mapman
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| Modern day female jazz recommendations There is an NPR issue CD called "Modern Jazz Divas" that I bought for some new exposure in this area and is worth a listen | |
| The Best Compliment You've Gotten On Your Rig? "That sounds really good".Truthfully most people could care less how it sounds. They think my wireless controlled music server and Squeezebox devices are pretty cool though when I use that to get the music playing. And they are also sometimes real... | |
| Top 5 Classical recordings For a single recording to hook most newbies, the soundtrack to the original Disney movie "Fantasia" is still perhaps the single best place to start.Fantasia. | |
| Top 5 Classical recordings 5 top goto composers (for me):1) Mozart2) Beethoven3) Bach4) Tchaikovsky5) MahlerNothing too shocking there, right? Top 5 recommendations for a newbie:1) any good compilation of Leroy Anderson tunes2) Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Ballet3) Beethoven Past... | |
| Would you trust a local dealer to help you put EMerson,I would tend to agree. I recall us going through some similar discussions awhile back. The configuration options with your room seemed to be a bottleneck. Major changes there, if at all possible, may be the only way to solve the problem. O... | |
| Downgrading Expectations need to be realistic. That might involve downgrading them especially in the case where one expects their system to transform recordings to what they want or expect them to be rather than what in fact they really are. | |
| Budget Chinese Tube amps - any good? Any Chinese tube amp as good as an apples/apples VAC model? | |
| Downgrading "Right-sizing" might be a more useful term to describe achieving ones goals, even lofty ones, with less. | |
| Would you trust a local dealer to help you put "It was a good experience that has motivated me to hang in there with my current setup. "I'm curious what specifically was said that motivated you to hang in there?Does that mean that you may be better off than you thought?I know you've jumped thr... | |
| The Whipped Cream Lady from Herb Alpert's album I have two framed "classic" album covers on my listening room wall. WCAOD is one of them and has not changed. The other one changes from time to time. | |
| Downgrading Probably a smart move for many.Musical enjoyment may often need not necessarily suffer. | |
| You know you're an audiophile if-- You sit for hours in infinite bliss listening to music just to hear what might happen next while all your ADD friends are out twittering. | |
| Laying it on the line Audiophiles are no doubt quite opinionated about what sounds "good" by nature and do seem to tend to become obsessed with the chase almost to the point of OCD. And the fact is there is usually little in terms of concrete facts or metrics to back u... | |
| Excellent IC's yet a little mellow up top? MIT ICs I have tried are excellent and mellow up top compared to others I use. I think you can find MIT ICs for less than $750 that fit that bill. I'd recommend trying those first before dropping big bucks on wires. | |
| Headphones? Anyone? AKG has always had a lot to offer audiophiles for quite some time now. If I were to add another pair, AKG is where I might look first. |