xiekitchen
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| Hearsay, Rumor, Myth or Fact? Viridian is right on this one: Many Japanese pressings, while sometimes quieter, do not necessarily contain greater detail,"air" or spaciousness. For example, I have (one of my favorite recordings) 3 copies of John Mclaughlin's "Belo Horizonte": o... | |
| What's your worst excuse for an upgrade I needed silver finish on an integrated amp to match everything else...I really didn't need a better amp... | |
| New Keith Jarrett No, a wounded cow blowing a Kazoo. | |
| Is Funkadelic's song "One Nation Under A Groove" Forget all this hype and go pull out the Brecker Brothers and listen to Some Skunk Funk or Funky Sea Funky Dew. Or better yet the live Heavy Metal Be Bop album. | |
| Anyone use a Ringmat on a TT I have used, on my Rega P-9 with Benz Ref silver mc, the stock felt, Audioquest sorbothane mat, and the regular (not anniversary) Ringmat. I have used the Audioquest sorbothane mat for over a decade, but now prefer the Ringmat.The Ringmat is a tad... | |
| Advent 201 tapedeck: Is good for a modern setup? Try a used Nak BX-300. Great deck, can be had for under $300, although sooner or later you must have the "gear-drive" upgrade performed, and these may not be available in the future. | |
| Best Line conditioner under $1000 used Tice Audio Solo High Current, should sell around $350 used. | |
| Sound Insulation- how much can it help? This is why people like myself hated living in apartments and finally moved into a house some years ago... I couldn't stand other people's guitars, sterios, loud tv's, etc. coming thru the walls, floors, ceilings, etc.Once you move into a house, h... | |
| Best Quality Recording On Vynil A similiar sounding piece to DSOM but better recording (I think anyway) is Alan Parson's 1st recording "Tales of Mystery and Imagination - Edgar Allan Poe" pressed by MFSL. The U.S. pressing of Pink Floyd "Animals" sucked as I remember.. the Briti... | |
| Are "Redbook Only " CD players Obsolete? One thing not discussed here: build quality. Higher end Cd players (should) pay much closer attention to electronic components such as caps, resistors, transformers, transistors, circuit board material, wire, etc. They should have substantial hous... | |
| Best speakers circa 77-79' Ditto on the Allisons and DCM Time Windows.Top on my list: Epicurecan't go wrong with Original Advents (earlier than '77) and there are alot of them out there (ebay)Popular at the time: Kef 105 (probably more than $300)OhmJBL L-110 | |
| Your First Hi-Fi Hankering? Pioneer HPM 100's? Nah, it was JBL-100's for me.. I remember being 15 or 16 yrs. old in the "back" room of MACE Electronics in 1976 or so hearing Supertramp "Lady" from "Crisis, What Crisis" screaming out of a pair of L-100's at what must have bee... | |
| Guitar Solos Hey Dawgfish: Ditto on the Steve Howe solo on Yes "Relayer", but on the piece "Sound Chaser".. loved this as a teenager and it still ranks in my mind now, 25 yrs. later. | |
| Your First Hi-Fi Hankering? In the mid 70's I was about 15 yrs. old, I loved those Marantz receivers with the script type and purple-blue lights.. I remember hearing the big JBL L-200's about that time.. so powerful they were scary. | |
| Turntable, Vinyl help................please I'm a Rega fan, but I was under the impression the Music Hall's were similiar or close to the Rega P-2 ?? Is this not true?Yeah, if you are going to get back into vinly you really need a vacuum cleaning machine... you could look for the most inexp... |