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| Question Of Balance - The Moody Blues Xiekitchen,Agree on Seventh Sojourn.Pinder actually used a related instrument called a Chamberlin on Seventh Sojourn for the first time, not a mellotron. Can't recall the details but it was supposedly an improvement on the mellotron, both from a s... | |
| Good, Affordable Horns? pauly,Read your review.They sound fabulous. The top/bottom loaded design seems perfect for big soundstage and impact.Do they work best close or near to the rear wall and out from the corners? | |
| DAC as an upgrade One other note about the Ohm Walsh speakers is that a single driver produces most of what you hear (save the very top end) and delivers the sound as a phase coherent line source (hence the name CLS). However, just because sound is produced in a ph... | |
| DAC as an upgrade Remember that Twilight Zone episode with William Shatner and the little tabletop fortune teller device that freaked him out with its nebulous yet seemingly relevant predictions? Well, I'm the opposite of Shatner in that episode (most of the time a... | |
| Days of Future Passed - The Moody Blues Timrhu,DO IT!!!! | |
| Review: Ohm Acoustics Walsh 5 Series 3 Speaker I wanted to share some tips based on some recent experience.The Ohms are fairly easy to locate compared to most designs, however I have found that optimal placement achieved via critical listening and experimentation with location is critical to a... | |
| Days of Future Passed - The Moody Blues Jaybo,The dynamics at the beginning of "Peak Hour" startled me and nearly knocked me out of my seat, even though I thought I knew what was coming. Haven't had that happen in a while!Also, the big, long, isolated gong shot that fades to silence eve... | |
| Tube amp for "difficult" speakers,,, Jaybo is without doubt a "voice of reason" when it comes to giving good equipment its due rather than mining for perceived shortcomings. | |
| DAC as an upgrade Istanbulu,Shades of Machina Dynamica! | |
| Transistor Preamp that sounds like a Tube Preamp? Asa, I would consider a tube pre-amp perhaps when the time comes to upgrade, but I am not even close to considering a tube power amp at this point.IS the Shindo pre a tube unit?Also I have no idea what an "Auditorium trannie" is? | |
| Moody Blues "Question of bal." CD or SACD vs Vinyl I had a chance to listen yesterday and I added a separate review comparing my CD and vinyl copies of Days Of Future Passed.I'll try to do "Question of Balance" next when I have a chance. | |
| Personal speaker evolution "pre-audiophile"Motorola stereo phono with little integrated foldout speaks (first stereo as a kid)Sanyo am/fm/cassette/phono integrated as an older kid (1st stereo "system")Then:Lafayette Criterion short floor-standers with Heil tweeters (model??... | |
| Catchy tunes that sound great? Oh boy, here come the old time jingles......I would bet some of these actually sound very good remastered to CD!How about:Schaeffer. Is the. One beer to have when your....having more than 1! | |
| Catchy tunes that sound great? "It's four minutes 33 secs of silence--or rather, of ambient auditory information"So how does it sound on a good system? Should be really really......quiet? | |
| The Alan Parson's Project Actually, I misspoke a bit. Its a lead guitar line (not a solo), with significant accompaniment, that Andrew Latimer performs. |