dodgealum
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| CD Player break in period I will be very interested to hear what others report. I just unboxed my X-03SE and, once my speakers arrive, the listening will begin. I have to say that I find your experience perplexing. I do not dispute that equipment will improve in sound as i... | |
| Natalie Merchant's Tigerlily on LP...any good? Marco:Thanks for the tip--I just bought the Junkies CD. Looks GREAT! BTW, I like the way the track sequence laid out on the Tigerlilly 45RPM set. It just seems to work and makes flipping the sides less bothersome. Having now compared the two (CD a... | |
| Natalie Merchant's Tigerlily on LP...any good? I have it and like it very much. Can't say I've done a direct comparison with the Redbook CD, which I own--just haven't had the inclination. Such a great record--just seems right to have it on vinyl. | |
| Heard my friend's system, thinking of leaving hifi Well, Portugal11, your last post has me thinking about a pair of Daedalus Audio DA-1's for you. Full range--check. Sound like real music--check. High WAF--check. I just sold mine for $3500, which was a very fair price. (I'm taking delivery on a pa... | |
| Your First Concert was..... The Outlaws at the old Paramount Theater in NYC. 1978 I believe. We all went to McCann's near the Garden because no one checked ID (we were 16). My friend fell asleep through the whole show and only woke up for "Green Grass..." | |
| Heard my friend's system, thinking of leaving hifi One of the great things about hearing a truly great system is that (aside from live music) it gives you a reference point at which to aim. The fact that your friend is nearby and good enough to have you over means that as you sample different prod... | |
| Vandersteen 5a vs. B&W 802D vs. Maggie 3.6 vs.? I can't say enough good things about the Harbeth's. I owned a pair of Compact 7's for a long while and loved every minute with them. I also owned a pair of Spendor S-100's a while back--also a very musical sounding speaker. While I've only heard t... | |
| Vandersteen 5a vs. B&W 802D vs. Maggie 3.6 vs.? Not knowing anything about your room and given the three models you mention I would vote for the Vandy 5A's. Given their design features that allow you to tailor the system to the room I could see living with these speakers for the long haul. They... | |
| esoteric ? If you are thinking Esoteric I'd suggest picking up a model with the VRDS (or VRDS-NEO) transport, which is the best out there. You can try to find an X-03 used for about what a new SA-10 will cost. | |
| Best Audiophile Dealer in Greater Portland OR Lou Hinkley of Daedalus Audio is moving his shop down to Portland from north of Seattle in the next several weeks. Lou is a musician who also builds some of the finest acoustic amplification and home audio loudspeakers--period. He also carries a n... | |
| most annoying neighbor? I shared a townhouse in DC with a guy who was a "writer" who "worked" from 2am (after the bars closed) until 5:30 (just before I had to get up for work). We lived directly above him and while he was "working" he played what sounded like a continuo... | |
| Stereophile Article - Holt telling it like it is. A couple? | |
| Stereophile Review of Quatro Wood I think the comparison with the sock version would have been useful since the Quatro underwent some significant reengineering in order to provide a fully wood veneered cabinet. The wood version looks much better and will blend into the room more e... | |
| What started you on the merry go round? Two events come to mind. When I was around 12 years old my father, who had an audiophile friend, asked him to build a system to be housed in a 1950's style piece of furniture. You may know the kind--where the highball glasses, stored individually ... | |
| Best New speaker under $5000 The Sonogram was one of the few truly great sounding, great value speakers that I heard at the Hi End Show. I only listened for 10 minutes or so (not in the market for speakers) but it was clear they were lucid, coherent, tonally and spatially cor... |