loomisjohnson
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| Anyone tried out Vincent Audio Intergrated? I've auditioned their hybrid 150w integrated (I assume we're talking about the same model--cost around $1200) and it was exceptional, as was their cd player. Very warm, tube-like sound and lots of low-end grunt. | |
| Amp for AAD 2001s 86 dB ; Do I need more power? I had the Platinum Audi0 Solos, which were also designed by Phil Jones and had similar sensitivity and specs. They were power hungry as hell and needed at least 130w/ch of good amplification-even my high quality 105w B&K AVR fell short. | |
| Bedroom system for my 10 year old son the older (90s era) integra integrateds or a garden variety rotel would be a good match for the nhts and make for a nice system for your son | |
| Miss my Dunlavy Speakers, Were to go... i also had some dunlavy i (av model), which i stupidly and impulsively sold. my hangup at the time was the absence of any low end, although i recognized that the dunlavys image and detail like nothing else on earth. i've tried various well-regarde... | |
| 1 piece of audio gear I really regret selling is.. two pieces come to mind--first is my b&k avr-202, which had fantastic build quality, sounded great and had the best learning remote i've ever used. i "upgraded" to a more heavily featured denon, which sounds like shit in comparison.the second ... | |
| What budget integrated for 2-channel A/V gear? the onkyo a955 IS THE CURRENT RAVE--EASILY available for 400 | |
| Music player recommendations? among the many mp3 players i've owned (ipod, creative zen, sandisk e280, samsung t-9, rio), i can't honestly discern substantial differences in sound quality, at least with compressed mp3 files--all of them served their purpose. of the above, my s... | |
| Wilco/ Nels Cline: news & free album preview i agree that wilco is more innovative and bigger-sounding with nels cline; however i don't think it's it in the band to produce the giant, important statement they're obviously striving for. in my (wholly unsolicited) opinion, at core jeff tweedy ... | |
| Moby Grape '69 jaybo--i've noticed we have similar tastes--have you heard anything recently i might have missed?what was really unique about moby grape was that all five members wrote at such a high level--very few bands have as many as three strong songwriters ... | |
| Wilco/ Nels Cline: news & free album preview t6hanks for the headsup on nels' new release--among the greatest guitarists in the known universe. i dunno what he's doing with wilco, which has always seemed somwehat overpraised to me, but i guess the guy has to eat... | |
| Bookshelf Speakers with “Big” sound? the two that come to mind are the von schweikert vr1 (easily available used for around $500) and the acoustic energy line (ae1, 2 etc.). both of these have tremendous slam for their size and none of the boxiness or narrow soundstage you might expe... | |
| 2 channel Preamp brain? i fully concur with stanwal and jgicalgo--you're much better off using an audio-only preamp and running your marantz dvd directly to your tv than going through another stage of video processing through a preamp. the only reason i could see to run ... | |
| Adcom vs Carver adcom's a safe bet. the carver unit got some very good reviews, although i personally avoid carver equipment manufactured after 1994, when bob carver left the comapny--there seems to have been a decline in build quality. | |
| Best Used under $300 2 Channel Amp amc makes a perfectly serviceable, bridgeable 2 channel ss amp which is generally available for $200 or so on ebay. i also see a bunch of used b&k st140 in that range. i'd also look at marantz ma monoblocks, which you should also find used wit... | |
| Byrds - untitled Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab gotta disagree with jaybo--the bad byrd albums, like byrdmaniax and farther along--are really, really bad. untiltled is worthwhile for the live disc (i actaully like the 8mh jam), but gene clark was the real motherfucker. |