initforthemusic
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| Luxman D-06u or Esoteric K-05Xs CD / SACD player? Save yourself some money and get Unison Research CDE with Optional Dac. | |
| Emotiva equipmet, how good is it? Owned a XPA-2 for a while (for a planned Home Theatre, which never eventuated). My higher end Amps showed up the XPA-2 limitations in 2 Channel. For a Heavy in Weight Amp, it's a little lightweight in Performance. Lacks Slam and Grip on Bass, Cymb... | |
| Do preamps have a material affect on high level sources? And some Dinosaur Jnr. | |
| Do preamps have a material affect on high level sources? @georgehifiThen it's lucky I have some T-Rex Albums! | |
| Do preamps have a material affect on high level sources? There's been a heap of threads on similar subject. So reading this I again re-visited Direct vs. Active Pre-Amp. As in all my previous findings a Quality Active Pre-Amp wins. Going Direct loses the emotion, soul, dimensionality, involvement, of th... | |
| One Amp To ‘Rule’ Them All.... Yamaha, McIntosh? I don't think so.Thrax, Ypsilon will get you far closer. | |
| Buy 12ax7 tube Another vote for Psvane 12AX7-T11. Rolled them into my Vincent SA-T8 Pre. Massive jump in performance. Very bright initially, but settle nicely after 70 hours or so. Quiet, superb dimensionality, highly resolving.And yes improving the Power going ... | |
| Burson V6 Op-amp modification Hi Scott,I too have had a positive experience with Burson upgrades.I had an old Rotel RCD-991 CD Player which was easily beaten by a JLTI modded Player when I got back into purchasing some new equipment after a break around 7/8 years ago. So the R... | |
| Advice on buying good CD player that will outperform my Primare cd31 Unison Research CDE with upgraded optional Dac. Big jump in sound quality over Primare cd31. | |
| Which band IS really America's Greatest (rock & roll band)? @bigjoe No argument about The Jimi Hendrix Experience being the Greatest Band Of All Time, but the thread is "America's Greatest". Jimi's American, Mitch is British, Noel is British, band was formed in London. I tend to describe them as "Internati... | |
| Worst Rock Band Ever !!!! Queen. | |
| BEST MALE VOCAL EVER Howlin' Wolf is the Greatest Male Vocalist of All Time.Honorable Mentions:Scott Morgan.Gerry Roslie.Mitch Ryder.Joey Ramone.Iggy Pop.Otis Redding.Al Green.John Kay.Steve Marriott.Paul Rodgers.Gene Clark.Jay Farrar.John Fogarty.Little Richard.Barre... | |
| Greatest debut album +1 Bellybutton. | |
| Balanced (XLR) CD player recommendations @jsbach1685Realise you are on a restricted budget, but I'd personally advise against an older generation Player, unless the critical components can be upgraded. Every time I hear one of those older generation Players (stock), (and some were very e... | |
| Balanced (XLR) CD player recommendations I'll relate my experience with Rotel RCD-991. Purchased ex-demo early 2000's. Vinyl was my primary source at the time, so the Rotel served the purpose as secondary source.Fast forward to 2011 after a break from Audio, decided to purchase a new Di... |