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| New formats, same old story? Perhaps a Sony 777 or 333 SACD unit with a Bel Canto DAC-1, or the like, is a reasonable way to go. Venture into the new format..while improving the standard format. | |
| New formats, same old story? Boy,,,Sugarbrie hit it on the head. It is a numbers game, and we've all seen the number of former "high-end" stores that have sold their souls to home theater in order to survive. Remembering the Beta vs. VHS thing..it was never a question of whic... | |
| Magnepans,tweeters on inside or outside? Lshreve, thanks. I have had the 1.6, 3.6 and 20's and havegone to that site...but find it harder to sort through allthe trails of info. AudiogoN does a nice job of making theinfo much more accessable. But you're right, I have foundout valuable inf... | |
| Best Rainy Day music Rec....agreed, after the Chet Baker, the next two on werePure Desmond, and Pokadots and Moonbeams...excellent! But, of course, rainy days means the blues to some and a cozyinside day to others. | |
| Best Rainy Day music Well,..today we have rain, most of last night and all day so far,...and I've been playing Chet Baker.. | |
| Who is the sexiest female vocalist? I have been into the high-end...esp. with Jazz and female vocals since 1969. Believe it's best to share several and, hopefully, you will have a chance to try some...and form your own likes.1. Helen Merrill..esp. "You'd be so nice to come home to"2... | |
| Good In-Wall Speakers? Call Scott at Audio Odyssey in Iowa City....an Audiophilethat does in-wall/home-theater right. | |
| Best Rainy Day music Almost anything by Dinah Washington. | |
| Multiple Copies Of LP s Same Title Oh yes,...there are many of us out there. Sometimes thereis reason behind this... There are sound quality differencesbetween different pressings from different countries...or"Audiophile(or is that pile)" pressings. Also, I have hadearlier pressing... | |
| "more forgiving speakers" It seems there is a growing awareness that live (the absolute sound?) and high-end home hi-fi...is very different. There is crowd noise, seating location...the building your in...and many other variables that make the live performance sometimes le... | |
| BEST AC CORD UNDER 1000? All wire, all metal, can act as an antenna to RF...all antenna are metal arranged in a manner to receive a bandwidth that the designer had in mind. In that same vein,wire can be designed in a manner to reject/cancel unwantedfrequencies. The less R... | |
| BEST AC CORD UNDER 1000? There are many posts on this subject in the past,that would be good for anyone with interest to look at. Much ofwhat power cords...and line treatment units...and the power supplies of components are trying to do is supply a component with clean an... | |
| Krell KAV-300iL Anyone own or heard Thanks for your response Lev335. I have had many high-endcomponents in the past...but have had to down-size. I amusing Magnepan 1.6 and will likely pair a Classe integratedwith them.....have had this in the past and enjoyed it. Ilisten mainly to J... | |
| Men/Women/Audiophiles J.C. Penny once said that there were three cardinal rules for a successful business,1. Simplify2. Simplify3. SimplifyIn high-end audio...much of the same is true....but in themale vs. female....this has not always proved to be the case. Odd that m... | |
| BEST AC CORD UNDER 1000? It's like trying to explain to someone how the same gas withthe same octane can cause different results in a Porschevs. a Yugo.... Perhaps as one builder/craftsman can builda great house out of the same raw materials...and anothercan produce somet... |