zaikesman
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| What should I upgrade next? We'll argee to disagree, Kt88, although I certainly acknowledge the possibility that you built a satisfying system in your own way - mine is not the only way (and mine is also definitely not the best system out there, and never will be!), but I do... | |
| What should I upgrade next? I want to make one additional point as to why, IMHO, I think an audiophile looking to upgrade everything should start at the speakers and work back from there (see my lengthy post above). Kt88 isn't incorrect in his GIGO argument (as I acknowledge... | |
| What should I upgrade next? It's Sunday, Tiger's on the tube, and I feel in the mood for writing a manifesto.Ah, the classic divergence of opinion on how to best approach the upgrade situation has emerged here: Front end first? Amplification first? Or speakers first? As can ... | |
| Which preamps if any combine all these features? Thanks. | |
| Which preamps if any combine all these features? Thanks for all the suggestions. I have purchased an Innersound preamplifier, which is on its way to me now. I have never heard this unit, so I will be auditioning it carefully, and intend to post my findings. There is not a lot of info available o... | |
| Sensible Sound's annual speaker recommendations Much as Ehider's praise of TSS's work may be deserved (and I admit that I wouldn't really know, as this is a mag that I only sometimes browse on the newsstand), Weedo's comment (which assumes correctly in my own case) makes me wonder: If we are to... | |
| Greatest American Rock and Role Bands of ALL Time Yes, The Monkees are *still* American, and no, The Troggs, Supertramp, and Bad Company are not, and will *never* be!P.S. - Bbtuna, apparently you're the only one here with an even worse case of Too Much Time On His Hands than me! | |
| Greatest American Rock and Role Bands of ALL Time Do we see yet? Do we see how frivolous and futile an exercise like this really is? (Yes, Wstritt, Tommy James & The Shondells are American, but I would include B.O.C. before them - even though I like 'em - and I would think that you would too,... | |
| Greatest American Rock and Role Bands of ALL Time You're all wrong, Pt. Deaux!Chuck, I guess you must think George W. has already conquered the rest of the world. Trich 727, I thought of the Watch Band later on, so let's keep going (as above, the order can and should be ignored):51. The Chocolate... | |
| Greatest American Rock and Role Bands of ALL Time You're all wrong, here's the corrected list:1. The Sonics2. The Rock & Roll Trio3. The Stooges4. The Ramones5. The Beach Boys6. The Byrds7. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band8. The Remains9. James Brown & His Famous Flames10. James Bro... | |
| Sensible Sound's annual speaker recommendations Whenever I see lists like this one (especially ones of this size), whether it's TSS or Stereophile's, I always wonder: Which were the models they listened to that year that they *didn't* like enough to recommend for the price? Obviously, a lot of ... | |
| What DAC should I buy? Theta DSPro Basic IIIa with HDCD option installed is generally available used in your price range. I have the regular version of same w/o HDCD (paid $700 used) and run it with the Monarchy DIP 24/96 to good effect, but I have not tried the newer "... | |
| Greatest American Rock and Role Bands of ALL Time When Waylon Jennings died recently, I read a quote of his on why he refused to accept a Grammy once. His words were to the effect of, artists are not in competition with one another. 'Nuff said. | |
| Tube pre amp with 2 outputs for Biamping Let me posit a conjecture: I believe that there could be a difference between using an external "Y" adapter vs. going with an internal two-output design in the possibly reduced input impedance seen by the parallel-connected single output in the la... | |
| What would you do? That is very interesting, Rrick, and I had no idea. I thought it was strictly caveat emptor. Ebay must feel that they actually do have some kind of responsibility or liability here, either in the legal sense, or in the court of public opinion. I'm... |