frogman
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| David Wilson must be a little annoyed... ****To really enjoy music you don`t have to get caught up in the merry go round chase for the temporary "best" component.Go listen to live musicians and use it as a template to recognize and appreciate natural sound. You`ll be happy and spend far ... | |
| Is it possible to have an accurate speaker Well, if you want an easy answer you can take the many different, and opposing, opinions that you will surely get in response to your question (I like Mapman's, btw) and try to find some kind of concensus or distillation. Or, if you want a truly m... | |
| Fremer lays an Ostrich egg... Excellent! | |
| My amp has no faults ****save for the fact it's not 100% convincing?****Is that not a fault? Please explain. | |
| Fremer lays an Ostrich egg... ****He'll never be able to listen to those amps again without thinking there might actually be something wrong with them. ****And THAT dear fellow audioholics is the basic problem: We listen to equipment, and not the music. | |
| Cheapo TT's for a present I agree with Viridian. I can't speak to the Pioneer, but I bought my son an sl-220 a couple of years ago, and while I can't say it comes close to sounding like my TNT6, it sounds surprisingly good. With a $60 AT cart and $100 Cambridge phono secti... | |
| possibility of refinishing speaker Don't do it! If you have to ask the question you don't have the expertise to do a perfect job; unless, of course, you don't care about that or about resale. My first pair of Stax f-81's had been painted in piano-black by the previous owner, and I ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dgob, thanks for sharing your experiences with the revamped 420. It has been pointed out that the only difference between the 420 and it's "lesser" cousins, the 415/412, is the stylus/cantilever. Are you aware of anything that Axel did as part of ... | |
| Fremer lays an Ostrich egg... What the OP seems to be unaware of is the level of sarcasm and offensive mischaracterizations that he has directed at the reviewer in his tirade:-"MF lays an ostrich egg"-"MF decided ahead of time was going to screw up the sound"-"His reviews of $... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Terrific post, thanks.****In fact, in an age of super-saturated networking, one may even take perverse pleasure in an eccentric hobby in which a service provider remains subbornly uncommunicative for months or years, only to resurface with somethi... | |
| Why are dealers so scared to sell product out of I don't understand the aversion to paying list price when buying new; buying used is a different story. I understand wanting a good deal, but the price of a new item is, well....the price. If the item had a list price 10 or 15% lower that what it ... | |
| Turntable Choices The HW19 will be warmer and fuller sounding than the Oracle which while not the least bit clinical sounding is leaner sounding and less weighty in the bass. The Linn, you already have an idea of how it sounds since your Ariston is actually the tab... | |
| Turntable Choices OK, so how do you like the sound of your system currently? Do you feel it's too warm or too bright? Do you have enough bass or too much? Does your current table (what is it, btw?) sound noticeable more rhythmic than your CD player, or not? It shou... | |
| Turntable Choices You might find this interesting reading:http://www.stereophile.com/turntables/586oracle/index.html | |
| Turntable Choices Interesting list of contenders. Have not heard the Traveler but be aware that the other three have very different sonic signatures (I have owned all three) which make proclamations of which is "better" irrelevant, IMO. If I HAD to rate them, I wou... |