loomisjohnson
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| I need advice on a good value for speakers the automatic assumption that everything's cheaper online is fallacious--in the auto business, for example, there's all sorts of data that shows that something like 75% of the time you get a better deal from your local dealer than by shopping on t... | |
| First foray into separate 2-channel amp, 200wpc mtrot, the above posters are all giving you good advice. to pile it on, your speakers are 91db@8ohm, which is pretty sensitive; i don't know why you'd need a monster 200w amp to drive 'em and you're much better served by focusing on quality than q... | |
| Name 3 under appreciated pop/rock drummers bobby elliott, hollies--supposedly all the other 60s brit bands sent their drummers to study him. listen to the classic hollies records--he's one swingin' catmitch mitchell, jimi hendrix--really wild, with real jazz chops; a perfect match for jimi... | |
| Review: Yamaha A S-2000 Amplifier very good review. elitists scoff at yammy gear (much like a porche driver wouldn't consider a honda), but they've been doing audio for a long time and have limitless resources for r&d--when they choose to trot out statement products the result... | |
| Make Internet Radio Sound "Better"? marcorber, i can't see where anyone told you to buy a stello 3--one member (not the one that you're apparently screaming at) merely mentioned he was using one to listen to 192kbps stations. in any event, if you're transporter doesn't have a usb ou... | |
| Live Performances Gone Awry when i was living in sf in the early 90s, we drove three hours to some resort in the mountains to see the ex-byrd gene clark, who was opening for leon russell. we got there in time for the second show; the people who were leaving told us that clar... | |
| Big upgrade thank you, captain | |
| Ear Buds? Any good recommendations under $100? because i (or the kids) lose or destroy everything portable, i've stopped buying expensive earphones, watches, eyeglasses, etc. ergo, after cycling through shure, denon, etc. i got some skullcandy titan ($20 on amazon), and i tell ya, they're damn... | |
| Has anyone heard of guitarist Blind Gary? rev. gary davis more-or-less invented ragtime folk blues guitar; jorma kaukonen (hot tuna)basically cloned his style and covered a bunch of his songs, including the incredible "keep your lamps trimmed and burning". | |
| Best CD I've heard so far 2011......... worth hearing:1. richard buckner--our blood. he's moved completely away from his alt-country to a brooding, trancelike nick drake-y thing. great late night listening and a very original voice.2. smith westerns--dye it blonde. very young buzz band ... | |
| Help using integrated as power amp by this connection, your arcam will be functioning solely as a power amp--all the volume, tone, etc. will be controlled by your nad. keep the volume on the arcam turned up full. | |
| Help using integrated as power amp to answer your actual question, connect an rca cable from the front preouts on the rear of your nad receiver to the "pwr in" sockets on the rear of your arcam, then press the "pre/pwr" switch on the rear of your arcam (to make it fuction as a powe... | |
| Muse TDA1793 DAC dusty, i hope i didn't steer you into a lemon...i don't know the chinese sellers from adam, but from my experience these hk and china-based ebay electronic sellers are fanatical about positive feedback and customer service--they're really working ... | |
| Muse TDA1793 DAC i own the same unit and posted a favorable review on this site--haven't had a noise problem with mine. i'm sure timlub is right and you can address your issue by switching out the opamp, but it is a $50 dac, so i wonder if it's worth the hassle. w... | |
| Favorite poorly-recorded albums it may be useful to distinguish between really incompetent recordings and technically proficient recordings which may sound bad. for example, i don't like much of mitchell froom's or daniel lanois's stuff--too slick or too stylized--although they ... |