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| HDTV Widescreen recommendations, please Thanks for the postings to this point, everyone...I've always LOVED Loewes (I even learned to pronounce it "Loo-vah"), but the TV I'm looking for right now would be a step between my regular old television and a true, top-flight Loewe. It would be... | |
| Is a deal a deal? I had a guy make me an offer on a pair of interconnects. I accepted the offer. Legally, acceptance+offer=deal. Period. The next morning, I get an e-mail from him. "What color is the phrase 'MIT' on the jacket of the cable?" I had an immediate sink... | |
| Monster Cable Kicks Butt? Audionut--Of course I've upgraded my components in the last 12 years! I would never have spent any serious money on cables when that money could have gone to better gear! The whole point of my first posting was the concept of proportion--keeping y... | |
| Monster Cable Kicks Butt? I am now a wise old man of 27, but back in the day, I was a Monster-only kid of about 15. Of course, I also had a Bose Lifestyle system at the exact same time. That's right...I had Bose and Monster, simultaneously, at the heart of my system. If an... | |
| music, colors and psychic abilities "The existing situation is not of your liking." Well, DUH! That's because I have little Pro Ac Tablettes instead of piano black Revel Salons with aluminum sides. Boy, this Colorgenics thing sure is good at figuring out the obvious! (Seriously, tho... | |
| Anyone ever sold off their dream system and why? OK, I have to admit, it wasn't quite my "dream" system, but it was pretty good. I had a Theta Data Basic II transport, an MSB Gold Link III DAC, a KS-2020 dig. cable, an Adcom GFP-750 preamp, and Kimber Select 1030's all the way around, with Kimbe... | |
| Radiohead read on I'd have to say OK Computer is their best album, as well as the second-best album of the 1990's (Never Mind). I suppose we could start a whole new thread on that, huh? 10Best rock albums of the 1990's... | |
| Radiohead read on They have a truly incredible ability to explore different musical genres, some of which they actually invented themselves! In the history of all rock music, Radiohead should go down as one of the all-time greats as far as creativity, insight, emot... | |
| what speakers do the best "disappearing act"?? In the right room, Quad 988/989 can really disappear beautifully. That's what I love about them. You may want to take a look at this month's Stereophile in support of this claim. | |
| Audio stores going out of business? Regrettably, I had to live in Cleveland for a few years. Anyway, there were a few high-end audio stores there that closed over the course of about 18 months. One of them "re-opened" as a Home Theater store. The new store had inferior equipment, an... | |
| Stated as Can you believe that no one has bid on this definitive system yet? Maybe I'll click on "watch this item" link and try to win with a vulture bid at the last second. Won't you guys be jealous then? | |
| Talon Audio Peregrine vs Sonus Faber Amati Homage Do you mean the new Peregrine X? Or are you referring to the "original" Peregrine model. I ask because my (admittedly) second-hand understanding is that the Peregrine X is really an excellent speaker for the price, and would probably break the dea... | |
| Why can't more high end make an all purpose DVD player?? I have heard a great deal about Mark Levinson, for example, working on a high-end universal player. My suspiciion is that they want to make sure it's worthy of the Mark Levinson marque before they release it into the marketplace, whereas Apex does... | |
| B K Reference 30 Audio/Video Preamp I really think you should give the Integra product line a chance. They sound great, cost between 3-4 grand (not too bad, all things considered), and can be eternally upgraded through software downloads, which I think is a huge advantage. I know In... | |
| Who R U? I'm 27, and I've been in school for 9 years (M.A., political science, J.D.). When I got out, I was supposed to have a reasonably lucrative job lined up. Right after I signed a lease in DC (for $1100 a month, fairly modest by Washington standards),... |