loomisjohnson
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| Audiophile Addiction why would anyone choose to spend more time with his family than with a high-end system? | |
| Which hdtv would you recommend and why? the ascendance of lcd is mainly a function of the lower manufacturing costs of lcd panels, not the superiority of lcd over plasma technology--in other words, manufacturers will push the more profitable product. lcd's energy efficiency is another f... | |
| Which hdtv would you recommend and why? it's purely subjective of course, but i still think plasma is the superior technolgy for all but very bright rooms; plasma clearly has a significant edge in off-axis viewing and motion blur, and i've never personally observed a problem with heat w... | |
| Great Blu-ray or DVD player for CD Transport having cycled through a number of the denons (2800, 2910, 3910) before settling on a pio 59av, i gotta vote with the pioneer folk. the denons sound great under optimal conditions, but they're too damned quirky and unreliable--lasers fail, drawers ... | |
| Music vs. Components some wag at stereophile recently wrote a piece about how different people prioritize intrinsic quality of the music, recording quality and quality of the equipment, utilizing a scale aggregating 100 (thus, for example, you might weigh the music as... | |
| New Tom Petty inspired in part by this thread, i've devoted more time listening to mojo and my initial enthusiasm has somewhat temepered. there's a distinct, 70s fleetwood mac vibe to these proceedings, which is not necessarily a bad thing. however, the record ... | |
| What are your fav “Off Hollywood” films my favorite this week is "district 9", a sorta sci-fi film for guys like me who don't like (or understand) sci-fi. made by a first-time south african director (albeit under the aegis of peter jackson), it's a really imaginative, sad, socially-cons... | |
| What are the best small not bookshelf speakers? the passive audioengine p4s are a good choice at around $300--i wasn't blown away when i first heard 'em, but i've subsequently revised my first impression--they're quite dynamic, detailed and full-range for such a little box. they can mount right... | |
| Sun Kil Moon "Admiral Fell Promises" richard, likewise thanks for the heads-up--i just ordered the cd. kozolek's a great, hugely underrecognized singer/songwriter/guitarist--worthy of mention in the same breath as nick drake, elliott smith and neil young. i'd also tout red house pain... | |
| Need 5 disc Changer....Onkyo or integra??? i'm a big fan of the integra changers (which are actually 6-disc)--very quiet, smooth mechanism, bulletproof and good sounding. i still frequently use a cdc 3.1, which is often available for next-to-nothin on ebay, but i believe only has an optica... | |
| New Tom Petty you're welcome, srwooten. for the record, i meant "succinct" (which i inexcusably misspelled, btw) in the complimentary, "compact precise" sense, as opposed to the "being girded" sense, mainly because i'm not sure what "girded" means.... | |
| New Tom Petty very succint comments, shardorne. tom petty may not make my list of the ultimate greats, but I can't think of another artist who has put out as consistently high quality a product for as long a period. I believe the key to his longevity is his inn... | |
| Energy RC-70???? sooner, i'm confident you'll be pleased. energy doesn't get a ton of play on these pages, perhaps because they market heavily to the ht crowd, but their stuff is consistently solid--their parent, which I believe also owns Klipsch, is a big corpora... | |
| Energy RC-70???? i'm using the energys in my tv room and i'm very content--they're not life-altering, but are a very solid speaker which i'm unlikely to replace. the paradigm studio series sound very similar to the energys to me--neutral, detailed, well-rounded--a... | |
| Nakamichi OMS7 vs Rotel RCD1072 ? the adcom and nak are 80s era pieces--digital technology has advanced quite a bit since then. i believe that more current players like the rotel will have better frequency response, more detail, etc. i've owned the adcom--as a standalone unit it w... |