It's a Vinyl World After All

It's a Vinyl World After All

Feb 24, 2009

<B><I>It's a Vinyl World, After All: Michael Fremer's Guide to Record Cleaning, Storage, Handling, Collecting, & Manufacturing in the 21st Century</I></B><BR>
MF Productions mxangle3 (DVD). 2008. Michael Fremer, prod.; Joe Shelesky, Andre Kruger, Jeff Wilerth, dirs.; Joe Shelesky, editor. $30; available from <I>Stereophile</I>'s <A HREF="http://ssl.blueearth.net/primedia/home.php">secure e-commerce page</A>.

Equipment A-Z, the Most Important Poll of 2009

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General Rants 'n' Raves
Submitted by cookiedds on

Rank these categories 1st to last in order of tangible impact on the end performance of a stereo listening system:
~Source components
~Receiver/Integrated Amp/Processor/Preamp
~Outboard DAC
~Amplification
~Speakers
~Subwoofer
~Component wiring
~Speaker wiring
~Speaker stands
~Power conditioner
~Equipment stands/isolation
~Computer
~Room dimensions
~Room treatments
~Speaker placement

Tolliver & Moran Do Monk at Town Hall

Tolliver & Moran Do Monk at Town Hall

Feb 23, 2009

It’s a bad idea to gin up expectations, but two concerts this week at Town Hall in New York City are worth the risk. Each commemorates Thelonious Monk’s big-band concert at the same Town Hall on Feb. 28, 1959—exactly 50 years ago—but in very different ways. This Thursday, Feb. 26, Charles Tolliver leads a 10-piece band on a straightforward (if that word can describe anything related to Monk) re-creation of the concert. The next night, Feb. 27, Jason Moran leads an octet on a bold re-conceptualization of the event, a sort of post-modern audio-video collage that aims to capture the spirit of Monk’s music while also tapping into its hidden roots and their links to Moran himself.

How about an audio scavenger hunt...

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General Rants 'n' Raves
Submitted by Buddha on

Slow day at work, yay!

How about:

Interenet search, 500 dollars or less, which USED speaker would you buy...pretending that you would have to insert it in your system and live with it.

(500 bucks is the sales price, no consideration for tax, shipping, etc.)

I haven't looked yet, just curious to see what we'd all come up with.

How much of the music you acquire is in the form of downloads, either low- and/or high-resolution?

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Stereophile

There are dozens of CD- or higher-resolution download sites now online. Which begs the question: How much of the music you acquire is in the form of downloads, either low- and/or high-resolution?

Best Wiring Srategy for Monitor/Sub Stereo Listening

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Tweaks 'n' Tips
Submitted by cookiedds on

What is the best method of wiring monitor speakers and a subwoofer setup purely for stereo music listening? I have Canton Karat L 100 monitors on stands and a Martin Logan Depth subwoofer in a large open listening room. The Depth has line level R/L Input/outputs, LFE in/Sub out and speaker level inputs but no speaker level outputs. I could run the Canton

Bookshelf vs Floorstanding

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The Entry Level
Submitted by prudz on

Hi!

I went to some places because I am looking to upgrade my audio system some time soon. Right now, I am looking at a Rotel integrated amplifier (RA-1062), delivering 60 watts per channel using 8 ohms, to use with my Rotel RCD-1072 CD player. At some place I went, a guy told me I should look for Bookshelf rather than Floorstanding speaker with that kind of amplification. I was wondering if anybody could give me some advice.

Thank you

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