Active Desktop Monitor/ Speakers suggestions please

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Loudspeakers
Submitted by nunhgrader on

Looking for some great active desktop monitor/ speaker suggestions. I am starting to upgrade my Harmon Kardon 8 watters for something a little more substantial. I have looked st M-Audio Studiophile AV40s, KRK Monitors and Quad 11Ls (I think that is their model numbers). I am interested in using these with a desktop system that will start out with a basic set-up and eventually include a top end sound card along with some higher end cables. I may opt for a studio monitor with a sub out also. I like headphone outputs and rca connections - 1/8" inputs are nice as well but, not manditory.

Classic's Clarity Pressings

Classic's Clarity Pressings

Dec 24, 2008

It’s fair to ask how many audiophile pressings of John Coltrane’s <I>Blue Train</I> do we need? Yet Mike Hobson of Classic Records makes a compelling case for this answer: one more. Classic is putting out a whole new type of LP, and though its technical tweak seems preposterous—a parody of vinylphilic obsession—it really does yield a substantial improvement; it makes the head spin.

Do Musicophiles Enjoy Audio?

Do Musicophiles Enjoy Audio?

Dec 24, 2008 First Published:Apr 03, 1990
Paul Gowan's letter in the October 1989 Stereophile hinted that, whether or not audiophiles enjoy music, it should be true that the emotional experience we derive from music is what really matters. There, barefaced, lies the problem: who are "we"? A well-known Latin epigram affirms that in matters of taste there is no point in discussion. And a Greek epigram (coined in fact by Max Beerbohm in his Oxford novel Zuleika Dobson) suggests that "for people who like that kind of thing, that is the kind of thing they like."

Clouds Taste Metallic

Clouds Taste Metallic

Dec 23, 2008

It kind of happens intuitively, like breathing or crying or finding your way back home. Every year around this time, I scan my compact disc racks and watch as my hand reaches for The Flaming Lips' 1995 album, <i>Clouds Taste Metallic</i>. I put the disc in the player. I sit back. And I listen, and I remember.

long-shot, I know...but I need help.. Carl Anderson

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The Universal Pulse
Submitted by ncdrawl on

First of all, I am an enormous JC Superstar fan, and having played Caiphas in many, many productions of the show, ive seen a lot of the guys..but noone will ever, ever touch Ted Neeley and Carl Anderson, in my opinion. I have a lot of Neeleys albums, but could someone tell me which among Carl Anderson's albums is a good start?? Carl was amazing(RIP) and I sadly have not heard much outside of JC Superstar..

Something that has him showing off, pure ego..that would be nice.

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The Entry Level
Submitted by Voodooman13 on

Hello all Just getting started, and need some advice. I originally got introduced to the audio bug about ten years ago with my Rega Plannar 3 with a Sumiko Blue Point, which with limited budget, I opted for a Denon amp, ran through Cardas entry level cables to Energy C2 Bookshelf speakers. The sound was entry level fantastic for me IMHO.

On Newsstands Now: Stereophile, Vol.32 No.1 (January 2009)

On Newsstands Now: Stereophile, Vol.32 No.1 (January 2009)

Dec 22, 2008

The January 2009 issue of <i>Stereophile</i> is now on newsstands. Volume 32 Number 1 is pretty much bursting at the seams with radicalness. I received a voicemail from a long-time subscriber telling me so. It went:

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