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| Turntable or go into SACD, Simon Yorke vs EMM Lab For now, if I were you I would stand pat -- just buy more records and CDs. I am one of those who went from an SACD player (Sony SCD-1) back to a good CD player (Naim CDS3). The top CD players sound quite good and I have not found an SACD player th... | |
| The importance of azimuth Rhodyavphile,I have the Wally azimuth tester, and with my setup, I could not get particularly reliable readings utilizing the instructions. I could merely confirm that my visually adjusted azimuth was not far off from acceptable electrical measure... | |
| Europeans vs. the U.S.A. America has always been an open market, and, because of the size and wealth of the market, it is the usual target for everyone thinking of exporting. Americans are so used to having a lot of choices and are therefore not as inclined to brand loyal... | |
| Aerius Revival Good for you. I can't imagine how the panels got so dirty though. I had ML Quests for ten years and they were as clean and transparent as the day I got them when I sold them.Are you a smoker? When I sold a pair of Acoustat 1+1, the used audio deal... | |
| what is the best way to deal w/ an asymnetrical .. I have a friend whose room is a virtual cube (about as tall as it is wide and long, completely open on one side. The room is very problematic. About the only realistic thing that can be done is to listen in the nearfield, where room contribution i... | |
| What's the oldest piece of gear in your system? My oldest equipment is a Yamaha DSP-1 surround sound processor + Yamaha amp + KEF C-20 speakers (circa 1986). Next oldest is a Magnum Etude tuner.The newest piece is a Naim CDS-3 cd player. | |
| Any Gershman speaker owners I heard the GAP 828s at this year's CES. To me, it was one of the highlights of the show. It pulled off the rare trick of sounding lively, dynamic and articulate without being harsh or thin or overbearing. I do not recall any other speakers in its... | |
| Best Beethoven's 9th recording? If you like a faster paced ninth, like Toscanini, but you want better sound quality than any of Toscanini's recordings, I would recommend Rene Leibowitz version (available from Chesky). | |
| Any experience with a Wadia 6? Its been about four years since I owned a Wadia 6. I had it from 1991 or 1992 to 2000. In that time, it worked flawlessly. In 2000, when I switched to a Sony SCD-1, I noted that the Wadia sounded a bit more polite and less dynamic than the Sony, b... | |
| SACD my thoughts at this time..................... I'm basically in the same position as Ben. I have used a Sony SCD-1 for the past four years, but it has now been put away in favor of a CD only player -- a Naim SCD3. I found that switching between the CD and SACD layer on the SCD-1 typically exhi... | |
| Most achingly-beautiful music Schubert G flat major ImpromptuMozart Clarinet Concerto 2nd movementBeethoven "Spring" Sonata for violin and piano 1st and 2nd movementLauridsen Lux AeternaAllegri MisereGrieg Piano Concerto 2nd movementBeethoven Violin Concerto 2nd movementSchube... | |
| What items do you rarely ever see offered for sale Some items are just plain rare, like my SAP speakers, so they are not many to be resold even if everyone was trying to dump them (mine is a definite keeper). Other rare items not commonly seen include AHT phono stages, Sao Win cartridges, connoiss... | |
| Speakers for extremely close listening I've heard the JM Reynard Trentes up pretty close and they sounded wonderful. Not the most neutral sound (bit warm and woody sounding), but oh so ravishingly musical. Up close, analytical, detailed and lean sounding speakers really sound bad. | |
| Personal speaker evolution Magnepan MG-1 ($500)Polk RTA-12(?) (@ $900) (a mistake)Acoustat 1+1 and pair of Kinergetic Woofers ($?)Martin Logan Quest ($4,000)S.A.P. J2001 (twin woofer) ($21,500) One of the best sounding speakers I've heard at any price, and, at 99 db/w effic... | |
| SCD-1 & SCD-777ES Sonically What's the Difference? Some units have two DACs outputting a true differential signal that is then amplified in a differential analogue stage. An op-amp inverter used to create a balanced signal does, as you say, provide the balanced output that is useful on longer inte... |