pragmatist
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| How many CD/LPs do you need? A couple hundred and an fm tuner. | |
| Ok this will be a good thread. For me,the most important considerations are the compatability of the components and the system's fit in the listening room. You could take expensive pieces,mismatch them,have them too large or too small for the room and end up with an expensive m... | |
| hifi as investment? As a dabbler in value investing,I define an investment as something that produces a dividend, an interest,or a rent, that I buy when it's undervalued and plan to sell when it's overvalued. Wines,art works,coins,precious metals,and audio equipment ... | |
| Does bewiring decrease "wholeness" ? Herewith this modest proposal: Get a friend and a blindfold and try them both ways, without your knowing which way is which, with a cd you've heard at least a hundred times. Can you hear a difference? If so,wire them the more desirable way. | |
| Best Sax Jazz Parker, Ornathology(Crumby recording,be forewarned)Rollins, Horn CultureColtrane, Giant Steps,My Favorite Things | |
| Perfect Pitch? William Schumann and others demonstrated that true tone deafness is as rare as ptomane poisoning. Pitch recognitions can be taught and learned. By using Curin hand signals and Solfege syllables,the intervalic relationships among pitches can be kin... | |
| Damned if I Do and Damed if I Don't Let me restate what others have said. Let her pick the cabinet maker and let her ok the plan. She will have esthetic consistency;you will have a furniture quality cabinet. | |
| your favorite violin or fiddle cuts, and why? The slow(second) movement from the JS Bach Concerto for Two Violins in d minor. | |
| classical suggestions Next time you're in a bookstore or a libray,check out Ted Libbey's "Guide to Classical Music". He offers short essays about musicians and their musics,and makes recommendations of specific recordings. One more thing,you are ,of course,entitled to ... | |
| Soundstaging and imaging are audiophile fictions. Perhaps I have misunderstood imaging as it is commonly used. For me,if I can follow the melody,the countermelody,and the obbligto third line defining the harmony without the speakers getting in the way,the speakers image well. | |
| Building the Best "Used" Budget System under $3000 Ok,I'll play.-Monarchy preamp/dac model 33, 550 dollars-Van Alstine amp 240 or 260, 800 dollars-Nad 521i cd player(used as transport),200 dollars-Cambridge Audio tuner, 200 dollars-Sony table/cartridge(The one with a self contained phone pre amp),... | |
| Is "live" music sound possible for under $1K No. Live music has an immediacy that reproduced music does not equal. This and $1.05 will buy you a cup of coffee but here goes.-integrated amp,about $300. In addition to the Jolida mentioned in a previous post, consider the NAD 320bee,Cambridge A... | |
| I need a recording with a good drum solo . Anything with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. | |
| NEW MUSIC Why doesn't Elliot Carter get the recognition he deserves? | |
| Who are the Jazz Cats on Audiogon? (Holds his thumb and index finger about a centimeter apart),I play maybe that much piano. I wanna be Horace Silver when I grow up. |