valinar
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| what happened to the Belles website ????? I had the Aria integrated a few months ago. It was good with my Harbeth P3esr 40th Anniversary, but I ended up going with LFD LE MK VI. At the time I talked with Audio Connection and was informed about the forthcoming Aria Signature. It would be... | |
| Who are your three favorite female singers? Nina SimoneSandy Denny Rhiannon GiddensListen to Giddens sing Lost on the River from Lost on the River, The New Basement Tapes. Hauntingly beautiful. | |
| Put that in your pipe(s) and smoke it After I vote Tuesday I am going to take the little round “I voted” sticker they give you at the polling place and stick it on the volume knob of my integrated amp. I heard it is supposed increase transparency. Or was it to increase loudness. These... | |
| Suggestions for some Monitor Audio I had a pair of Bronze 2 once. I also once heard the Gold series bookshelf at a dealer. The Gold is a serious upgrade from the Bronze.I would urge you to follow the advice from b_limo above if you want to stay with Monitor Audio, which by the way ... | |
| Does anyone do off-axis listening as well as Magicos? Years ago I had a pair of Totem Model One Signatures driven by Simaudio i7 integrated. Obviously a smaller system than Magico but imaging, on and off axis, was phenomenal. | |
| You can Vote for Most Valuable Lead Vocals (Rock Groups) James Dewar on Robin Trower’s Bridge if Sighs album. | |
| 1st Album you Ever Owned? Steppenwolf | |
| Rogue Sphinx or Belles Aria??? @b_limo Actually, it was more than a “wee bit more”. It was a LFD LE MK VI U. The Aria was generally more dynamic but the LFD has a more musical sound to my ears. For the money the Aria is an amp that could easily be a years long favorite. I just ... | |
| Rogue Sphinx or Belles Aria??? I just sold an Aria last week via another popular audio equipment sales forum. It is a great unit but after comparing it to another amp for use in a small system I decided I liked the other a wee bit more.I talked to Johnny at Audio Connection and... | |
| Does anyone collect something else other than music. Memories | |
| Little Richard!!! RIP!!! His version of “Rock Island Line” on Folkaways: A Vision Shared, a Tribute to Woody Guthrie is fabulous. A brief article about him and his passing on RollingStone.com is recommended. | |
| Wow an old album that rocked your world Bob Dylan, “Desire”Robin Trower, “Bridge of Sighs” | |
| Religious music for less than devout @schubert Do you have a recommendation for Brahms' German Requiem on cd? | |
| Religious music for less than devout Paul Hillier conducts Arvo Part, choral and instrumental music (3 cd set on the Harmonia Mundi label).Beautiful, simple, unique. | |
| Use of cocktail Mofimadness’ prior post another example of why I cited him as one of my favorite Audiogon posters in the “favorite Audiogon posters” thread. |