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| Whats on your turntable tonight? some fine, fine tunes being played…. I snuck in some hard drive surfing before an upcoming zoom call….duty calls. Man, Steve that is a pile o vinyl ! Bill - Laid Back is perfect ;-) | |
| Does the Vandersteen 1C Hold Up to Modern Standards? oooops, last time i bought a pair they were 1ci at $1,390 a pair, i see now the + model is $1,887. ;-) There are probably Vandy dealers w demo 1Ci looking to get the + model. Johnny Rutan is a great Vandy dealer as Bob has noted ! Made in USA ;-... | |
| Does the Vandersteen 1C Hold Up to Modern Standards? oooops, last time i bought a pair they were 1ci at $1,390 a pair, i see now the + model is $1,887. ;-) There are probably Vandy dealers w demo 1Ci looking to get the + model. Johnny Rutan is a great Vandy dealer as Bob has noted ! Made in USA ;-... | |
| Does the Vandersteen 1C Hold Up to Modern Standards? Pair of Model 1 Ci in there somewhere…along w many other speakers, lest i be tagged a fan boy….ha. https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/7106 | |
| Does the Vandersteen 1C Hold Up to Modern Standards? Still in production since 1977 and highly evolved is the 1Ci + model. They sound great but the low diffraction time and phase accurate design is optimized for a sweet spot. A new pair is a inflation beating $1,400 with Soundanchor stands… remarkab... | |
| How does solo piano help you evaluate audio gear? @dodgealum @perkri , Roxy Yes, strongly agree on Bill Charlap ! My streaming service has lots of Uchida where it is easy to hear the nimble grace and fluidity in her playing… For additional Jazz reference, i would add Jessica Williams - Live at Y... | |
| Affordable vs. ultra expensive speakers - what's the difference? Even great and frugal engineering talent like Jim T have to deal with inflation. The 2.4 cabinet performs poorly against some of its more modern competitors which as they are still in business subject to inflationary pressures. A study on beating ... | |
| About users with hidden agendas i don’t hate him. i will call out a bully and a hypocrite anytime. When i make those same errors, may God grace me with the emotional intelligence to hear that from others. Your tolerance is admirable but your stated abhorrence for hypocrisy rings... | |
| About users with hidden agendas please do explain the tolerance for hypocrisy displayed by the large box of Chinese tweeters….. go back and read his posts… you claim to have taught critical reading ? | |
| Books! or for that matter, Dave Grohl ? | |
| Books! anybody read that David Byrne book yet ? | |
| Opus 3. Reference recordings Strongly agree ! i would especially include the Depth of Image disc, and for the high speed tape freaks, RtR releases. Any of the half track 15 ips tape samplers are excellent . Best in music to all Jim | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Turned on to Dead at Prep school in 1977, it was on in some form in 25% of my dorm rooms at any given minute…. I rebelled feeling it was too mainstream….until i discovered it was on 50% of the time…in the girls dorm…. | |
| Recommendations on small ESL speakers for tiny room Quad ESL, then 63, Stax, or Acoustat 1. Duke has a free idea, try it, but it creates a horn effect on the listening end…only one way to know IF you like that, try it ! jim | |
| Change it or Defend it, where is your stereo at? just need to exchange the GEAR ( things ) focused hedonic treadmill for a MUSIC ( experiences ) hedonic treadmill. Lots of good research on the why of this…. Annie Haslam an i are on a hot music date, gotta go…. |