alaric62
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Concert halls from around the world. What have been your favorites. @middlemass And wake up in the car Sunday morning, down some warm beers and head next door to the race track. Good times. | |
Stuff You Tried To Love Bryston amps. Dry, sterile, flat, then least musical components I have ever suffered through hearing. McIntosh anything. Just don't like the "house sound" of the big M. Obviously this is subjective. | |
Seeking Honest Opinions: Your Experience with McIntosh Audio Gear The three things I know about McIntosh gear: 1 It holds its resale value incredibly well. 2 Their components tend to be built to last a long time. 3 I'm not a fan of the McIntosh "house sound".* If I wanted to try McIntosh gear, but wasn't su... | |
How does bi-wiring work? Now that multiple people have told the OP bi-wiring doesn't do anything for their setup, I'll kick in my $.02. With my speakers, I get a subtle but definite improvement. Less so with decent quality jumpers replacing the OEM plates, but still a sli... | |
Best Covers Only three come to mind. The Rockets cover of "Oh Well", David Gilmour's "There's No Way Out Of Here" " and Juice Newton's "Angel Of The Morning". | |
Favorite Obscure Rock Song 57 Channels by Bruce Springsteen, with his nod to Elvis. | |
Which band IS really America's Greatest (rock & roll band)? Using a previous poster's definition of "band" and "group", I'll go with the band (loosely defined) that had more hits than any other gathering of musicians-The Wrecking Crew. They made the careers of some pretty big names. | |
(dons Helmet, kevlar vest and cup.) Biwiring Cornwall IVs any benefit? My experience applies only to my set up, so grain of salt, etc.. My Paradigms absolutely benefited from bi-wiring. Maybe it's the connector the speakers come with between the binding posts, but bi-wiring makes a positive and very audible improv... | |
Dealers with excellent listening rooms? They're probably long gone, but Imperial Sound in Tulsa, OK in 1983 was great. They asked what gear I wanted to audition, then told me to pick some albums off the MoFi rack to listen to. They moved a Tandberg stack, a pair of ADS L1530 speakers, a... | |
"I'm a believer" I don't believe in the "diminishing returns", at least not as a universal truth. When you're in to the subjective the value of the return is up to the one who spent the money. That, and a $100k system does sound way better than a $20k system-ass... | |
From pass xa25 to krell k-300i I believe JA, at Stereophile, got more like 80 wpc from the XA 25. So not quite the power deficit advertised, relative to the Krell. | |
Counterfeit Chinese Cables It seems an awful lot of people are ok with stealing, as they justify it with a number of ethical and moral gymnastics. Outsmarting right vs. wrong is laughable. They're thieves, plain and simple. Anyone who knowingly assists the thieves in pro... | |
Two questions to make you mad. This thread seems very...kenjit. | |
Speakers 10 years old or older that can compete with todays best, Still happy with my v.3 Paradigm Studio 60s. I'd be happier if I had my old ADS L1530s back, though. They were very good, IMO. | |
What happen to MQA on Tidal? Soooo, physical media isn't really "dead" and I should hang on to my CDs? My fixed income and 3 Mbps internet (I kid you not, 3 Mbps) seem to have kept me from going down the streaming rabbit hole. Best of luck to all the early adopters, but I s... |