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| What to do with your tax return? Kitch that remark about co-signer's being schmucks with fountain pens hit like a mortar at very close range but how would you know? You brought back a VERY bad memory. Oh how the truth can hurt. Yeah I remember the X-mas club, belonged to one as a... | |
| Transcendent Grounded Grid Opinions Mnsaluki I recently heard the Transcendent OTL monos driving a marginal (at best) hi-end system. The sonic characteristic of the amps "transcended" the rest of the system. BTW, it was the FIRST time I have heard an OTL amp. The reason I auditioned... | |
| Best value speakers available This thread has been done before and it is an important one for those just tuning in. I am another in the Vandersteen camp at the MSRP. Full range I don't think it gets any better. I would vote the 2 series in the top 5 values in audio ever. And D... | |
| Most emotionally involving cables? The reason the MIT's are so "emotionally involving" may have something to do with their cost. When you spend that much on cables, sound be damned, there is a certain degree of emotional connection. Things that make you and others (if they knew) qu... | |
| Led Zeppelin on Classic Records I got the Led 1, Great, I love it, buy it, you'll like it, This is a limited time offer, act now, just do it before they're gone. Sorry got carried away....but I agree, well worth it for Zep fans. | |
| One Song That Still Causes... There are many but "My Funny Valentine" sung by Ella Fitzgerald who made me really hear that great standard for the "first" time. | |
| Music to make you laugh by Not to mention some of the pieces from the suite Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saens. Amusing but not "ha ha" funny. He wrote it for his own amusement but wouldn't permit it to be played in his lifetime. Ironically enough it is probably... | |
| Music to make you laugh by I have a Mercury CD of Leroy Anderson's music. Song titles like the Waltzing Cat, Typewriter Song, Syncopated Clock etc. What is fun is telling a child (no older than 8 or 9) the name of the song and playing it and watching their reaction when the... | |
| Best Male Singers of the 20th Century Paul I believe you just made the point. 100 years will bring a lot of changes in styles, tastes and music. I think only the good music will last. The artists will be viewed by most for the period they came from. I really can't think of one that wi... | |
| Best Male Singers of the 20th Century The interest is only to those interested. I guess if the material 100 years is as dated as McCormick's recordings are today the interest may be left to a small minority of those that "discover" it in the archives. Greatness and general acceptance ... | |
| Best Male Singers of the 20th Century You got it Paul, the Great Irish Tenor, I'm impressed. Now I wonder, how many have even heard of him? His first recordings were made when Louie Armstrong was a little boy. | |
| Audio Research vs. Aragon That D-115 idles at 400 watts. That is a lot of heat. It is rated at 100 watts which is quite a bit of power for a tube amp. Tube and component life would be shortened if your only avenue of ventilation is from the front and back of the cabinet. I... | |
| Best Tube Amp under 10K? I recently heard the Transcendent OTL. It is a Class AB design which means it runs a bit cooler than the SE's and by using some feedback there is better bass control. I can't speak about its bass performance because the speakers I listened to it o... | |
| Is anyone familiar with Ixos cables? Yes I am familiar with these cables, the exotica (their top of the line). Overall I liked the Harmonic Tech in my system better though the Ixos had their virtues, they didn't reveal the inner harmonic detail of the music in the same manner as the ... | |
| Why Don't More People Love Audio? I suspect that there is more innovation in A/V gear because there is more demand thus more competition for the consumer dollar. Hi-End doesn't innovate because there isn't enough wide band interest. It seems many of the large hi-end firms have tak... |