cornfedboy
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| Music for "Tough Times" jadem6: wow, talk about a heavy heart. how can anybody else but you possibly understand? tell ya what: i'm gonna' go listen to sheryl's "tues. night" right now in the hope it'll get you, and maybe even me, through the next 4X10 years. keep on truc... | |
| Techno Anyone? "numbers" by the progenitors of techno, kraftwerk, is a great test track. i love to put it into a system on which chamber music is clearly favored, then crank it up to see whether the speaker cones give way before the patience of the tight-assed m... | |
| Music for "Tough Times" interesting question, garfish. i can think of several recordings, tho my no. 1 vote goes to ani difranco's "dilate," in particular track 1: "untouchable face." read or listen to the lyrics and i think you'll undersatnd why i favor it. (parental di... | |
| The best digital hook up? xmikex: i think you will find that a good quality at&t link will outperform coax of any quality; at least that's true in my digital setup. if you have aes/ebu connection capability, i would also audition a high quaility link of that variety; i... | |
| Marble to place speakers on? david: most cities of any size have suppliers and fabricators of stone countertops, floors, etc. i have purchased over the years several "scrap" pieces of marble and granite from a supplier in denver. i've not used these under speakers, but i know... | |
| Eidolon "N" trcnetmsncom: i beleive that the upcoming review of the eidolon in the german publication "audiophile" may have an explantion of the "n" designation. avalon may have an english translation of the review on its website, tho i don't know when to exp... | |
| I need the more better digital .......neglected to mention that the upper end forsell, audio logic dac and dcs purcell combo recommended by rcprince will set you back >$24k. | |
| I need the more better digital cw: the dcs, accuphase and audiomecca recommendations made in this thread are all over $10,000 MSRP. i'm not sure to which of the cec and audionote gear avguygeorge is referring. used, there are cec/audionoet combos both more and less than your $1... | |
| Boulder 500AE? tireguy: the boulder 500ae amp was the precursor of the current line. it has a well-deserved reputation as a built-like-a-tank powerhouse. the folks at boulder amp are very helpful and should be able to address any other questions you may have. gi... | |
| Boulder Equipment: Opinions the 1012, at $15k MSRP, is one of the true "bargains" in the highend. it betters every dac i've yet heard, has a superb phono stage and matches many of the features available only in its $36k "brother," the 2010 pre, which doesn't include a dac. i... | |
| Out of Control same as it ever was, same as it ever was... pick up a stereophile from, say, 10 years back and chances are better than even that you'll find a letter to the ed. expressing the same sentiments as those of pcc here. fact is, if it weren't for review... | |
| Eidolon "N" hifi: the "eidolons" of which you speak are one-off monitors covered in nextel. they have nothing to do with the "n" designation. good guess, tho. | |
| Best 5K HiFi system for Cwlondon given cwlondon's description of his malady, which must have been brought on by years of self-denial--no, dammit, i'm a music lover, not an audiophile- here's what i'd suggest he do with his hypothetical $5,000 audio budget: (1) purchase a used air... | |
| Nordost SPM vs. Quatro Fil john_l: the rating stuff is crazy. we've all had perfectly innocent posts like yours receive negative votes. don't let it get to you. -kelly | |
| Gold disk VS regular disk? gold ("redbook") discs are supposed to sound better than their silver counterparts. in some cases this is true, in others it is not so. i don't believe there is any correlation between "reliability" and the color of a cd's playing surface. |