stan krajewski

It's true that you need to know what the problem is. But if the room is fighting the speakers, things can't sound right. And that's a fact. If rooms didn't matter, then why design a recording studio? Why not use any old space? This is not up for argument. The question becomes, how much money and time do I want to spend? Almost without exception, the most neglected part of most sound systems is the room treatment. I have to believe that speaker manufacturers like Acoustic Research, Advent, Klipsch and B&W (to name only a few), have had people with exceptional hearing "test" or listen to their products and be completely satisfied or even amazed with their performance. Why, because they have perfect listening enviorments! We the people then go out and buy these speakers and an assortment of related and necessary equipment to feed them sound. After that, there is years of swapping speakers, amps, preamps, CD players, turntables and boutique wire in an attempt to squeeze out a little better performance. I wonder how many pieces of perfectly good pieces of equipment I sold becuse they were at war with the room. Most of us, probably because of aesthetics or WAF, avoid treating the room. It's a tough pill to swallow. I too am guilty as charged. Well, thanks for the posting this thread and a special thanks for the link. It's high time that I practice what the hell I preach. The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our equipment, but in our rooms....

Congratulations Packers! Aaron Rodgers seems like a real class act. However, I'll always be grateful to the Steelers for shutting up that loud mouth Ryan.

You can't catch me.

Everyone I know who saw avatar said it was dissappointing at best. Some said it really sucked. It seems, once you get past the 3D glitz, it's just a silly, ill-conceived concept. 2001, Blade Runner and Contact are the ones to beat IMO.

You just made my day!

Let's wait and see how gracious Drew Brees is.

I did watch it, the Cowboys kicked the eagle's butt.

Highway? I don't need no stinking highway!

US Army, 1969 - 1970, Viet Nam 10/1969-10/1970. Two Purple Hearts and Bronze Star. Somehow I made it back in one piece. Not a hero, just a survivor. I saw enough over there to know what war is really about. Every once in a while I'll travel back there in my mind and remember the good stuff. Yes, there were some good memories. I am indeed blessed to have returned without any pyschlogical damage, guilt complexes or recurring nightmares.

Well put. I work in Manhatten and was there on that day when almost 3,000 people were murdered. It's hard to put it aside or make nice if your spouse, parent or child were killed on that most horrific day.

Any TA guys out there?? And what kind of responses did you think that would draw?

Dolly looks more like she's hiding 2 bald musicians.

If it ain't broke......

WNYC here in the big apple. I believe owned by the city. Over the years they have played music that very few stations would dare to. Back in the early 80's they introduced me to Philip Glass, Steve Reich and Terry Riley. These minimalist composers were virtually unknown and unplayed. Well, at least here in NYC. I'm eternally grateful for that Although the amount of music played each day has given way to "news" (if you want to call their left wing agenda news), it's still the place to go to hear something new or different. Not far behind is WKCR. I think Columbia Universtity is it's affiliation. About a week ago they had a week long "Benny Goodman" festival. They played all the recorded works that they had in their library.I listened to a small portion of the festival and still was amazed at how much Benny Goodman recorded, how talented he was and how long a period his career spanned. I hope these venues continue to exist. Otherwise, we'll all be listening to the a$$ end of the American Idol assembly line.

Ahh, but the strawberries that's... that's where I had them.