hartf36
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| What is a lowball offer? How low is low? My father sold cars for 35 years (Pontiacs from mid-60s to mid-70s was his heyday). I referenced the Blue Book once upon a time while talking to him about cars (which, oddly enough, we seldom talked in any detail about). He said "you can take a Zi... | |
| Looking for great jazz guitar recordings - any recommendations? +3 or 4 for "Friday Night In San Francisco". Best acoustic trio performance I’ve ever seen and/or heard. Youtube video of the concert doesn't do it justice. Haven't seen any other."Chester and Lester" is good stuff. I’m a Grant Green fan, as of ... | |
| Amp for nee LRS Maggies I run my MMGs through a B&K EX-442 Sonata. Dual mono design with balanced inputs, it puts out 350 wpc into 4 ohms. Works wonderfully with my Maggies, and can be had for $400-$500.A very well-respected amp with lots of current. | |
| Moderately priced audio Count me among the lower-budget audiophiles, one who takes great pleasure in continuously tweaking my sub-$5,000 system to get the best out of it for not alot of money, and enjoying my music collection through it. Every small tweak in cables, most... | |
| Tight bass sub recommendations +1 for Rythmik. My FG12 marries very nicely with my MMGs. Highly adjustable, plenty of power. Highly recommended. | |
| Who are some of elite sub woofers? +1 for Rythmik. Exceptional value, highly adjustable, very musical. I love my FG12. With its own adjustability, it integrates seamlessly with my Maggie MMGs through a Parasound P5 preamp. | |
| Best multi-purpose subwoofer +1 for Rythmik. My FG12 is a servo-controlled, paper-coned, 12" sealed sub. Very fast and musical, it marries really well with my Maggie MMGs for music and is all you could ask for in a HT application as well (certainly for my modestly-sized liste... | |
| Best song for immediate impact when presenting or testing? This list gives me a nice cross-section of musical tastes and moods that I typically find myself engaging in and brings out the best in my admittedly mid-fi system:Frank Morgan "Mood Indigo" CDMiles Davis "Freddie The Freeloader" from "Kind Of Blu... | |
| What to do when the preamp you were ripped off on shows up online ? johnmarzy:eBay's "sides with the buyer 100% of the time" cuts both ways, and personally, I find it a crock. Let me relate to you MY personal experience:Several months ago I sold a vintage Akai R2R deck on eBay. As I always do post-ship, I contac... | |
| Bands with great second albums Santana "Abraxas" Steely Dan "Countdown To Ecstasy" Lyle Lovett "Pontiac" | |
| For those of us over 60.. Unquestionably....Santana. | |
| This is juvenile... +1 for Sade. +1 for Norah Jones (been listening to her music a LOT lately). I’ll toss in Lydia Pense circa 1969 for nostalgia’s sake. | |
| Suggestions for an amp I run a Denon AVR-X4000 (a few years old) through a Parasound P5 pre-amp w/HT bypass and B&K EX-442 Sonata amp that puts 350 wpc through my 4 ohm Maggie MMGs. The P5 also has an MM/MC phono stage.Works quite nicely for both my HT and 2.1 chan... | |
| Replacing fuse When I got my my modded Hafler DH-220, they had cryo-treated, ceramic audiophile fuses. I melted them pushing Maggie MMGs at moderate volume playing mostly jazz music. Go figure.I replaced them with standard glass fuses because it's what I had o... | |
| Recommendations for a few high SQ classical CDs No mention of Solti's interpretation of Mahler's 8th on the London label?I am shocked! |