jnovak
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| What unknown musical artist would you like to share with your fellow audiophiles? Tony Bird, Tony Bird, Tony Bird!Tony was a fixture on the coffeehouse folk scene. He still around though he's battling cancer these days. He was a most unique performer. There aren't many videos of him and only three albums. It's a pity. He wrote ... | |
| Are Pass Labs amps probably the best ever you can buy ? No other company I know of takes care of their customers like Pass Labs. You can call them at any time and discuss your entire system. They will cheerfully talk to you. When it comes to repairing something NOBODY compares to Pass! Their philosophy... | |
| Why do people buy preamps if they can directly connect amp to stereo source/phone/PC/tv? If you have a "mid_fi" system, it's understandable why you don't want or need a preamp. If your system consists of high end gear, this is a no brainer. Presently, I'm using a Pass Labs XP20. It brings out audible details that a CD player direct to... | |
| Better SACD player than Oppo 205 If you could stretch your budget to $2000.00 you might find an Esoteric X03SE. You would NEVER look back. I had one. I paid $1800.00 I sold it thinking that the XO1 HAD to be better. It is considered to be. If I had the XO3SE back, I would keep it... | |
| Best building material for vibration free shelving Actually, granite can be some of the cheapest building material you can get. ALL fabricators have piles of leftover granite for a song. One day when time permits I'll take advantage of those "scrap" piles and try my hand at finishing the edges to ... | |
| How much to spend on phono preamp as little as you can or as much as you have to! | |
| Cover songs that are better than the originals. One of the last songs the late GREAT Stan Rogers recorded was Mary McCaslin's "Going Down the Road". I'd guess that most people aren't familiar with him. Listen to this song. It's amazing. Stan could take a song that I never cared for the first ti... | |
| This is juvenile... Years ago I fell in love with a local singer named LoriSue. I pursued her until she gave in and said "yes". She's treated me like a rock star ever since. And I'm not kidding! Joe | |
| Road trip to demo $10,000 speakers Thank you for the courtesy of replying to everyone's questions and comments. That makes you a gentleman and a great Agoner! Good luck in your quest. Joe | |
| Road trip to demo $10,000 speakers I know you stated that you're not in the market for used speakers. Is there a particular reason for this? If your budget is 10,000 dollars, you could score a GREAT pair of $30,000 speakers. I saw a pair of Monitor Audio speakers a dealer wanted $1... | |
| A song murdered by someone. Sometimes "murdering" a song can be as much about changing it as it is about doing a really bad rendition. In the case of Cohens Hallelujah, you may have seen the video of the little school girl in Ireland (?) who redid it as a Christian song. It ... | |
| Marantz SA-10 arriving Monday! It was a real bummer when Sony decided to stop supporting the big SACD players that they produced in the late 90's. I bought one of them. At the time, I thought it was great that "Sony" got into the fray with high end because certainly, they will ... | |
| What were your humble beginnings on the path to high end audio? This must be the humblest of all posts on this one. There was an ad on the back page of Parade magazine ( you know, basically a sunday paper insert). It was for an ELECTROPHONIC stereo system. Wow! It was crap of coarse but man, I put the headphon... | |
| Help with advice for high end speaker cables for my system! Elizabeth! Kimber 8TC are very nice cables! Snell used them for the Type A Reference as a proprietary harness. It would be difficult to get more bang for the buck. Happy listening. Joe | |
| Anthem or Emotiva If you don't require all the bells and whistles that the latest Anthem offers, consider the Anthem MRX710. I picked one up for $900.00. A steal! It blows everything away that I've tried at least in sound quality. Good luck. Joe |