loomisjohnson
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| Sony playstation 1 i was sceptical about all the ps1 hype, but there actually is something to it--the damn thing does sound weirdly good, almost vinyl-like and free from digital glare. i didn't like using that silly controller, but that's just me. i agree that it do... | |
| Aimee Mann 'Charmer' a fantastic songwriter ("i'm with stupid" is on my all-time best), though she's gotten progressively artier and less interesting of late. also more crotchety--doesn't seem like she'd be a lot of fun on a camping trip. i also look forward to hearin... | |
| Car speakers? look at the focal 165 component fronts and matching rears, which are in your budget (there's a couple of models so make sure they fit the car)--sonix electronics seems to have the best prices. | |
| Compare Paradigm speakers to.... the totl paradigm signature and psb synchrony are equally great speakers. at the lower levels, i also prefer psb's offerings, which tend to be more neutral--the imagine line is almost as good as the synchrony and the image line also very good. amo... | |
| Top 5 Song Writers Of The 80's elvis costello graham parker paul westerberg tommy keene john hiatt richard thompson bob mould and grant hart difford/tilbrook | |
| Monitors or floor speakers for small room? your s1s are really excellent, big sounding little speakers which have all the characteristics you cite (definition, clarity, etc.); they're also very flexible about placement. i'd keep 'em and add a sub--paradigm makes good ones in the same signa... | |
| The color of audio and ambassadorship interesting thread. I read about an eight-year study at Stanford University, where new students do critical listening to music from a variety of sources which includes formats that range from compressed MP3s to much higher quality cds and vinyl. A... | |
| Rethinking my system: Your ideas are appreciated i vote with the upgrade-the-amp folks. your dynaudios (which i really like) are very inefficient at 84db, while your avr is rated at only 75w/ch. like manitunc says, you need more torque--even if you were to upgrade speakers you might find your ro... | |
| French Speakers? i posted a (largely favorable) review of the 806s on these forums a couple of years ago if you care to search for it. i generally agree with phasecorrect that they're not the optimal rock speaker, though i've never found 'em too bright or fatiguin... | |
| any def tech fans? agree with slikric--some good friends had the subless bp towers (bp10?) and they were very engaging in a sit-around-the-fire sort of way--very large soundstage, nice balance, sorta reminded me of ohms. not hyper-detailed or big on imaging, probabl... | |
| Best Place/Way To Sell My CD Collection? per elizabeth, the going rate for mainstream, supertramp type cds is a buck or so, and it's probably not worth the exercise of trying to sell 'em individually. however, for more esoteric & obscure stuff (which i surmise is most of your collect... | |
| RevelF32 in good shape, or RevelF50 in bad shape? a couple guys on ebay are hawking audax drivers as replacements for the f30/32/50, and they look identical to the originals, but it's not positive whether they the exact same. i'd contact revel directly and ask them.fwiw, i agree with the f32 reco... | |
| Best Rock Album in 2012 i know i sound old and jaded, but i gotta agree with the rock-is-dead folks. lots of good electronic and folkie stuff (thanks to richardstacy, dgarretson et.al.for good recs) but nuthin' much in the mainstream. i took a look at amazon's 50 best of... | |
| Don't read you'll be sorry i was intrigued (or bored enough) to google this dhgate, about which i was only vaguely familiar. they're not a seller, rather they're a platform, more-or-less like ebay, for thousands of independent seller. as best as i can ascertain, the platfor... | |
| question about "lower" priced CD players/DACs timo, i actually think you'd get the most audible difference by changing speakers, although again whether "different" equates to "better" is purely a matter of your personal preference. since you like your current maggies, and your player/dac are ... |