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| Broke and still not happy What's up with "High end is who you are"? Yeah I read "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" once.BTW not all Cardas power cords are good; I bought one that was terrible with my power amp -- the hexlink I think. The Cardas Golden power cord w... | |
| what's your favorite album cover? Great Thread! Santana Lotus has got to take the cake IMHO.King Crimson "Lizard" "Wake of Posideon"Also Moody Blues "Seventh Sojourn" How about all of the very artistic graphic designs of the ECM jazz label during the 70's? very avante garde modern... | |
| Broke and still not happy Get rid of the active preamp and get a passive. Experiment with cables, try some Cardas Golden Cross and Cardas Golden power cords. Amps like Mark Levinson would make it worse..Try out an amp like Rogue 88 or Air Tight...I myself have walked into ... | |
| Red Rose : quality drain? Does the United States actually make anything these days? What are some high end audio companies that still make everything here in the U.S.?Do European audio companies have the same strategy -- pacific rim or 3rd world manufacturing? just curious. | |
| Spindle oil I had a Rega P3 for 17 years and never lubricated it with anything and never had a problem or never became aware of something different; I have had my P9 for 2 or so years, how do you know they need re-lubrication? | |
| vintage bargains that are Fun to hear and look at? How about a 1970's Marantz receiver and a pair of original large Advents? or JBL L65 Jubals? | |
| Best of the vintage Marantz integrateds? Ditto on the 2230.. gotta love that mellow midrange control! Understand however that it is common (so I hear) for usually one channel to "blow" with age on these. Mine did.. I have yet to repair it. | |
| Keith Jarrett Recomendations Arbor Zena, no "humming" on this one. | |
| Jazz CD suggestions for evening ambience I have just the thing.. and at 7-8 bucks per disk not too bad. See the Concord jazz catalog with their jazz moods compilation disk listings..for example, "Jazz Moods - Brazilian Romance", "Jazz Moods - Jazz at Week's End", "Jazz at Night's End", "... | |
| soundstage I have a bunch of speakers, I'd have to say you're not going to get a whole lot of spacial revelation with a big horn loaded speaker anyway.. I don't with mine. Plus I have to be listening absolutely on-axis down the throats of the horns for the b... | |
| Distance from the speakers to the seating position Depends on speaker.. some larger speakers must be heard far enough away for drivers to blend properly. I have to sit perhaps 15 feet away from my JBL L-200's. With my Chario Academy 1's I can sit only 6' away and the sound seems to be best even th... | |
| Live infectious funk jams....quality recordings Brecker Brothers: Heavy Metal Be-Bop. Maybe not really Funk per say, but about as hot as they come. | |
| Musical Family Trees... King Crimson I think had the most extensive tree | |
| Which is better Nautilus VS Classic Records "CSN" I have some other Classic Records pressings (Stephen Stills Manassas, David Crosby If only I could remember my name) and the Nautilus pressing of CSN's 1st album, I have not compared but would bet the Nautilus is better. There is something very sw... | |
| best non guitar rock solo Keith Emerson's piano solo and synthesizer "steel pan" solo on Karn Evil 9 part TWO. Rick Wakeman's organ solo about 2/3 into Close to the Edge |