coltrane1
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| Can it hurt a 5.1amp only using left & right chnls Yes, but of course those unused channels have "hurt" feelings cause they've been neglected. Where's the love for those wasted rears?All kiddin' aside, the HK I owned for a bit ran warm too. Perhaps it's the nature of the amps inside, but as long a... | |
| AV Receiver good enough for high end audio? There are two receivers I've owned that I deem "good enuf" to operate as a stand alone audio system. While I only used them in my HT, had I the desire, or half a brain that didn't have to have more expensive gear, both of those receivers would ser... | |
| Best TT and cartridge combo used under $1500? My BAT pre has a built in phono input. MC cartridges are no problem, for the Benz Wood SH I sold was a high output MC cartridge. Are the Gyro SE and the VPI HW-19mkIV both about the same vintage? I'm leaning more towards something newer. I came cl... | |
| Single driver point source speakers vs. the world? Perhaps I'm not hearing the weaknesses other than a lack of full bass production because A) I listen namely to acoustic jazz, which these excel at...Vocals, woodwinds, brass, and strings all sound as natural as I've heard them and B) I've come fro... | |
| Two-channel is inferior to multi-channel, no? "The obvious reason, I am thinking, it is that two channels are less representative of infinity (live music) than 3, 5 or 7, etc."7 channels of louder volume doesn't equate to better volume. I believe so often in this hobby one equates different a... | |
| SACD vs. Vinyl Not one person thus far has compared the outstanding dynamics experienced on vinyl to what's heard on SACD. So is there anyone out there whose familiar with vinyl and it's fabulous dynamics that can make a comparison to what they're experiencing o... | |
| B&K-ish suggestions for main system? Having owned more expensive gear for the past decade I've got nothing but praise for the B&K Ref series. I owned the Ref 200.2 and 200.3 for a brief few weeks, and they were definitely up to speed to other amps I owned which were 3 times the p... | |
| Thoughts on the Super Abby? Dean and Gopher I've just recently acquired a pair of Abby's. Having owned electrostats for some 15 years I'm really enjoying the Abby's natural presentation on acoustic music, namely jazz.Gopher are you suggesting the Zu Superfly's provide as nat... | |
| Best buys you've ever acquired on AG Well Jeff, I guess it fits that a "ton of patience" is required to save a ton of money. | |
| Best things 'in life' Six days spent on the Black Sea coast near Crimea Ukraine. It's a place and time of my life that I regularly enjoy only if in memory, so in a sense it became a part of me. | |
| How many 'listen outside of the box' design? Jedinite24 you're most welcome. As they say, 'STAT ON! | |
| Best buys you've ever acquired on AG Jrinkerptdnet, the subject title in case you may have missed it was "best buys" not best stolen deal! You go man! | |
| Any vets among the Audiophiles here? Yes, some of us lived a spoiled existance during their time in, but hey you must admit though having to leave Hawaii and all its worldly charms (at least in '73) behind and being sent to a rock that small was a prison sentence for some. I used to ... | |
| Album which you have listened to most? Miles Davis' Kind of Blue. Nat Adderley's Old Folks | |
| Any vets among the Audiophiles here? January '74 the USS Ponchatoula A0-148, home ported out of Pearl, and its crew enters drydock for a 6 month restoration in Guam.We're not too jazzed about being on Guam, an island 26 miles long and 8 miles wide located in the deepest waters of the... |