larsman
Responses from larsman
| Break-in time Most of the speakers I've bought new have required weeks if not months to sound like they're supposed to, but they get there in the end. Many headphones require 150 hours or so of break-in time, as do tubes.... | |
| Technics 1200G vs VPI Forever Model One I've had a 1200G for the past 4 or 5 years now and am very happy with, though I am not enamored with its appearance (mine's in silver) and I do wish it looked more like a Pure Fidelity 'table. | |
| The Sacred Ritual of Vinyl: A Return to Mindful Listening Well said! The main reason I like vinyl is the 12" square cover and back art and liner notes. I've got excellent analog gear and I enjoy the sound too, but if vinyl records were the size of CD's and there were 12" CD's, like the old laserdiscs, my... | |
| Ever heard Rockpile? @jaybe - I also think that most of their songs have a very similar sound, at least in a live setting; more variety on studio records. But I really like that sound a lot and love the songs that they write (or cover) in that genre. | |
| Ever heard Rockpile? @bigboypete - 'Pure Pop For Now People' was originally released in England as 'Jesus of Cool', but they didn't think that would go down well in the US. I don't know if that's also out of print or not. | |
| Ever heard Rockpile? I'm a huge Rockpile fan and have seen them a number of times; got some great photos of them when they opened for Elvis Costello at Winterland in SF. Also recently been in contact with a fellow in England who puts out music under the name of 'Rocke... | |
| Upcoming Trip I see that just today, Focal released a new version of the Bathys, the Bathys MG; it costs $1300.... | |
| Oh no, say it ain't so. @oldrooney + 1 | |
| Opinions on McIntosh MHA200? @tony1954 - From what I've seen on another thread, Bose just recently pulled the McIntosh line from Magnolia stores.... | |
| AUDIOGON and REVERB No Protection @riaa_award_collectors_on_facebook + 1 - from what I've seen, PayPal usually has an option to pay via your credit card, and that's what I do.... | |
| Chevy Silverado Truck Spanish Ads on Audiogon I've never seen that.... | |
| Ø Audio anyone? @alexbpm + 1 - I also guess that this speaker company doesn't care too much about their English-speaking potential customers, as we don't have that letter on our keyboards and can't even look up the company's website. Sure, I could find some combi... | |
| Ø Audio anyone? Consistently giving great reviews to inferior products will get them 'done' long before 'biting the hand that feeds them'. That 'unsubscribe' button would get heavy use. | |
| Opinions on McIntosh MHA200? From what I understand, it's a very good headphone amp; I'd check out online and YouTube reviews and see if there's any kind of general consensus. Also check out forums on head-fi.com as there is almost no headphone action on Audiogon forums. That... | |
| Headphones for sound control A dedicated headphone amp should generally sound better than the headphone socket on another kind of component. I'm sure Ayer does tell you that the Ayer headphone driver is very good, and for what it is, it probably is. But if it's not a headpho... |