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| Cheap Stuff That Keeps Up? Can't beat Acoustat 1+1 ESL speakers. An allmost full range electrostatic speaker for $500 to $750 on the used market! | |
| Best 5 engineered rock albums? Let's not forget Ricky Lee Jones "POP POP". | |
| ARC SP6 or 9; Audible Illusions M3A;Couterpoint 5 I've had experience with all three units. I've owned an Audio Research SP-6C and now have an Audible Illusions L-1 line stage, a close relative of the AI M3A. My best friend buddy has a Counterpoint 5.1. I can tell you that the L-1 is clearly supe... | |
| Theta Miles VS Resolution Audio CD50 A lower cost, lower performance, but still quite good (former Stereophile Class B) alternative would be the Denon DCD-1650AR. Two sets of single ended outputs: one fixed, the other controled by an analog front panel volume control. I have one and ... | |
| HELP Who is Herbie Nichols sp ? There's a 3CD box set still in print as far as I know. I bought it as a gift for a friend one year ago at J&R Records in NYC. I believe the label is Blue Note. Great stuff from a vastly underrated pianist. The track "The Third World" is incred... | |
| The Best Movie sound Tracks Come on guys! No one has yet mentioned Bernard Herrmann! Undoubtedly the greatest soundtrack composer ever. "The Day The Earth Stood Still" "Psycho" "North By Northwest" "Citizen Kane" "Journey To The Center Of The Earth" "Mysterious Island" "Sist... | |
| Stereophile I didn't receive my March 2001 issue. After waiting about two weeks, I called Customer Service and was given two choices: 1) extend subscription by one issue, or 2) have a replacement issue mailed out. I opted for #2 and am still waiting (after tw... | |
| Help Design The DVD Player You Want How about variable 2ch. audio output-so we can route those 24/96 discs right into our amplifiers. I'm talking about those discs put out by Classic Records, Chesky, and, hopefully, more companies. | |
| Who is the sexiest female vocalist? Hey, what about Marianne Faithful! | |
| Best Preamp w/ Headphone Jack Check out an Audible Illusions L-1. Great line stage pre-amp based on the Modulus 3A tube hybrid circuitry. Has an excellent headphone stage. | |
| Trelja in New York Due to the large crowds and my impatience in waiting more than 10 minutes, I didn't see or hear everything I should have. However, I must say I was mightly impressed by Sony's SACD demo. Kudos to them for renting a large room and giving it a thoro... | |
| BEL 1001 amp...does it deserve the hype? I acquired a BEL 1001 in a trade about 12 years ago. I used the amp to drive a/d/s and Acoustat speakers. In neither case did this unit sound good. It's sound was exceedingly solid state; dry, flat, and with a hyper clean, rather etched treble. Th... | |
| Best Indoor FM Antenna I purchased an FM Super Antenna a few years back and found it to be overpriced, poorly constructed, and no better in performance than a rabbit ears type which you could get at your local Radio Shack. When I first set it up, the telescoping rod pul... | |
| Melos SHA Gold Vs. Audible Illusions L1. Go with the L-1. If you research "audioreview.com" for Melos products you'll see comments which will lead one to believe that Melos may have had the worst customer service in the entire univerise. I mean we're talking real horror stories here. Als... | |
| Which Rogers 3/5 A is the best ever made There were also versions made by Audiomaster and Chartwell. I owned the Chartwell LS3/5a in the early eighties. I sold them in 1989 for $325. I should have held onto them. Seems they have really appreciated in resale value since they went out of p... |