garfish
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| What's your latest "Discovery" George Thorogood's new CD "Ride 'Til I Die". GT and the Destroyers Rock! I also like Lucinda William's latest CD "World Without Tears". One reviewer called it much too "dark" and generally bad mouthed it, but if you delete 2-3 songs, the rest of t... | |
| Placement,Treatments,Extreme Science Experiments ? I should have added that my Vand. 5s are about 8.5 ft. apart and my listening position is at 9-10 ft. It's also important to have your ear height at the height of the speaker's tweeter. Most good speakers have a fairly narrow "sweet spot", and I s... | |
| Placement,Treatments,Extreme Science Experiments ? Hi Squiddy; w/your speakers only 5 ft. apart and your listening position at only 5 ft. from the speakers you are essentially doing "nearfield" listening. I don't know if the B&W 805s were designed for that or not, but it's my guess that you ar... | |
| The truth about interconnects - can you handle it? .....good posts Gs5556, Twl and all who see this as a troll-- I agree and trust my ears too. I'm glad that opinions vary though as it makes for a great diversity of music, gear, wires etc. CHEERS. Craig | |
| Anybody stop using power conditioning? I agree w/Albert and others who no longer use power conditioners. I used 2-3 mid-priced power conditioners in the past and 1st, none could handle my big McCormack DNA-2DX amp, and 2nd on other components they sometimes changed the music quality/ch... | |
| Want More Bass I had Vand. 2Ces in a 12 X 14' room and could never play them at more than low-mod. volume. They are a good sized speaker that can easily "overload" a room that size. That said, the 2Cesigs are excellent speakers with good bass, but they do benefi... | |
| Rock Lyrics - Best Reference to Other Rock Group From Lucinda Williams "Car Wheels on a Gravel Road"-- "Put on ZZ Top and turn it up real loud", and George Thorogood's reference on his "Anthology" to Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode" as the "R&R National Anthem". Also, Cowboy Junkies "Townes i... | |
| Lisa Marie Presley Bob; thanks for the recommendation. I'll pick it up. Cheers. Craig | |
| Circuit breakers and dirty power Hi Scott; As you propose, putting in the dedicated outlets is the best thing you can do to clean up your power supply. No other household appliances, eg refrig., lights, TV, heat, etc. will be on the dedicated line, and you should have a dramatica... | |
| Breakdown of audio investment It seems that Newbee and I were posting the same thought at the same time. Great minds run along similar channels-- right? Cheers. Craig | |
| Breakdown of audio investment .....I should also note that it surprised me to see that I had about $10K mostly in various "wires"-- but, it works for me. Craig | |
| Breakdown of audio investment Mephisto; it seems to me that if you have a $5K system, 40% ($2000.) would be a LOT for wires, racks, tweaks etc., IMO, as it leaves less money for good quality speakers, main components etc. But if you have a $50K system, $20K or 40% for wires an... | |
| Breakdown of audio investment I've done this before in threads here on A'Gon, but not recently:1. Speakers--------------- 27%2. Transport + DAC-------- 27%3. Amp + Pre-amp---------- 18%4. Dedicated AC system----- 3%5. CDR & Tuner------------- 3%6. Rack-------------------- ... | |
| Too much power? I agree w/ Newbee and Jmc in that you can never have too much power although w/ super powerful amps you do have to be a little careful. To put it into perspective, the 200 wpc Aragon 4004 will only play 3 dB louder than the 100 wpc 2004 at maximum... | |
| Equipment fetish I understand! I BS myself by saying I have to have a "2nd" system. However, I seldom actually use the 2nd system (except for headphone output of pre-amp for DVD-V watching), and in reality it mainly serves as spare components for my big rig. Other... |