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| Fusion - Any Recommendations? Many good titles/artists already listed. Try these too:Miles Davis"Tribute to Jack Johnson"several cuts off of "Live Evil"Dixie Dregs"Night of the Living Dregs""What if"and othersFrank Zappasome cuts off of "Live at the Roxy and Elsewhere" "One Si... | |
| What am I missing using a 20 year old CD player?? Here's my point. I have no idea how good the Sonographe player is in question, or after 19 years if it is still operating up to spec. I do know that there have been clear improvements in clocks, filters and DACs used in CDPs since 1988 that all ha... | |
| A hard look at the effect of cables Wouldn't multiamplification come with many attendant challenges, including more (but shorter) wires, signal loss and coloring by two or three amplifiers instead of one, signal level matching across several separate frequency bands complicated by p... | |
| A hard look at the effect of cables From my very novice perspective, the way I look at this series of articles is that:1) speaker and amp matching for peak performance is difficult at best, and in the home audio world where design standards are loose, a hit or miss affair2) speaker ... | |
| What am I missing using a 20 year old CD player?? I would take your old CD player into a (several) store(s) and AB it with newer models, or if possible, ask to demo new models in your home with your own system. There have been a lot of improvements in DAC and filtering technology over the last tw... | |
| Speaker recommendations for NAD OK, birds have nothing to do with it. I meant "fouling". | |
| Speaker recommendations for NAD First, whatever speakers you choose, isolate them from the wooden cabinet with Bluetack or some other material/method. I would also isolate your amp and especially your source from the cabinet to keep vibrations from the speakers from fowling the ... | |
| Best driving music. Billy Cobham - Spectrum | |
| Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive? "1: What do you drive (daily & weekends)?"daily - Metro Busweekends - 1991 BMW 318i with lots of dents - if I can get it away from my teenage daughter..."2: What might you be driving in the future?"Flexcar"3: What would you drive if $$$ was no... | |
| Returning to HiFi with twin toddlers need help I would check out Wharfedale Diamond 9.1 for fronts. They are great sounding speakers for the money (about $350), and then use their Diamond 9.0's for surrounds (about $250). You could get a Wharfedale center channel later on, plus a good sub (sav... | |
| Replacing Thiel 2.2's, Need Monitor Suggestions Given your taste in music, I would strongly suggest the new B&W 685 or any Dynaudio monitor you can afford new or used. I don't think you will be satisfied with one of the small floor standers mentioned except perhaps the Quad 22L (~$1300 new)... | |
| Your 5 Fav Rock Concerts Return To Forever - 1974, Evergreen State College library (OK, its half-jazz, but it was LOUD and FAST and CLOSE)Fleetwood Mac - 1976, Seattle Center Coliseum (Buckingham and Nicks rock much harder in person than you would have thought)Rolling Sto... | |
| Freak Me Out I am starting to sound like a broken record but - check out "Floratone", 2007 release on Blue Note. Even old people like it! | |
| Replacing Thiel 2.2's, Need Monitor Suggestions Era Design 5, B&W 685 or CM1, Dynaudio Audience 42 or Focus 110 (used), Quad 11L, Epos M12.2, Totem Rainmaker or Arro (very small, very good sounding tower speaker with very high WAF, or in your case GFAF). | |
| christmas music Various Artists - Hawaiian Slack Key Christmas (recording level a bit hot but wonderful twist on the holiday. If you like John Fahey's work, check this out)Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song (noisy recording, but oh that voice)The Morman Tabernacl... |