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Who R U?
29 years of age, living in DC and working for a development agency that markets subsidized health products in "developing nations." I'm regularly traveling on the Congo, or . . . | 486 |
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Audiogon "RECORDINGS TO DIE FOR" list
1)Stan Getz & Joao/Estrud Gilberto self titled. 2)Miles Davis "Sketches of Spain" 3)Juan Carlos Formell "Songs from a Little Blue House" 4)"Ellington's Indigos" 5)Sting "Nothing . . . | 387 |
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Best single-malt Scotch...
ah yes, lagavulin...think i'll have one come to think of it | 323 |
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The BEST system you've ever built !!!!
I think it's also kind of interesting to see how good a system you can put together on a limited budget. To give a little hope to those here who can't spend as much as a . . . | 283 |
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Legendary audio equipment
Wow. I started this thread 8 years ago when I was 28. I'm now 36, married and expecting children. In the meantime, I lived in Africa for several years and then went back to get . . . | 192 |
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Music for "Tough Times"
1)To make me feel better: Louis Armstrong Wonderful World or Jimmy Cliff I can see clearly now. 2)To take me from feeling blue to feeling blue and nostalgic: Duke Ellington, . . . | 138 |
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Worst Rock Band Ever !!!!
Did someone already say....GWAR | 111 |
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Who is your favorite jazz pianist
Abdullah Ibrahim | 89 |
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Would you pay to audition speakers
No sir | 72 |
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Speaker Choice for Almarro 318B
I think that you'd be surprised if you heard the Sequerra MET 7.7 mk 6. Tellig reviewed in Sterophile not long ago. It's a design that's been around for many many years...and . . . | 69 |
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Mystical Performances
Ah yes, Meeting by the River is amazing. Very special indeed. If you've read my other threads, i've mentioned that one before too. Further, i would say Nick Drake did that on . . . | 62 |
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Worst Music of All-Time
There was some pretty bad S#!t to come out of the eighties...like Ratt...or Dead or Alive...round round baby right round, like a record baby right right round round...immortal . . . | 59 |
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The old timers give the young'ns tips on the 60s.
20 responses in the first day! Thanks, you've given me a lot to chew on... Let me see which one is first...the Blues Project might be first... It's too bad I came along after . . . | 49 |
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Maybe I'm just over box speakers?
Yes, I think perhaps a nice compromise between box and panels are dynamic driver config. with a ribbon tweeter. It's hard to get the integration right as those ribbons can easily. . . | 49 |
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Sunday morning music...what's spinning?
Juan Carlos Formell...songs from a little blue house...defines Sunday morning for me...if it's sunny | 47 |
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Best Movie Soundtrack
Again, I'm mostly disappointed by soundtrack albums....didn't care for the cheesy dialogue clips on Gladiator. Also, I don't think that the music has any soul on it's own...it was . . . | 46 |
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Bob Dylan, have an opinion?
I still haven't discovered the key to enjoying Dylan. Agreed, he is an amazing bard/poet, but I just get tired of hearing his voice. I can tolerate it for about 3 or 4 songs. But . . . | 43 |
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Is there a very nice SS amp around 1K?
Bryston made some nice ones | 38 |
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music you cant live without
Paul Simon "Graceland" Sting "Nothing Like the Sun" Stan Getz/ Joao Gilbert...first album Louis Armstrong, Wonderful World Crosby Stills and Nash "Deja Vu" Miles Davis "Kind of . . . | 38 |
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Who gets your system and music after you are gone?
Just take out the drivers and bury me in one of my speakers (monkey coffins | 34 |
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What's next for the ultimate sound quality?
Gleb, you seem like practical type guy. I would suggest that if you're going to play around in tubes that you don't go all the way to some incredibly expensive amps...you can do . . . | 32 |
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which is your favorite inexpensive stereo system?
I like an old Dynaco with the Welborne mods...put it with some Sequerra Met VI mark IIs and it is right nice | 32 |
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Know of a "Dirt Cheap" tweak?
I had a problem with Sibilance with my Perreaux amp...the T's and S's sounding much too harsh and opaque. Then, a guy from this site named Sean who is a professional sound engineer. . . | 31 |
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Nick Drake and others like him
Wow....lots of music here to explore. Thanks to all | 30 |
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Looking for the "better sub"
Another guy Mvoulu or something like that...asked this quesiton in another thread...got these same players (REL, MJ, Vandy,) and ultimately went with a pair of the ACI Force XL. . . | 28 |
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smoothing those sibilants...
Again ladies and gentlemen, the cheapest and best sibilance busters I ever heard were Mobile Spec Performance cheap as hell RCA cables. At fifteen bucks a pair you should really . . . | 26 |
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Monitors for Extreme Near-field listening
Sequerra MET 7.7 Mark II, IV or VI .... I have a pair of Acoustic Adagios which cost 5 times what these cost. I just hooked these back up and I still love them. They are an . . . | 24 |
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How do VANDERSTEEN Signature 2ce's rate?
I'm with Garfish. I think my Vandy 2ce's are great at imaging and, though not as detailed as the Thiels, are pretty good in the high and mids. The Thiels and Vandersteens are . . . | 23 |
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Indian Music?
I second "Meeting by the River" on Water Lily Acoustics Label ....a collaboration between Ry Cooder and VM Bhatt. It is a facinating cross cultural dialogue between two . . . | 19 |
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Vienna Beethoven, Spendor 8SE, Adagio or VS VR4jr
Hi there, I own the Adagios and I agree that if you want an open, airy top end then they are great for that. The ribbon tweeter really opens up air. I use mine with a Sophia tube . . . | 19 |
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Inexpensive high efficiency bookshelf speakers
Sequerra MET 7 Mk VI. I have the Mark II but its essentially the same design. I can't tell you how much I've enjoyed these speakers. I replaced a pair of Vandersteen 2CEs as . . . | 19 |
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Dimple in speaker driver cone
A yes, two weeks back the same thing happend to me! A mischevious child when and punched in the dust caps on one of my Sequerra montiors (no grills)---more than just quarter size. . . | 18 |
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Entry into tubes
Danvetc, I'll give you my experience with tubes and the other guys can just skip this post, cuz they've probably read it before. If youre just entering tubes, I would grab an old . . . | 18 |
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ROGUE AUDIO 88 AMP
Carl, have you thought about biamping your system with the Krell on the bass and the Rogues on the top end using an active crossover? I'm thinking about doing the same with my . . . | 17 |
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Qawwali ....Nasrut Fateh Ali Khan
Thanks all for the terrific responses... Erider/Jazzcourier: is this the album set that you are referring to? Looks to be quite pricey!! http://www.amazon.com/Paris-Concerts-. . . | 16 |
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SF Assemblage ST-40 tube amp?
I can vouch for the Dyna St-70. Excellent highs and midrange. But needs work on the bass end...especially if you have some difficult to tame speakers. I've heard the ST-70 II, . . . | 16 |
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Integrated thingy
Linn Classik. Love mine and I use it with Sequerra Met 7...which I think is a nice combo. I would also second the idea of a YBA. More tube-like than the Classik perhaps (though. . . | 15 |
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Need interconnect advice
Do yourself a favor and try Mobile Spec Performance cables. Unfortunately, I don't know where they are sold, but I'm sure that you can find them on the net. An audio engineer here. . . | 15 |
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Great jazz and Rock unknown GEMS Share yours
If you're into Gypsy Jazz (like Django Rheinhardt)...check out Alphonso Ponticelli from the Green Mill in Chicago...top notch... I like his first album best. I've seen his group &. . . | 14 |
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Best used amp $750 range
I just got done shopping for a used amp in this range, and I ended up with a Perreaux 2150B. Works in class A most of the time and then in AB up to 200 Watts. It is pretty smooth. . . | 14 |
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Single-driver speakers for 2W 45 SET monoblocks
Why not cain and cain abbys or super abbys? It seems an obvious choice. For 3k you can have a pair of bailey subwoofers too | 13 |
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Cowboy Junkies Fans........
Hey, I saw something in another thread about this, but I can't find it again. Where can I get a Trinity Session in Gold format? Is it impossible? I've searched the net to no . . . | 12 |
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Outriggers: Soundocity only game in town?
I'm using Acoustic zen Adagio... Thus Soundocity... I may just bite the bullet | 11 |
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The universal language?
If your a fan of the blues, there is a facinating correlation between the blues of the United States and the music of West Africa, particularly of Mali. The evolution is obvious . . . | 11 |
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BI-AMPING
Another really good crossover is the Marchand Electronics. They make solid state active crossovers and tube crossovers for high end applications. I know that they also offer a . . . | 10 |
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BEST classical guitar.....CD!
Also not classical spanish guitar, but if you want a lovely album of Cuban guitar, try Juan-Carlos Formell's "Little Blue House." He's the son of one of Cuba's most famous . . . | 10 |
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Difference in monitor and fullrange speakers
Yes, my experience is that monitors are very dynamic and they disappear very well...can create pretty spectacular sound stages. Not sure why this is...or if it's really linked to. . . | 9 |
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A Tribute to the Sequerra MET 7
It is interesting... Mine do not have any grills whatsoever... I think that the grilled versions were the very first ones...rather crude in presentation from what I see on Ebay... . . | 8 |
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Why so many Vandersteens for sale?
Vandersteen are among the most ubiqitous of audiophile speakers...something like 85,000 pairs of 2 models alone are out there. Next, Vandersteen is constantly making improvements. . . | 7 |
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Two years on...AZ Adagios still quality performer?
David, I agree with you...just wanted to be sure... ...I'll tell you why i'm scratching my head. Seems like even dealers these days are selling these speakers at much reduced . . . | 6 |
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What does tube bias do for sound?
Yes, higher bias will increase the warmth, and decrease the tube life....sometimes drastically. Lower bias will make the sound less sweet, but will tighten it up and make it more . . . | 6 |
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Salif Keita
Yeah, Habib Koite is amazing. I actually used to see him play in Bamako at a little club where us Peace Corps volunteers hung out. He is a very nice guy. In Mali, where Salif is. . . | 5 |
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DBT: Audio Industry's "Mortal Enemy?"
Good points all. And I'll add the most obvious one to it: One man's trash is another man's treasure. Last night, I was at a friend's house listening to his system. He has taken. . . | 5 |
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Counterpoint Da-10 /ultra analog good ?
I had Counterpoint gear for a couple of years and I wouldn't own it again if you paid me. It's fragile and only pretty good sounding. Besides they are out of business and I think. . . | 5 |
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Travails of Adagio burn-in...include tweeters?
Yes, just to clarify. This isn't a problem caused by Acoustic Zen. I purchased these here on Audiogon second hand. I'm sure that they were fine before they were shipped as they. . . | 4 |
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Acoustic Zen Adagio Floorstanders vs. Adagio Jrs
Ballhog, How did the adagios compare to your Ninas? (just took a look at your review.... ) I've considered others like Cain, cardersound, omega..etc...I just heard that the . . . | 3 |
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Review: Cardersound Tybone Speaker
Ok, so now try them with an Almarro A318B | 1 |
