tommy_in_sylmar

Responses from tommy_in_sylmar

Demise of "Audio" magazine
i too mourn the passing of one of the best long running magazines. i subscribed to it since 70 or 71. there were ups and downs, bert whyte!, etc, ahc, and toward the end it becane actually one of the best. there was always quality even when the th... 
Looking for a pair of LS 3/5a
qsandd.com should get you to the distributor 
Best Audiophile Christmas Recordings
the manhattan transfer-the christmas album,the charlie byrd christmas album on concord,a concord jazz christmas,warner bros.jazz christmas party, jingle cats meowy christmas(deep bass), a merry jazzmas on rca/novus, john pizzarelli-lets share chri... 
Rogers LS3/5a is 'the reference' speaker
verrrrrrry natural on voice but the new spendor s-3/5 replacement seems to be the natural progression. also the spendor has no midbass hump and should be easier to mate to a sub. theres a review in the absolute sound issue 119/aug-sep'99. the twee... 
Serious about sound?
yes, krells arent excrement, i can hear better than a lot of people out there, carl, dont let him push that button again, he probably likes to do so. 
Any Decent Sounding Multiple CD Players?
ditto on the CAL but it wasnt within your budget. 
The best sounding FM Tuner is.....
my experienceis....... a harmaon kardon citation 15. it sounded like the studio feed. it wasnt that reliable, perhaps the repairer was below standard. when i switched in mono after a repair, left and right channels were out of phase! next...the tu... 
Used Adcom Gfp -565 Good deal
racer--i purchased a 565/555II combo in about 1991 on the basis of a review by gary galo in stereophile. he likened it to the sp10 arc, he was wrong. its good enough, i paid the $800 minus 20%. subliminally i felt that something was missing though...