loomisjohnson
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| Need Help Starting from Scratch stephen, please let us know your reactions when you have your gear set up | |
| Need Help Starting from Scratch there are, of course, lots of ways to go, all of which have their virtues. however, if i were starting from scratch within your budget, i'd look to acquire a few high quality "keeper" pieces,as opposed to merely serviceable starter-level stuff; yo... | |
| Brit singers late 80s-90s....roses, mondays, etc.. i don't think of the charlatans/ stone roses/ happy mondays as "vocal pop" groups. they fit more clearly into the "madchester" dancey/psychedlic groove thing--they're more about rhythm and sound than they are about concise pop songs and tight voca... | |
| Universal Player question as you undoubtedly know, sacds also have a redbook cd layer, such that a standard cdp can play (the redbook layer of) the sacd. it sounds like your player is only reading the redbook layer on certain sacds. query whether when it identifies the sac... | |
| NAD T 175 Pre-Amp VS $2K range AV Receiver? there are inevitable compromises on the amp sections of mass market avrs, and separates will typically sound better. you've got two nad amps; i'd get a third and, as you suggest, use 'em with a seprate pre/pro to power your f/r/c. personally, i've... | |
| The Hub: Just how bad is it in high end audio? on a certain level, it's hard to conjure up any sympathy for an industry which is so out of touch with customer needs and desires. mainstream manufacturers and retailers continue to foist big, complex, aesthetically unpleasing components on a buyi... | |
| The Hub: Just how bad is it in high end audio? in the good old golden age of audio, publications like playboy and esquire would regularly publish articles and images of stereo equipment as an integral part of an enviable lifestyle. the industry promoted the intrinsic sex appeal and aesthetics ... | |
| The Hub: Just how bad is it in high end audio? what strikes me is that what remains of the high end audio industry has done very little to broaden its mainstream appeal--in contrast to say, the wine or auto industries, virtually all audio advertising and/or writing (home theater excepted) is c... | |
| No reforming of Led Zep apparently i agree that plant no longer has that freakish vocal range, but i really dig his record with allison krauss--it's really well sung and well recorded; to my ears the best post-zep work of any of the original group.as a somewhat related aside, i ran... | |
| A major disconnect between the audiophile magazine bigaitch makes some logically unassailable points. expensive high end gear is a steeply depreciating commodity, much good, bargain-priced older gear might very well compare favorably to pricy new gear, and, especially since well-made components ar... | |
| 804Ds and bass performance i auditioned the b&ws against some magnepan 3.6s (perhpas an unfair comparison, but they are in the same price range). i honestly didn't like the b&ws either--it wasn't so much bass quantity as it was balance and driver integration--the lo... | |
| Lucinda Williams live "car wheels" is the one most people cite, and i agree it's a great record, but it's also probably her most conventional singer-songwriter fare. i prefer "essence" and "world without tears", where she more or less invents her own style--minimalist,... | |
| Lucinda Williams live i've seen her live a bunch of times and while i think she's a reluctant performer (too insular, a little stiff, doesn't really engage with the audience), her bands are always great and she always rocks--i especially like that she'll contort and st... | |
| The Hub: News, events, gossip - Sound by Singer to close as long as you're the exclusive purveyor of a desirable product, there's nothing intrinsically wrong or irrational with a no-discount/no-haggling policy. lexus and range rover built their brands this way (although they too have sucumbed to economi... | |
| The Hub: News, events, gossip - Sound by Singer to close i have no reason to doubt the many horror stories about this retailer, but remain confused as to how it could possibly have remained in business for 15+ years. who, specifically, is the market for haughty attitude and hostile service? is there som... |