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| The Best Music You Have Ever Heard? Gato Barbieri - Europa Earth, Wind & Fire - Imagination (at the end where Philip Bailey goes off) These don’t make me happy, but rather affects me emotionally and causes me to make that ugly musical bliss face. I can’t listen to these track... | |
| Speaker placement and soundstage Like everyone’s’ saying, you’ve really got to perform the ‘speaker dance’ in order to get the sound you’re after (assuming the speakers are capable of providing that). My only suggestion is to place your speakers in spots that look totally off, li... | |
| Speakers for Small Room I’d suggest you hold off on any speaker purchases until you’ve tried your current gear at your new place. You might find that they sound far better and you’re expecting and the desire for the new/change might just disappear. Just a thought. | |
| Shipping fatigue and your audio habits I have a lot of gear I’d like to sell, but haven’t for a variety of reasons. Mainly, it’s the PITA aspect of having to box, pack, ship (yep, shipping and insurance is absolutely nuts!), but also having to wait and wonder if the equipment made it o... | |
| Pass Labs Amps - Does the heat bother you? Like others have mentioned, the size and location of your listening room will make a huge difference. I own the Aleph 2s, again. The first time was in Germany where my listening room was in the basement. The size was appx 15x17. I left them on 24... | |
| Speaker Positioning Have you considered open baffle speakers? Those can be placed closer to the side walls without much (if any) detrimental effects. My room is 13x14 and my Spatials sound pretty good in there, closer to the side walls. Having said that, I was pleas... | |
| Share some under appreciated jazz album titles A few come to mind. Rick Margitza - Hope Art Pepper - One September Afternoon Phil Woods - Song for Sisyphus | |
| Vacuum Tube Snake Oil Salesmen Ignorance is bliss. Sort of glad I don't have a tester, as I think there would be much anger within me from seeing the results. Their customer service is literally pathetic. I'll never buy from them. Thanks for the heads-up. | |
| seller etiquette I'd say it can be normal. My guess: the seller has probably had many tire-kickers in the past and when you didn't respond to his email in what he felt was a reasonable amount of time, he made the sure sale rather than holding off for the potential... | |
| What headphone and amplifier for classical enthusiast For anything headphone related, I always suggest folks head over to head-fi.org to ask questions and learn. There is just so damn much happening in that audio community nowadays that it's crazy. Just sign up and ask away. Very helpful and knowled... | |
| Location...location...location I had my son listen to the new speaker placement. His response: The soundstage is too wide. Clearly, personal preference plays a huge part in the enjoyment of audio. | |
| Does it ever end? This will sound silly and counter intuitive, but I’d suggest you get a small, inexpensive rig to swap out once in a while. With no expectation of being able to hear an ant fart, you’ll be able to go from an anal audiophile to just a dude listening... | |
| You are there vs. They are there Can someone recommend some albums they feel presents music in the 'they are here' form? Thanks. | |
| just wanted to share my fix for making my speakers cat and grand kid proof! Never thought of that. May have to give it a try so I can pull out the Maggies for a change (have cats). Thank you. | |
| Aging ears and Nuances "Sounds good enough" gets tossed around a bunch in my listening room nowadays. Just turned 60, hearing up to about 13K, and the mundane idiotic minutia of minute differences in sound quality (which used to get my pecker up) bore me to tears anymor... |