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| No Audiophiles in Hollywood Who is Fabio? "I can't believe its not butta?" Remember that commercial, the long haired blonde beefcake with the Austrian(?) accent? If you still don't know he made his bones by modeling as a cover/loverboy on many of those cheap romance novels t... | |
| Jazz Piano? My favorites include Art Tatum who is probably the most technically proficient of any jazz pianist I have ever listened to. Very clean and articulate lines as if he were classically trained. He is a must if you are investigating where to start.I p... | |
| Merlin Owner's... I'm gonna go with Moss Green when I order the MX although I am tempted with the timelessness of piano black, it fits in any decor. Maybe my wife will make the final decision on this matter :) | |
| AMP-Preamp Combo for Vandersteen 2CE's I owned a pair for many years. The best I ever heard them was with ARC tube electronics better to my ears than many of the ss products I heard them matched up with. They are truly superb full range speakers in their price range and above and are w... | |
| What impact second Indra? I recently listened to 2 pair although not the latest greatest with the better connectors. I initially tried with one from the DAC to pre-amp the output from the pre-amp to the input of the BAM module for the Merlin VSM speakers was cabled with St... | |
| JVC XL-Z1050 weight? I'll dig out the manual if you need the exact weight but if memory serves me correctly I believe the unit is 18 lbs. | |
| Anyone using Joule Electr VZN100 MKIII amplifiers? I believe that 100 watts of Joule OTL power would be too much heat and more power than required in a small room although you don't give specific dimensions. I had a Joule VZN-80 in my 16X18 12X9 L-shaped room and it was more than enough power but ... | |
| What other obsessions do you have? I've had a number over the years at various times each were all consuming of my free time and include woodworking, gardening, bicycling, swimming. All I still enjoy but have not nearly the time for but often revisit. The latest in spot #1 is learn... | |
| Most achingly-beautiful music "Gershwin Fantasy" Joshua Bell w/John Williams and the London Symphony on Sony Classical.I just picked this up after hearing on PBS and the whole album is spellbinding. A must have for Gershwin fans. On "Embraceable You" Bell and the Orchestra cha... | |
| High End Myth Glossary. All systems that measure the same MUST sound the same cause measurement devices are more accurate than hearing devices. | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Sorlowski its kind of like this, you are going out on this blind date that your buddy's wife set-up for you and she is supposedly the cat's meow you see and you have this great anticipation as you go to her place to pick her up. She keeps you wait... | |
| Ella Fitzgerald Classic 45 There are few better recorded voices as well. | |
| Are you delighted at your present system? Yes I am, but I was also delighted with my first hi-end system which I owned for 10 years and was quite modest in comparison. What I found to be most important in an audio system from a musical satisfaction perspective is #1 a good room and #2 syn... | |
| Merlin owners,any thoughts....... I second the Audience, a very safe bet and can be found for 600.00 used for a 2-2.5 meter pair. | |
| Candid opinions regarding Kharma Ceramique 2.2 You may want to go back and read that review again. The thing to keep in mind with SOTA resolution (detail) is the critical nature of system matching. Tonal balance is the key never is it too much detail. It is obvious that this is not a plug and ... |