mapman
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| Help me discover some new music... Try velvet underground and Nico and Sketches of Spain by Miles Davis. | |
| Help in finding great Jazz thats well recorded Eric dolphy out to lunch one of the best sounding and unique jazz recordings I have. | |
| How important is the amp? No amp, no sound. Good amp up to the task of driving speakers to their max, great sound. Then there is everything else in between. So it's pretty important I would say. | |
| Tube Watts vs. Solid State Watts - Any credence? Most tube amps soft clip so effects of not enough power are not as unpleasant. Other than that, a watt is a watt. What's different is how far a watt can be made to go. Soft clipping helps. Limited bass extension does as well. These are things that... | |
| Review: Ohm Acoustics Ohm Walsh 100 Series 3 Speaker I have the OHMs set up better now with the c5i and this combo is knocking the ball out of the park. Best sound ever in my "open concept" family room. If 60 w/ch is enough for you this could be the last combo one would ever need. Its making me wond... | |
| Upgrading - what amp to choose I'm listening to a Bel Canto C5i right now and it is killer...the real deal!!! | |
| How important is the amp? If you like what you hear and can hear differences when you tweak then I can't think of a good reason to change. Wait, oh yeah, because there is always something better!!! of course! You never know for sure sometimes unless you try.If you are cont... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Where have all the Bachs gone.....I suspect they are out there but lost in the confusing swirl of modern social conditions. Like most things social conditions were much simpler back in Bach's day. Progress, I suppose? | |
| Cadillac of Turntables? My Dual 1264 still running in my second system might qualify. Not just fully automatic but a record changer to boot. Of course nobody in their right mind would subject their records to a record changer. Well, maybe a Cadillac owner would. :^) I ow... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Its telling that there have been so many great blues singers over the years but its hard to say any are any greater or better than an original like Robert Johnson. If it happens, then its likely that what is being done is blues based but no longer... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Everyone has the right to sing the blues. But it would be nice if nobody ever had the inkling to actually do it. Will never happen in this world though I suppose. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Classical and other forms of "higher" music can nourish the spirit, but even to a larger extent than otherwise possible thanks to the blues.Its quite a synergistic relationship really. | |
| Jazz for aficionados The blues transcends politics and demographics.its a universal language. That's largely what makes it such a force of nature. | |
| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps Regarding the Audio Note speakers, I just saw a pair on higherfi web site that shows a retail price of $250,000.I didn't realize they could go that higher. Then again, the site is called "higherfi".Next time I hear AN-E at a show and like them, I ... | |
| Toe-in recommendation for stand mount monitors "Trust Your Ears". |