give hints as to where i grew up - the 5000-odd pipe organ I 'tickled the ivories' (actually, the ebonies) on when I was in high school (I pretended to take lessons, but it was really more of... | |
| Name your favorite sax solo. I like the baritone sax solo in the metro in the movie 'Subway', called 'Song to Xavier'. Think it was played by Alain Guillard. Don't know if it was composed by Eric Serra - the person who scored the movie. | |
| how to get my ipod songs on my mac? I have used the freeware/shareware Senuti with success. | |
| Best bang-for-buck purchase you have made? Home-made corner bass traps. Cost all of $40 for materials for two of them plus about 20mins to put them together. They do an excellent job cleaning up the bass frequencies. This "product" has given me by far the best improvement per dollar spent ... | |
| Best Retailer Youve Done Business With? DynamicAudio in Shinjuku and Harajuku (Tokyo, Japan). Very friendly, reasonably knowledgeable, great used stuff (I got most of my stuff there), not a very hard sell. | |
| It's Hammond B3 Organ Day Interestingly enough, I have been on an absolute binge of Jimmy Smith recently. I got a new iPod (Touch - coolest thing on wheels (when I'm riding the subway in to work in the morning)) and it is chock full o' Jimmy (10 albums). For Hammond B3 liv... | |
| How much does your system retail for? Biomimetic,I could not agree more. My total "retail price" has climbed quite a bit, especially in 2007-adjusted dollar terms, but the vintage stuff is A LOT cheaper than the new stuff and bang for buck is unbeatable. And hell, it sounds pretty goo... | |
| Keith Monks RCM MkII - Help Requested From Owners Rick,I admit to not knowing EXACTLY how it "could be done better quite easily" (because I have not built (or had it built) yet, but I have an inkling of an idea, which I am not ready to share yet. The KMRCM works well, but it is quite 'inelegant' ... |