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| stereo review magazine Ah yes, Stereo Review — motto: “There’s nothing about our advertiser’s product we don’t like!” | |
| Versatile, non-fatiguing speakers for a small room under $1500 used or new: advice needed! I auditioned a number of speaker systems through my upper-tier C-J pre-amp, C-J amp, and Lampizator DAC tubed system and I keep coming back to the almost-crossoverless design of the Gallo Reference 3.1 (which is now discontinued). You can get a s... | |
| 12 ft pair of thick speakers cables?? Can they be cut downt to a 6 ft pair?? I read on Mapleshade Audio list of audio tweaks that speaker cables should be 10 feet or longer. The 10 foot plus cable supposedly sounds way better than cable less than 10 feet. You can go to the Mapleshade audio website for more information. | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report The Fountain Head -- "Voices of Reason"Comsat Angels -- "Chasing Shadows" | |
| Soundtracks that you listen all the way through and it's all great. To add suggestions not already listed:Run Lola RunTo Live and Die in LAGrand CanyonSome Kind of WonderfulTwin Peaks | |
| Subwoofer hunt A big +1 to Hifiman5 comment. | |
| Albums you can listen too all the way through and it's all good Comsat Angels - Chasing ShadowsAlan Parsons Project - I Robot; Turn of a Friendly Card; Eye in the SkyPropaganda - 1234Run Lola Run - movie soundtrackAmbrosia - Somewhere I Never Travelled Ultravox - LamentAimee Mann - Whatever; Last of the DodosT... | |
| Obscure bands The Fountainhead from Ireland, with two near-perfect songs "Someone Like You" and "Angel". | |
| Obscure bands And also need to add the following as groups who had major hits but have body of work that can be considered obscure to many (quotes from AllMusic):- The Church (considered a one-hit wonder in the US ("Under the Milky Way") that nevertheless recor... | |
| Obscure bands More entries for the list (quotes are from All Music); please forgive where not truly obscure but more like forgotten or under-recognized):- Frozen Ghost ("every track is rock-solid and probably gone forever, further adding to the mystique of one ... | |
| Obscure bands The Ravens were another great Baltimore band that had a local hit ("Raised on Radio") whose debut (and only) album should have hit platinum. Also the UK Comsat Angels were reviewers favorite but never found real commercial success. | |
| Help! My system is very bright it hurts my ear Many times tube systems invert the signal. Try swapping the speaker hook up by changing the positive to negative on both speakers to correct the polarity to an even number. See if that helps the sound. | |
| TUBE AMP LOVERS - What SS amp makes you smile??? Been a long-term conrad-johnson fan, wanted to try SS amps to see if time to move in that direction to see if I can get the mid-range of a tube with the low-end control of a SS. Got many different amps, to include the c-j MF-2250 that was reviewe... | |
| Conrad Johnson CAV 50 I would also see if you can swing a pair of used KEF LS50 monitors that have a pretty good low end for monitors (is Stereophile Recommended Component Class A rated in a category that has many $5K+ speaker listed). Can get for as low as $999 used ... |