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Barri - Lovelight Shining; nice modern Reggae-influenced. And, this guy's my cousin by marriage . Get it real cheap on Amazon.com

Per 6Moons news snippet: I've liked their products I've had or heard, this sounds pretty nice. Sounds far enough off, we'll see if it comes in with that estimated price intact....

Got some good time with the headphones as well as speakers tonight.... Cowboy junkies, Trinity Revisited - sounds great through 'phones Einsturzende Neubauten - The Jewels Mission Of Burma - Signals Calls and Marches (saw these guys live in 1979, GREAT show!) And even a tiny bit of vinyl; another of my sub-$1 steals from a weekend record show Bruce Cockburn - Stealing Fire

Yes, I would, but can't afford right now. I've been on a rollercoaster of analog sources, peaking with SOTA Sapphire and Rega P25, with middle of the line Thorens and Music Hall (which Deepak has/had). The Teac was a reaction to my wife almost destroying needles/cartridges. I still use a Primare Phono Pre, and it actually still sounds, uhhhh, respectable EDIT:

God bless you, my man!! I got this same vinyl, and love it (even on my crappy Teac TT). "Decades" just ripped right through me, that keyboard has deep soul. Also have Unknown Pleasures on same vinyl..... As for me, work is fun with minimal meetings. I am hearing:

Amy Millan - Masters of the Burial

Interesting, re: Pre on VZW. I had actually thought I read that there was "writing on the wall" it would not end up being on the network. Well, sounds like I'll have choices, that's a good thing. BTW, one of my favorite videos:

Went to a record & CD show today, got some good $5 CD's, and a bunch of $1 (or less! One table gave me 11 for $5) vinyl. Some stuff I got, to which I have listened: (on CD) (on CD) (on vinyl) (on vinyl - just put this on)

I just saw this ad today, actually kind of liked it. It sounds like they won't be getting the Palm Pre either.... I've been holding out for a decent do-a-lot phone, hopefully what they DO get is worthwhile.

I bought one of the Boston Acoustic Horizon table radios for my outside deck. Sound is decent, maybe a little midbass muddy. Has radio, extra inputs, and headphone output (never tried, perhaps a little scared to ). One Call has a deal on refurb units with ipod docks. EDIT: 1 year warranty, 3 year replacement warranty = $22. I may get a second one for that price.... Have read back and forth on quality, but no probs with mine.

I may have posted this elsewhere..... My wife screws up some lyrics horribly. But the funniest to me is a Beatles mix-up: "Ola di, ola da, my cousin...bra....la la la life goes on" (cousin pronounced coo-ZAHN). I also had a cute one with my son. When he was between 2 and 3, and we'd give him baths, he'd like to have the radio on. Often, classic rock was the choice. And several times, when the Rolling Stones "Ruby Tuesday" tune came on, he'd sing along: "Goodbye...see ya Tuesday....." I've screwed up a lot of lyrics in my days, too. One nice thing, though: I was a big fan for a while of the Cocteau Twins, and NO-ONE knew the real lyrics except Liz Frasier! So it didn't matter how I sang along....

Listened to "Atmosphere" twice.....needed some uplifting music this a.m.

Could be, they are from the NE/Atlantic area. They are kind of metal/industrial goth, and the lead singer sounded like old Bauhaus-era Peter Murphy....a LOT. They used to play Providence, RI a lot, there is/was a good alt club there, forgot the name at the moment. Myspace Link

Wow, Ian, cool stuff indeed! Reminds me almost of a female Nick Cave, Western Noir is pretty apt. Her cover of The Gun Club's "She's Like Heroin To Me" is pretty very different, but I like it.... Will definitely check out more, thanks.

Definitely agree! On the anniversary of his death, I watched that video 6 times during the day. What a powerful and emotional song in his hands..... And a couple more: * Holy Cow - Work (lyrics: work....work...work...work....work...work...eat....sleep...work...work......, continuosuly over a droning guitar and percussion a la metal banging. Crescendos to a scream of work....work....eat....sleep....and DIIIIIIEEEEEEEE) Kind of how I've been feeling recently * Gordon Lightfoot - Carefree Highway, Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

The amp looks like one of those Chinese imports, like a Qinpu or the like. Not sure it'd be great, but as Hopstretch says, if RBH is involved, I'd be given to trust it. The speakers look pretty nice, though. I'm surprised they are Beryllium woofers, I thought that was pretty pricey stuff (or maybe just to apply a coating layer to tweeters, a la Focal).

Good question. I'd trust John's intuition for the most part. I think the single-driver speakers might be better tonally within their range, but dynamics and frequency extension would likely belong to the Jr's. I've had 4" Fostex-based horns and 8" Lowthers in bass-reflex cabinet. Both were outdone in sheer power by their multi-driver brethren (though the Lowther, driven by a Pathos Twin Towers, was amongst the best sound tonally I've had in my house). If the room is small, the single-driver may be enough. I've always wanted to try a small single-driver like that for desktop audio. But for a room-filling application, unless it's a small room or you don't go too loud, the 2-way may be best. I'd also make a recommendation I did in another thread: Silverline. There are some nice models available, including a Prelude II floorstander on Audiogon for $600 shipped (I think it may even be in FL). But given all I've heard from them, I think even their small Minuet would be a good competitor..... New, most are out of your price range. But used, I think they're a great bargain. And BTW, my Preludes sound great with the jazz I've thrown at them (mostly piano and vocal, and a tiny bit of brass/wind like Roland Kirk & Gary Larson). Food for thought. Didn't realize you hadn't got the RW Sig yet. Let me know on the Virtue, I should be getting it back this week.

Echo this....I actually bought a pair of Aurasound 2-ways from him (he and a friend bought a lot of extra stock from a company going OOB). We chatted multiple times, always a pleasure and a learning experience for me. I used to own a pair of Zhorns, small horn speakers using 4" Fostex treated drivers. John and I chatted about these, other horns, his builds, and a lot more. He clearly knows a good amount, loves music and his hobby, and is easy to deal with. PS - Miguel, nice to see you got the RW Sig! How do you like?

PM sent to OP about my Opus DAC FS.....SPDIF in, with SE and Balanced out. Used this briefly with one of those original PCLink buggers from Cryoparts, and it was pretty fine...lossy MP3's, but sounded a heck of a lot better than any other way I listened....

Wow, sorry to hear this as well....I once called the company, back when I had a local dealer selling an old demo pair of 0.5's I think it was. Jim himself answered the phone, and was extremely gracious and helpful. Indeed, I hope the company can continue....

Pretty much spot on IMO. I have one of these, got it used (opened, but unused; someone got it as a throw-in to a speaker deal from AV123). A CK2III I had sounded a lot better, for not much more $....

I'd second Odyssey (based on brief listening in someone else's system, plus what I've read) and Belles as well (based on 2 pre's and integrated I've owned). Especially Belles; there is something VERY right about his equipment that I've heard. Personally, I haven't been impressed with the Musical Fidelity gear I've heard or owned. I had an amp and integrated from them, I want to say in the A3x series IIRC. Somewhat neutral mids that impressed me at first, but bass-weak, and highs seemed too artificial sounding for me. It did not sound like music to me, and not even very good hi-fi. Same thing at a dealers, when TRYING to drive some Totem's unsuccessfully; power was there, but music was not. We moved to Plinius and it was a world of difference. YMMV, different systems and component interactions.....

One of my cats loves it when I pick him up and cradle him a bit like a baby. His paw WILL come around my neck, and as I scratch his neck and sides of his face, he'll kneed a bit, digging his claws into my neck. Sometimes hurts a bit, but too cool to stop. Great guy....but he's the first cat of mine/ours NOT named after stereo equipment

Didn't even know about this until today. I got to met him briefly in the mid-80's as well, he still seemed pretty much "destructed" then. But the news of his passing seemed to hit a little harder and sadder than some of the recent celebs' deaths. Not sure why.....