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| How Revealing Should a System Be? Here's my thoughts (yours may conflict, or not - so caveats apply):Improving a system does include inproving it's ability to resolve the music. I believe that many interpret this to be lightning quickness and knifelike precision. I don't. I believ... | |
| Best piano version of Moonlight Sonata? The one you play yourself on the piano in your den/livingroom. Seriously - who didn't learn Moonlight Sonata while taking piano lessons as a kid?My favorite way to play this back then was as fast as possible. It's a whole different song that way. ... | |
| Thoughs on Totem Rainmakers Sound and opinions at audio shows are notoriously inaccurate and subject to suspicion. However, if a room has very good sound it is usually an indication that the components are doing something right. These little speakers sounded VERY big in the ... | |
| Sennheiser 600 vs 555 vs 595 There were some very good deals not that long ago on the 600's. So good that it hardly paid to go to a lesser model like the 580.Search the web and you may find some really good prices - especially just on or before major holidays.Enjoy,Bob | |
| The Best Inexpensive Wines Available Now I've seen quite a few blended red's these days, some very nice. It's usually a Cabernet-Merlot, but sometimes a Can-Syrah-Merlot or something similar. Would you consider these (technically) a Meritage? They certainly are not marketed with that nam... | |
| Best headphones you've ever heard/used For portability and quality for the $ I like the Koss SportaPro or the PortaPro. I've had both and don't hear much of a difference between the two, so I recommend going for the less expensive one (all portable headphones break over time). They fol... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Dave Brubeck Quartet - double album "...goes to college & goes to junior college - live album - it sounds like one of those minimally miked recordings where you can see/hear the players position on the stage - no 20' wide drumkit here.Enjoy,Bob | |
| What's wrong with my VPI motor? One other thing to note. Make sure that there isn't extra talc stuck in the motor spindle groove. My belt was riding up and down the plattyer, like there was a turn or a kink in it. I found this extra talc, picked it out with a toothpick, cleaned ... | |
| How does good analog differ from good digital Not a lot. Getting an old Thorens turntable and a decent $300 MC cartridge would probably get you there. You would need a phono stage too, and I highly recommend a decent record cleaning product like Disk Doctor brushes & fluid. Figure $500 or... | |
| Where do I go from Eva Cassidy? Have you heard Eva Cassidy's live album? If you like that then I recommend checking out Dee Dee Bridgewater's live album "Live at Yoshi's". The studio releases sound dull by comparison - nothing like a live recording to show how these artist's ent... | |
| How important is a flat response? Most people won't have a clue how flat or at what frequencies they have peaks & nulls, even with some kind of oscilloscope or Rives-like device.Just mode the mike up, down and sideways by 6 inches and you will see significant changes in the re... | |
| Can anyone compare the Shure v15VxMR and Denon103 C123666 - I have a DV20XH and am interested in the differences between it and the DL103R. can you please elaborate?Thanks,Bob | |
| Best of Home Entertainment 2004 NY ? Here's a link to my pics of the show. MBL RoomThe MBL's are there and looked very pretty in a shiny black and gold and huge and expensive kind of way. Yeah, their sound always impresses me every time I've heard them. Now I need to find a friend wh... | |
| Are Martin Logans considered polite? Not polite at all. Very analytical and precise. Even if others think the top end is rolled off a "polite" speaker will sound warm and inviting, not razor sharp and unforgiving like the ML's. ML's can sometimes make vinyl sound like digital - that ... | |
| What kind of music did you/will you get married to I wrote my own ballad/song and worked with the wedding band in the studio to learn it and get it right. Male and female singers in a duet with word representing each of our viewpoints and love for each other at the time. Came out beautiful at the ... |