sonicbeauty
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| Your favorite recent discovery Ingrid Michaelson...check her website. | |
| Is the NAD 3020 the best value of all time? I once owned both the Nad and Nait. For me it would be the original Naim NAIT, all 15 watts of it. A tiny box with huge, lively sound. | |
| Best used floorstanding / full range around $1000 In all honesty, and I humbly state that I have owned speakers up to the $ 16,000 Verity Audio Parsifal Encore (my review is here on the 'Gon about those), there are three speakers that stood out in my experiences over the years in this price range... | |
| Looking for a CD player with more life I had the exact same problem once. I would like to suggest that your solution might be to replace your Moon i-5. I have owned two of these units, 5 years apart, and finally came to the conclusion that for the results I was looking for, I could do ... | |
| Polish for adagios? I use Cory products for pianos.First application is a ''scratch remover'' that applies micro gloss to remove swirls and hairline scratches. Second application is the polisher lotion that brings it all to a new-again finish.These are inexpensive pr... | |
| Is it best to leave gear on or to shut it off? I once had my first-ever ''high end'' unit, the diminutive original Naim Nait, a whopping 18 watts per channel, but sounded subjectively like an 60 watter. Turned it on in 1984, turned it off when I sold it ten years later in 1994 ! We are are alm... | |
| Speakers with high WAF? I agree that there comes a time when audio gear must dress the part. Great sound? Sure, but not from ugly boxes anymore.Have a look at the Opera line of italian speakers. I personnaly own the SP Callas in durmast wood (light european oak).These sp... | |
| worse entertainer or performer of all time?? That's an easy one for me:Yoko Ono : Makes my ears bleed. Her claim to fame was never as a singer.Michael Bolton: Crying his lung out makes me switch stations fast.Kenny G: It's like hearing the ''your meal is ready'' tone on the microwave oven on... | |
| Buying from Canada a hassle for you too? Audiofeil you state that ''In a vaguely related issue, in August of 2007 I sent payment to a supplier via first class mail from western New York to Montreal, Quebec.It took 16 business days from departure to arrival.''Next time, for payment, try F... | |
| Buying from Canada a hassle for you too? Well said Tobias. | |
| Buying from Canada a hassle for you too? I have been a member since 2001. Being Canadian myself, my feedbak is amost 100% US transactions, all with great A-gon members. Never an Issue. Same with transactions on canuckaudiomart.com, mostly with canadians.You have all of something like 26 ... | |
| Cayin H80A or Ayre AX-7e In all fairness, the Moon i5.3 cannot be compared to the liquidity of the Cayin. The simaudio product sounds harsh and dry by comparison.If you need a solid state amp to compete with the Cayin, I would recommend Electrocompaniet products, as they ... | |
| What is "polite" sound? ''polite'' usually refers to people. Many reviewers are now using such terms as you would think they are describing a personality, and not a wooden box with drivers in it to provide sound, not matter how good or how bad it is. Using this terminolo... | |
| High end stores closing do you really care ''My advice is, find a dealer in your area who goes out of his way to help you optimize system performance, and reward his efforts with your business and referrals''Great advice. Let me know if you ever hear of one will you?Thanks! | |
| High end stores closing do you really care Brick and mortar stores are a relic of the past, meaning that they can no longer hold the customer hostage with ridiculous and meaningless techno-chatter only intended to confuse the buyer into buying whatever the salesguy recommends, while treati... |