loomisjohnson
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| 70's Receiver and/or Integrated Amp recommendations for 70s stuff i'm partial to pioneer (sa9100, sa9800) and kenwood (krxx00, kaxx00). if you dip into the early 80s, i think tandberg (2055, 2075) and luxman (rx series) were more refined and sounded a little better, with particulaqrly good tuners a... | |
| Anyone streaming at 320kbps? If so... i use 320kb spotify after auditioning tidal--tidal sounds better, though the difference was not so huge as to trascend spotify's superior library, interface, etc. + lower price. in my home systems i'm streaming from my phone through a chromecast ... | |
| What Do You Think Of This? from long experience i agree with the take-your-lumps-and-move-on advice. if in fact your buyer is an unreasonable schmuck, he'll remain so notwithstanding your fretting and fuming about the injustice of it all, and all you'll do is get more agita... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? i literally haven't listened to climax blues band in 30+ years, but was tweaked by the above to give 'em a listen--a few of their songs (rich man, couldn't get it right) are still insinuated in my brain, which i suppose is the sign of good music. | |
| What's your thought on that good deal--enjoy | |
| What's your thought on that if your tablet does wifi, get a google chromecast audio, which sounds significantly better than bluetooth, esp. if you use an external dac | |
| CD Player used as transport i was surprised to find much more audible difference between different transports than between different (mid-tier dacs). i will leave to the experts whether it's due to different circuitry, jitter or other technicalia, but the differences can be ... | |
| Nad M3 non repairable i've always called 'em Not Again, Damnit--their reputation for unreliability and bafflingly unresponsive customer service is richly deserved. Virtually every time I pick up a NAD piece it misfunctions, usually in some small but hugely annoying way... | |
| Most overrated bands roberjerman, i don't wholly disagree about the stones. although they still could crank out the odd great song thru the early 80s, some girls was their last essential album, and even some girls did not match their beggars banquet/sticky fingers/exi... | |
| Need some Amp help - a little new to properly powering speakers i agree with the foregoing sentiments (which makes me re-think why i'm posting...). more watts, as opposed to higher-quality watts, won't really help. your yamaha seems like a good match for your speakers; you seem to enjoy it and i'd be inclined ... | |
| Best Jazz pianist today, vijay iyer | |
| 1980s Nakamichi Separates Advice needed if you look at ebay sales, the pa7 and ca7 still command lofty prices ($800-1000 each)--those pass designs have a lot of fans. you can get quite a bit of potentially less problematic, more modern gear for that, which would be my inclination as well. | |
| Killing Joke anyone??? a logical progression from kj are the comsat angels, whose first three classic records (miracle, sleep no more, fiction) are for some mysterious reason not widely available--more melodic and not as frenetic as kj, but equally angsty--think of a jo... | |
| Killing Joke anyone??? in a parallel universe hi-end audio stores would use killing joke or fugazi for test cds instead of the inevitable diana krall or patricia barber | |
| Best Budget CD/SACD Player? imo, the best values are in pre-bluray universal dvd players such as sony es, integra (8.3/10.5) pioneer elite (79/59)--you can find 'em for as little as a hundo and they're very serviceable as transports, esp. since you're getting a dac |