tomcy6
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| Give Satanic Majesties A Chance I agree. I haven't listened to it in a while, but I love psychedelic music. I just put up Keith's quote because I thought it was relevant. | |
| Give Satanic Majesties A Chance Here’s what Keith Richards thinks of Satanic Majesties and Sgt. Pepper:"No, I understand—the Beatles sounded great when they were the Beatles. But there’s not a lot of roots in that music. I think they got carried away. Why not? If you’re the Beat... | |
| Music Server vs PC confused I have not compared the two, but the usual argument for a purpose-built server is that a PC is running all kinds of functions you don’t need and is a very electronically noisy environment. All this noise pollutes your music signal resulting in low... | |
| Any Yep Roc Records Fans ? I don't follow everything the label does, but I do like a couple of recent releases, The Third Mind and The Steep Canyon Rangers - North Carolina Songbook. Both are excellent. | |
| Streaming jw, How is your adventure in streaming going? Everything working OK? Satisfied with the sound quality? Selection of music available adequate? | |
| 192 khz/24 bit Albums on Qobuz Kenny Burrell - Midnight Blue | |
| has anyone experienc Luna Dialogue amp ?ed a Rogue RP-1 with Prima There are many people using a tube pre and ss amp. I'd just start a thread about which amp people are using with their Vandersteens. You'll get some suggestions. | |
| 6922 Amperex PQ White label... D or O-getter? Holland or Hicksville? There’s nothing wrong about talking about the sound of tubes, it’s something we enjoy doing, just as long as everyone knows that their results may vary. There are some posters on Audiogon who insist that there is no difference in sound between tub... | |
| has anyone experienc Luna Dialogue amp ?ed a Rogue RP-1 with Prima I'm not familiar with your Vandersteens but based on these measurements:https://www.stereophile.com/content/vandersteen-2ce-signature-loudspeaker-measurementsIf you're interested in bass I'd recommend a solid state amp. | |
| 6922 Amperex PQ White label... D or O-getter? Holland or Hicksville? I think the Heerlen, Holland tubes are generally thought of as being the midrange champs and the D getters as being a little more laid back or richer. The small O getters are a little more lively.Of course when you try these in your system you ma... | |
| For efficient speakers, how much difference does an amp really make? Amps do sound different. The difference can be subtle or huge. Sometimes subtle differences can be worth the upgrade too. I would not recommend an older Adcom. I just don’t think they’re a very good amp.I don’t know your amps or speakers, but I wo... | |
| Ellis Marsalis dead from corona virus Sorry to hear that. He was a great pianist. | |
| Digital Only Preamps - What's out there now? You have to buy the speakers and amps (inside the speakers) with it, but Gayle Sanders' new Eikon Audio Image 1 Integrated Speaker System has an Eikontrol box that has 4 pairs of analog inputs and 3 digital inputs. It converts all inputs into di... | |
| Liking MQA Good to hear you're enjoying your music. That's the objective. Keep enjoying it is my advice. I'm sure there's a lot more MQA versions that you will find. | |
| Cassettes still rock! Thanks uberwaltz and mofi,It looks like the American Recorder Tape Head Cleaner is the place to start. The Rubber Renue sounds like heavy duty stuff.I have a lot of cassettes that I recorded back before cds from vinyl for use in the car. It was al... |