loomisjohnson
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| Difference between Energy 22, and Reference 22? there were a number of different 22 speakers--according to energy's website, the original pro 22s date from 1982 and evolved into the connoiseur 22 and then the (late 80's) 22 reference connossieur. there was also a 22.1, 22.2, etc. to my knowledg... | |
| Best bourbon? i read with some interest about the furor that erupted after makers mark announced they were planning to dilute their bourbon in order to meet demand. brilliant strategy which suggests their management has been oversampling their product. i now no... | |
| Buying Fewer CD's & LP's Because of Pandora? per rhanson, rockadanny, et. al., pandora did lure me into buying a disc for an artist i wanted to hear more of. since discovering mog, however, i have the ability to play full albums at near-cd quality, and i've gone from being a profligate cd bu... | |
| MSS HiFi delusional, yes, but ya gotta give the guy some style points........ | |
| Should I Use an AVR for 2-Channel Home Theater drubin, you've cited some valid reasons for using an avr; some others might include ability to biamp or availability of features like an fm tuner, xm or internet connectivity. the main selling point is value--because of rapid technological enhance... | |
| DAC question the issue is whether the external dac is better than the internal dac in your cdp. your cdp utilizes a 192kHz/24-bit Wolfson 8741s dac, which is the same as arcam utilizes in its $2500 totl cdp. you wouldn't expect that you'd hear alot of improvem... | |
| Adcom GFA 555 versus Rotel RMB 1095for stereo very well said. frogman. we need a moratorium on these rude and singularly unhelpful respoonses. courtesy only takes a second. | |
| Upgrade under $1000. Aragon or? aragon and acurus are owned by the same company and to my knowledge their amps share the same architecture, so i'm not sure you'd hear much difference. in any event your amp/pre are very good and certainly on a par with what you'll find in their p... | |
| Hello - Need Help Please peachtree nova (around $500 used) would fit your needs and will likely have a better quality dac than the amps you're considering. you might also look at a dac with volume control + seperate power amp. the emotiva xda2 is well regarded and they ha... | |
| Pssst . . . . best New Album Perhaps of the Decade MOGed it. Not as bad as RL claims, but it does sounds alot like Coldplay, which is never a good thing. | |
| any one give the Polk Lsi25 a good listen? I'm also surprised by the Polk hatefest on this thread--on previous threads their avid fans have leaped to their defense. Personally, I think Polk's finest work was in the 80s--the SDA, RTA and even the low-cost Monitor series were really good in ... | |
| Help with Acoustat Model 1 + 1 klinerm, i'm surprised that tubes would have enough juice--what specifically are you running your acoustats with? | |
| Upgrade Proceed PDP & PRE to AVP i recently sold my avp s, which i used exclusively for two channel; it was a nice piece but i preferred my more transparent parasound and older hk preamps in my setup. i've never done a direct comparison between the avp s and the pdp/pre, though i... | |
| The profiteers have struck Squeezebox Touch $750 although some greed-crazed dorks were listing the sbt on ebay for as much as $1850(!), actual sales ranged from $320 (used) to $450 (new), which seems relatively sane. it's a free market, i know, but it offends me nonetheless when sellers egregiou... | |
| Cream: Disraeli Gears Documentary donjr, thanks for the reference. as you said, it was cool to see clapton et. al. break down the songs and to learn, among other things, that "tales of brave ulysses" was lifted from "summer in the city" by the lovin spoonful. my take on cream, how... |