loomisjohnson
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| Who has found happiness giving up cd player? I accept that, for a lot of reasons, computer-based sources are more convenient and usually better sounding, but I just can't make the transistion--it's just feels more visceral and real to hold a tangible disc. Plus I've spent too much of my life... | |
| 90s Britpop..... like the smiths, how much you like suede is directly proportional to how you respond to the flamboyance/charisma of the lead singer. i saw 'em in london in the early 90s and came away with mixed feelings--great guitarist and very good songs, altho... | |
| Wilco on Austin City Limits i come out in the middle on the whole wilco debate. they're ambitious (perhaps overly so), tweedy's a good writer and nels cline is an incredible guitarist, but they seem to rock less with each new record--unlike uncle tupelo, they seem more fixat... | |
| Best earbuds/earphones richard--have you considered lightweight, over-the-ear phones like igrado, sennheiser px100 or koss portapro? i personally find them more comfortable and better sounding than earbuds (like you, i can never get earbuds correctly situated). | |
| Travel headphones need to be... second the porta pro--extremely comfortable, fantastic value. the sporta pro, which have a sealed plastic design, just don't sound as good. i also owned the sennheiser px-100 (until consumed by a pitbull)--they were also lightweight and good, thou... | |
| Vivid Audio ??? stereophile just reviewed 'em--wes phillips called em the best speakers he's ever heard. quite an endorsement--they're now atop my must-hear list. | |
| Get Him to the Greek i agree with richard stacy--the film was a big let down. unlike 40yr, virgin, knocked up, sarah marshall, etc., which are slyly intelligent, this one's perversely lowbrow, with more fistfights and vomit than anyone needs to see. russell brand is v... | |
| Best Rock Album in 2010 my new nominee is the besnard lakes, "the roaring night". they work the same beach boy complex melody/beautiful harmony thing as seemingly every other acclaimed indy band (animal collective, grizzly bear, fleet foxes, etc.), but they meld really n... | |
| Linn LK-1 remote codes? harmony claims to be programmable to anything remote-controllable. fantastic customer service. | |
| upgrade from Paradigm Studio 20s? i agree with phasecorrect--assuming you want a real upgrade, not a lateral move, i'd look at something with more wow. since you've got a sub, like many of the above posters, i'd opt for monitors--proac response, totem model 1 sig, lsa, revel m22 (... | |
| Do all good interconnects sound the same? since sanders makes and sells inexpensive interconnects, one might conclude that his white paper is self-serving, but from my own admittedly skewed experience, i think his conclusions are correct--i really believe that in truly blind testing very ... | |
| SACD - Pioneer Elite any good? Cambridge Audio? rongon:you're correct--the sony would only output redbook, not SACD to the dac. i believe there are a few players that will output DSD over HDMI as well as a number that will output DSD over iLink, firewire or other uncommon interfaces, but you're... | |
| SACD - Pioneer Elite any good? Cambridge Audio? another option would be to keep your backup sony as a transport and add a good dac like the cambridge dacmagic or mf v-dac (both within your budget)--this will markedly improve the sound. if you need dvd functionality, i'd also opt for oppo. | |
| Good used receiver for bedroom. Denon? Marantz? as i've previously opined, there's little cost-effective difference between the similarly-positioned onkyo/marantz/pio/denon and other mass market avrs; if forced to choose within your budget, i'd opt for yamaha, which to my ears sounds less "proc... | |
| Amazing ''Overachieving'' products...your pick? koss porta-pro headphones. $40 or so. comfortable, great sounding, come with a lifetime replacement guarantee. these blow away any earbud-type phones i've heard and compete quite nicely with the lower end grado/sennheiser cans. |