tomfoolery
Responses from tomfoolery
| CD or Streaming... am I missing out? If your a music lover, streaming makes life simple, so much music readily ay hand!If you’re an audiophile and sound is the issue, you’ll probably like your physical media more! | |
| What area or country do you live in ? Burlington, Vt. 45 miles from the Canadian border. | |
| A song murdered by someone. Never cared much for David Bowie’s take on “Across the Universe”, but on a positive note (no pun) Johnny Cash’s version of “Hurt” tramples Nine Inch Nail’s version. They did write a great song. | |
| Is there actually a difference? Back when I was young many years ago I could here all sorts of differences between amps. In the pre-nineties days the big amps often didn’t sound near as good as the low wattage four output transistor 60 watt class! In those times interstate coup... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? What turntable! | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Helene Grimald: Gershwin Concerto in F, Ravel Concerto in G with David Zinman and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra | |
| Ever Bought an Audio Product that was Stupid Good for the Money? In general I don't like Klipsch speakers, but 40 years ago I developed a fondness for Cornwalls. I stumbled upon a pair (last year) of Cornwalls (circa 1978) #1 and #2 off the line that year, then raw birch, now freshly walnut veneered, with a new... | |
| Replacing generic RECEPTACLES I own apartments, and sometimes have Section 8 tenants! When I have an inspection, the inspector uses a classic polarity tester to twist and wrench each outlet. If he tester flickers at all (continuity break) I have to replace it! (If they weren’t... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Vaughn Williams Symphony #4 and #6 Boult/New Philharmonia Orchestra | |
| I like Steve Guttenberg. I like the way his eyes dart upward and to his right as though he accessing that area of his brain where he stores his audio knowledge! | |
| Adcom GFA 555 amp upgrades I was an Adcom dealer long ago, I agree the 5802 was by far their best amp. It had that “French dark roast” character of the rest of the line but with a refinement not in the others. I think Audio Amateur had a regulator board that improved the 55... | |
| New Tweak --- Its Fantastic I heard a system that had been treated weeks ago with TC which I really liked previously. My gut take on it: the mids to highs where slightly more vivid, the low level information which I thought was very good seemed deminished, His system was ver... | |
| I learned the hard way It took me years to stop chasing Audio Perfection as portrayed by some Audio magazines and some High end Audio stores and build a system more for the enjoyment of music! Throwing a lot of money at your perceived system short comings can lead you ... |