mapman
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| Personal speaker evolution If you liked the older Walshes, you'll love the newer series 3 line. 100's cost under $2000 and sound much like Walsh 5 in the average room. Walsh 5 does more in larger rooms and has level adjustments, but these are not needed for most music in mo... | |
| Personal speaker evolution Texas42,Cheeze man, you've really run the gamut!Lots of good designs there. You must have heard it all! | |
| Buying used vs. New One thing I've found buying used on ebay is beware when the seller is a high volume general seller who happens to get a nice piece of equipment in. There is a good chance there will be issues for discerning ears.Stick with sellers that specialize ... | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? "Those of us who have open ears are the ones keeping analog alive"Assuming we're talking about vinyl specifically, actually I think it is those of use with large existing record collections and those shopping for used vinyl that is keeping the equ... | |
| So whats your favorite music themed movie? Regarding Bond films, "You Only Live Twice" is my favorite overall musically.I also like "All Time High" specifically from Octopussy. | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? I like vinyl and digital.I would agree that analog is more mature today than digital (its been a round a lot longer). But it also ain't going anywhere new at this point. It is what it is and is ever going to be anything much more. That's jut the r... | |
| So whats your favorite music themed movie? Gotta add "High Society". Sinatra, Crosby and Armstrong all performing in the same 50's era musical. My favorite that I know of from that era. | |
| Connecting my laptop to my home audio... What your doing works but is usually limited by the limited fidelity of most desktop sound cards. For CDs, I would also recommend the increasingly popular USB DAC approach for best sound.For certain networked music servers and internet sources (ra... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Terrapin Station - Grateful Dead...the title track is really somethingSing to Me Mr. C - Perry Como...wonderful RCA Victor Living Stereo recording from yesteryear. Wonderful sound! Vocals and harmonies that simply shimmer! They don't make 'em like... | |
| So whats your favorite music themed movie? 2001 A Space Odyssey.Forrest Gump was good too. | |
| Pioneer sx-636 vintage reciever? If its in good working order, its a nice find at $40. Your NAD is probably better sounding overall though. | |
| Most achingly-beautiful music Several years back on this thread, someone mentioned "Terrapin Station" by the Grateful Dead.I happened to be re-visting this work for the first time in a while. It had caught my attention years ago and I hear why. It is a most interesting piece. ... | |
| Any Audiophile recording of The Planets? Dutoit-OSM Penguin Classics version on CD is "heavenly".I can listen to it over and over. Realistic sound quality and wonderful performance. It has it all power, majesty, delicacy, beauty ...a truly great demo recording. | |
| Best Integrated, period. How about the Unico 200? Is it in the same league as these others?Also, how about any of the larger Musical Fidelity integrateds? | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? " I suggest that everyone keep an open mind on digital and get ready for high-res digital downloads"Hard to do when someone is convinced the medium is inherently flawed, which it isn't......Personally, I'm ready to move forward and lay my fond mem... |