philefreak
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| All the Roadrunning by Mark Knopfler and Emmy Lou I'm listening to it now. It's great music. A little compressed and a little on the dark side but, most Mark K's. stuff is recorded a little dark. EmmyLou is a perfect duet for Mark. They just work very well together. I'm a big fan of both. | |
| how much difference does a player make Can make or break your system. Second most important piece (next to speakers)in the audio chain. | |
| Burning a dics for a road trip, suggestions... I most heartly agree with Horseface but, would add one more album to the list. REO Speedwagon's "Decade of Rock and Roll" It's a live album of their greatest hits before all that later top forty crap they came out with in the 80s and later. | |
| Used CDP $1k better than Apollo You might want to look at the Quad 99CPD 2! | |
| Minor keys are like spice and alcohol? You are a true music lover! Tell all the audiophiles where to go! | |
| tube watts vs solid state watts It's not that tubes play louder. They just present the midrange more upfront. 90DB through a tube amp and 90DB through a good solid state(everything else being the same) will sound totally different. In a SS system, the bass will be more fleshed o... | |
| What happened to Dekay??? Nice to see some old guys are still around. Merry Christmas everybody! | |
| Best power amp below US $ 20.000,00 ?? Try the H2O Monos from Henry Ho. | |
| Shouldn't amp reviews employ multiple speakers? No, your not missing anything. You are dead right! Speaker/amp/room combo is the most important and can make or break a system. | |
| Effortless, grain-free sound - is it possible? More amp! A Channel Island D-200 should do the trick. 89 DB @4 ohm is not extactly a lite load. It's not the 89db part so much as the 4 ohm part especially with a tube amp! | |
| Am I behind the digital eightball? Every SACD unit I've heard just adds a bass hump around the 750 to 1000 hz to my ear! Reminds me of the old Dolby on cassette tapes. It's just an opinion. It still don't touch a turntable! | |
| Playing with the idea of solid state amps Bixby, Yes it's the speakers. The Droplet is a killer piece and so is the preamp behind it. My Joule Electra VZN 160s are also great. I just want some lean and transparent sound for a change up. Not that the Joules are not transparent, I just want... | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? "there are places I remember,all my life though some have changed" "In my life" Beatles"it's a little bit funny ,this feeling inside" "Your Song" Elton John B. Taupin"Got ona bus to Memphis,destination Rome""Multocolored Lady" Gregg Allman"And it... | |
| Playing with the idea of solid state amps Wow! Thanks for the many responses. My system is a little fat and soft so, I don't want an amp that is trying to be tubey. I'll keep my Joule and 300B for that. What I want is balls to the wall volume and ultra-revealing. The Pass X series just mi... | |
| 300B or 845? Amen Marco, I've not heard any P/P 2A3s. Have heard several 300B P/P. The P/P always seems to make things a little more neutral. A 300B amp that is designed right can scare the pants off of you! I'm actually listening to some Joule Electra OTLs no... |