garfish
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| All ML or mix & match with Electrostatics? I don't think you'd go wrong with the ML 380S-- it's an excellent pre-amp, and would certainly work well with your other ML equipment. What are you using for a pre-amp and source for playback now? I've never seen reviews that indicated that the Ma... | |
| Confused - what to buy DAC or CD player? It's been my personal experience that the DAC is more important to music quality than the transport, so of the choices you list, I'd go for the Bel Canto DAC-- and maybe later pick up a better transport. Cheers. Craig | |
| What's most important to WAF-size, shape, finish? ...........absolutely no (*(*&%$#&*& exposed wires, and here, SMALLER is better;>). Cheers. Craig | |
| What are you trying to tweak improve? As I have an all digital system, two aspects of music that I am very sensitive to are glare and smearing in the upper mids and low treble. But other parts of music that are very important to me are timbral richness, especially in vocals, and also ... | |
| Seek Tube Amp to Flip-Flop with SS Amp Hi 4Yanx; I'm also considering doing what you are planning so I'll follow your thread with interest. I've been thinking of the ARC VT-50 (which is a "stout" little amp, and also the bigger ARC VT100 MKII. The MKII can somstimes be found near $2.5K... | |
| Mark Levinson 37 to Chord DAC 64 I use a Cardas AES/EBU 110 Ohm digital cable between M37 and M360S DAC and much prefer it over Madrigal's own 110 Ohm digital cable. The Madrigal is just too analytical and lacks PRT whereas the Cardas is coherent, has good detail, good PRT, and i... | |
| the best SF-Line 2 tubes are they the Sovtek 6922? Hi Amoss; unlike South43, I like the neutrality of the Sovtek 6922s, and they are available in matched pairs pretty inexpensively from Sonic Frontiers. The stock Sovteks do not have the "bloom" or tube euphony of some NOS tubes, and as South43 not... | |
| headphone setup 500 used. I really like the Senn, 600s-- very comfortable for long listening sessions. The Senn. 580s are almost identical to the 600s-- just less detailed and more "laid back". I can also recommend the HeadRoom Supreme-- built for travel, but works and sou... | |
| Suggestion on spending 3500 Levinson M39 (used), but then I haven't heard the Aero Capitole mentioned above-- seems like it's getting a lot of favorable recommendations lately. Good Luck. Craig | |
| I turn the big Half-Century today Happy Birthday Ernie. And welcome to geezertime. When I turned 50-- over 9 years ago, I might have listened to Jerry Lee Lewis "Great Balls of Fire"-- seems like that was "just the other day". Also, at 50 "Whole Lotta' Shakin" Goin On", and "Breat... | |
| Why Expensive power Cables when Romex behind Wall? No offence Boros as I was once a power cord skeptic myself-- but I get the impression that you haven't actually auditioned any PCs yourself.Audiogon should have a regulation that no one can ask this question unless they have auditioned at least fi... | |
| Are loudspeakers that different? Hi Paulwp; The point I was trying to make is that it is expensive and difficult to design/build a speaker that has "high quality" bass below say 30-35 HZ. There are many inexpensive speakers that will produce deep bass, but it's typically loose, b... | |
| Amps get all the thunder, what about preamps? I like the neutrality of the Sonic Frontiers Line series of pre-amps, and the Line 1 and 2 can be found used for well under $2000. I just had my Line 2 upgraded to the SE level, and the new tubes/parts added a welcome bit of warmth to music. Cheer... | |
| Cowboy Junkie Fans Hi Scott-- a fair question, but in response, I have to say that I don't care for jazz at all and have no explanation for that-- yet I know you're a big jazz fan? I guess we're wired differently.First of all, there is no accounting for taste(s). Th... | |
| Are loudspeakers that different? Jimmy; It seems to me that-- in my limited experience-- what you pay for when buying expensive speakers is 1. deeper and more articulate bass, and 2. a much more revealing character in the mids and treble. In general I would say that this is good ... |