Super Bad

Super Bad

Jun 12, 2006

James Brown at B.B. Kings in New York on Friday night. Big semi-crazed shows, what they used to call <I>revues</I>, like the one Brown brought to town are fast becoming a lost art. The band featured three horns, three drummers, four female backup singers called Bittersweet (two black, two white) and four guitar players all of whom were killer and all of whom played in widely diverse styles.

Thoughts on Bel Canto/Direct selling

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General Rants 'n' Raves
Submitted by g_man on

Hi,

I just noticed Bel Canto has started selling direct with a 30 day money back deal. I am not associated, or even own any of their equipment (but the new DAC3 with USB looks interesting...). It seems they still have a dealer network, although not in my city.

Is direct selling a good thing, a bad thing...is it a sign of a company going downhill?? It seems to me that many companies in other industries have pissed off their distributors/dealers, only to fall flat on their face.

Gavin.

Wilson Sohia 2

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Loudspeakers
Submitted by gkus on

Has anyone had a chance to audition the Sophia 2 and compare it with the original Sophia (which I have)? Any observations of audible differences? I probably won't get to make that comparison and "upgrading" to the tune of $4-5,000 without clearcut gains seems costly.

Mix Your Own . . .

Mix Your Own . . .

Jun 12, 2006

Belt buckle? Jimminy Christmas, Sweet Couture is selling cassette tape belt buckles. It's $10 for a "We pick," $15 for your favorite brand. They don't offer <I>my</I> fave, the TDK-MAXG, however&mdash;which is a shame, because $15 wouldn't be an unreasonable price for one of those bad boys.

System balance.

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General Rants 'n' Raves
Submitted by Buddha on

Hola,

I really like the thread about what the relative importance of each piece of the audio chain contributes to the over-all sound. It made me want to try and see what people think about in terms of how they ration out their expectations of what a system does or should do - how they would rate the relative importance of performance characteristics.

So how about a thread regarding system balance in terms of aspects of sound, rather than which components are most responsible for that sound?

So first, some words:

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