tonykay
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| Headphone or Rig? IMO, it would be headphones. As a Stax owner (009's), I'm probably spoiled. My main system is fine, but I've had to make compromises on speaker placement (like many others, I'm sure). The detail you hear through quality headphones, with tube elec... | |
| Dylan wins Nobel Prize in Literature Dylan music takes up the biggest shelf in my music collection. 50+ years, and still touring (at 75). Overdue, but well deserved. Congratulations! | |
| Favorite guitar players not named...... Jorma Kaukonen, and Gordon Lightfoot. | |
| Your first component that was "special" My first "special component" would have to be Stax Lambda Pro headphones from 25 years ago. I still have them, but I have since upgraded to the Stax 009's. | |
| Viva, no longer a fan John,I get your point that Viva is not servicing products unless they were purchased from authorized Viva dealers. I'm not surprised, as other European manufacturers have done the same. So, it's shameful but not surprising. I read your post a few ... | |
| High Quality Universal Player?? I have used my Oppo 105D for a couple of years now. In addition to the audiophile-quality sound, it loads almost as soon as you insert the disc. I have found that many universal players, particularly Blu-ray players, are notoriously slow (and I me... | |
| Thiel 7.2 or Revel Studios "Revel is junk compared to Thiel."Now, wasn't that a stupid thing to say! | |
| Are there headphones that image in front of you rather than in your head? tbg,While you're at RMAF, listen to the Stax headphones through Blue Hawaii or Woo Audio WES headphone amplifiers. You will be amazed, and I think the question of whether the drivers are in front or on the sides will seem less important. Just my o... | |
| Soundtracks that you listen all the way through and it's all great. The Cat Stevens soundtrack from "Harold and Maude." If only they had made one. Most songs are available on "Greatest Hits," and of course, on the boxed set. I really liked "If You Want To Sing Out...Sing Out." | |
| speaker and interconnects, how nice do I need In any case, buy used cables here or on some other website. Cables are like new cars. Their value drops dramatically once they are used. | |
| What is going on? No-one buys good stuff priced right. minorl,The experience I described in my post doesn't really fit your scenario. The price being asked seemed reasonable, and I was willing to buy. I just wanted to be sure that the piece wasn't damaged in some way as the price seemed very reasonabl... | |
| What is going on? No-one buys good stuff priced right. There is a lot of great equipment available for sale here on Audiogon (as opposed to Cr**g**st), and some of it is expensive, even very expensive, but no one is forced to buy anything. The summer, notwithstanding, there is a button called "Make Of... | |
| How many will listen to tape and vinyl in the next century? I'll still be listening to cassettes on my Nakamichi cassette decks (RX-505, ZX-9) in 2100, as long as Willy Hermann is still around to service them | |
| Are there headphones that image in front of you rather than in your head? One further thought. While headphones don't make you feel that you are in the room during a performance, they do make you feel like you are sitting in the sound engineer's seat during the mix down. And really, how bad is that? | |
| Are there headphones that image in front of you rather than in your head? Headphones will certainly give you the "just me" experience, and they are indispensable for listening late at night without disturbing anyone else. It's hard to say if they can image inside your head to recreate the illusion of a live event formed... |