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| Meadowlark Shearwater vertical orientation. Hey Doug,Nice to hear from you again. As for acoustic panels, check systems belonging to Boa2 and Kehut. They have pics of acoustic panels on dispal. Boa2's panels are inline with what I intend to build as soon as my deck is finished.As for the sl... | |
| Meadowlark Shearwater vertical orientation. I've been weighing my options on room treatment and hope to get to work on it shortly. Currently I'm in the middle of expanding my patio deck. Right after the deck is finished unless my wife comes up with another project. | |
| What haven't you listened to in a long time, but.. It's a Big Bad Beautiful Day. My sister had that album 69 or 70 maybe, haven't heard it since. What a find. | |
| What age did the "audio bug" hit you? While my Dad wasn't an audiophile he did listen to music and was/is a gadget freak. In the late 60s he brought home an Eico integrated tube amp and an old Garrard turntable that my brother and I hooked to a console speaker for one channel and a ho... | |
| smaller speaker suggestions I have owned many speakers over the years but only two have recvd my wife's approval. They are Thiel 1.5s and Meadowlark Audio Kestrel Hot Rods. If you are familiar with these speakers, you will notice they have a similar appearance with the slope... | |
| What haven't you listened to in a long time, but.. Moby Grape, "Wow" and then had to spin their "69" lp. It had been years. | |
| Other Hobbies? Avid tennis player. Play twice a week if my old body allows. Also taught my kids and nephews to play and hope to teach my grandsons soon. Helping coach little league (grandson) until he realizes tennins is the game. | |
| PS Audio Ultralink II- Quick query My understanding is the Ultralink was a non-HDCD 20 bit converter while the Ultralink II is a 20 bit converter with HDCD. | |
| Speaker Wire for a non-anal listener As previously stated, Canare 4s11 is what you are looking for. Flexible, relatively inexpensive, quality made and sounds great. Try it, you'll like it. | |
| Do you remember your first cd? My fist lp was American Woman by The Guess Who. Not sure of the year (68 maybe) but it was a new release. Shortly after that I joined Columbia Record Club and ordered Big Brother and the Holding Company, Doors 1st, Blood Sweat and Tears to name a ... | |
| cd player use as a dac? The Adcom GCD-750 has a digital input so it can be used a a DAC. This may be one of the less expensive cdps with DAC capability. | |
| Mini monitors for vinyl.... If the Vandy's aren't too large for your room they would be great. Since you mention floorstanders such as Vandy's you should also look at a pair of Vienna Acoustic Bachs listed recently. Another great small floorstander is the Meadowlark Audio Ke... | |
| Best Jazz and Rock & Roll HDCD CDs I got Coldplay's Parachutes and also A Rush of Blood to the Head from Japan or Hong Kong, can't remember which, on ebay. I compared Parachutes with non HDCD US version and gave the US version to my sister.The Doors huh? Will look into that. | |
| Best Jazz and Rock & Roll HDCD CDs Great thread!I bought Joni Mitchell, Blue with HDCD to compare to the original cd and the LP. Well my LP is too worn out to be fair but the HDCD beat the original cd without a doubt. This on I believe I could do in a blind test.Some others in clud... | |
| Bose 901 Bought a pair in the early 80s when I was stationed overseas. 901s were THE speaker to own for military overseas. I enjoyed many hours of listening with them. And when the foam rotted Bose replaced the speakers with latest version for nominal fee.... |