loomisjohnson
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| Favorite poorly-recorded albums interesting you should mention todd rundgren--i was listening recently to "an elpee worth of productions", which is a best-of his outside productions and was struck by how crummy much of it sounded--compressed, flat and congested. on the other han... | |
| Thanks R.E.M. maxnewid just listed the bands that turned me from casual listener to obsessive collector. for my money, those early 80s guitar bands (along with husker du, replacements, church etc.) were the high water mark. the windbreakers and rain parade in p... | |
| B&W in best buy from what i've read, best buy is trying to salavage its magnolia investment, which has foundered, by taking it further upscale in terms of both products and shopping experience. their earlier iterations of the concept flopped because of the econom... | |
| Can pandora be improved? assuming you're listening off your computer, you can an add an external dac which will bypass the generally inferior soundcard in your computer and improve sound. there are innumerable threads as to which dac to choose for your budget. | |
| Do Von Schweikert VR1 sound as good as Harbeth P3? agree with rrog--the vr1s are a great, virtually full range speaker for rock. no sub necessary | |
| If your whole system costs $40,000.... respectfully, since price is an imperfect indicator of quality, i agree it's kinda silly to choose a component on the basis of a formula, as opposed to what sounds/looks/feels best to you. there are credible people who maintain that a | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? 1. procol harum--exotic birds and fruit. post-trower; generally ignored, but actually quite excellent--less arty, more concise than their earlier stuff. "the idol" and "new lamps for old" are among the best songs they ever recorded.2. thin white r... | |
| Ideal hsu (which i believe also designs or makes outlaw's subs)makes a great product and would be my pick. i also like deftech supercube and the martin logan dynamo, which you can find in your price range. | |
| Best steak to eat while listening to your rig? as a dedicated carnivore from the epicenter of beef, i'll opine that costco has the best quality (and usually best priced) meat. even their lower-end cuts (skirt, round, etc.) are great; i think it's better than the much pricier whole foods and hi... | |
| S/Pdif vs. Toslink grimace, i foolishly thought the v-link was a dac, not just a usb to spdif converter. i'm sure you've made a substantial upgrade--enjoy. | |
| S/Pdif vs. Toslink i've never been able to hear a huge sonic difference between the two, so i always prefer coax because it's a tighter physical connection--optical cables occiasionally dislodge.btw, why did you get the v-link nasmuch as your cdp has a very good ext... | |
| Art Blakey, king of the drums. i recently heard johnny griffin "blowin session" w/ blakey and coltrance and i was thinking it had the best drumming i've ever heard anywhere--i've never heard anyone who drives a piece like he does. | |
| reliable changer mechanism needed remo, if you're up for dropping the $$$ the rotel and the arcam mcd (which i recently sold) are probably the best changers extant---to my ears they sound about as good as their makers' well-regarded single disc players. the older rotel 955 is also... | |
| reliable changer mechanism needed i've had the same experience with my many denon changers--they sound good but build quality is extremely shoddy. i'd recommend integra--quiet, reliable and extremely cheap on ebay. | |
| Are the CD'S days numbered? vinyl may be growing a bit, but it's still a tiny segment of the market--2.8m total units sold in 2010 vs. 325m cds. downloads will outsell cds for the first time in 2011. most telling stat, however, is that total 2010 music sales (downloads, cds,... |