falconquest
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| Is Vinyl Worth It Oh do I wrestle with this one. When it comes to audio quality there is nothing (in my opinion) that beats vinyl. The problems is......well, all the problems with it. Turntables, cartridges, tonearms, adjustments, phono amps, cables, cleaning, more... | |
| How important is a good rack? To answer your question, very important and maple seems to be the wood of choice. Maple dissipates vibration. Since I am in the midst of a complete system upgrade I knew my old wobbly Sanus rack had to go. I wanted a simple four shelf 48" wide sol... | |
| Room treatment If you are serious about acoustic room treatment check out some of the videos on you tube from this guy.http://www.acousticfields.com/about/ | |
| Traveling never going to happen??? need advice I drove about 7 hours one way to pick up my speakers. Had to measure a couple of times to make sure they fit. I rented some moving blankets to help pad them because the owner didn't keep the original boxes. It worked perfectly. The way I look at i... | |
| Best rock bass player Have to give the nod to Tony Levin for his work with King Crimson especially. Also John Wetton and Chris Squire are "musts" for this list. Possibly the greatest bass player that gets very little recognition but is immensely prolific is Mr. Leland ... | |
| SS amp rec's for B&W CDM 7 NT's There is a Plinius SA100 MKIII for sale on U.S. Audio Mart for just over $2000.00. You might check that out. | |
| Classic rock: best remasters I have been moving from remasters back to originals. I'm referring mostly to the Genesis catalogue. Their "Definitive Edition Remasters" are no where near as good as the originals in my opinion. The questions is, how does one know which release is... | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? Take a little trip back with Father TiresiasListen to the old one speakof all he has lived throughand...The sands of time were eroded bythe river of constant change | |
| Magic and mystery of master tape Even if you had a studio master tape you would likely be unable to play it unless of course you had a 24 track tape machine at your disposal. No one gets a studio master, are you kidding? This is the tape that Roger Waters, Nick Mason, David Gilmo... | |
| What speakers for 10k? At this price point I would give the Legacy Audio Focus SE a listen. They will handle 2 channel and HT both with ease. | |
| What is the answer? When promulgating esoteric congitation and articulating superficial sentimentalities beware of platitudinous ponderosity. Let your extemporaneous discantings and unpremeditated shortcomings be thwarted without thrasonical bombast. | |
| Who believes that Robert Plant There is no doubt that Robert Plant was and is an amazing voice. None better in my opinion. I would like to recognize the comment about Grace Slick also. Grace is fantastic as well! | |
| Plinius Service/Repair Discussdave,Glad to hear things worked out on the 250. Would you please share your experience with your Plinius amp? What pre are you using and what can you say about the sound? Thanks! | |
| Amplifier specs, does they matter? If I may tweek the subject matter just a bit.....I see many conversations here about matching pre-amps to amps based on specs. I hear some claim positive results while others have found unfavorable matches. I guess what I don't understand is why i... | |
| Plinus vs. Burmester amps By the way, very nice system P59! I use the same Ayre. |