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| Favourite Opera Recordings For the Ring cycle, the old Solti stereo recordings are pretty good for sound quality. Now for something quite different. I like the music, performance and sound quality of the Janacek Katya Kabanova with Elisabeth Soderstrom on Decca.Now for so... | |
| "New" Western Electric wire I like the various EML Meshplate tubes too, particularly for the enormous and enveloping soundstage they manage to deliver. But, the EMLs don't seem to have the extraordinary lifespan of the WE tubes. I know people who run their amps every day t... | |
| "New" Western Electric wire The "new" Western Electric, is not just a purchase of the old trademark; the company owns the old tube-making gear so there is at least a chance that the reissued 300b tube will be like the "old" reissued 300b (which means a very good tube).As for... | |
| Best Loudspeakers for Rich Timbre? I have no idea what is a "neutral" sounding speaker. That implies some kind of reference; what is that reference? The correct speaker is the one that sounds most musical to the beholder. It would help if the original poster would provide a pers... | |
| SAT 30K+$$ TONEARM: W O R T H T O H A V E I T ? Where did the information on the offset angle of the 12" arm come from? The side-by-side drawing on Fremer's Analogue Planet of the 9" and 12" arm shows that the slots cut in the headshells of the two arms differ; as to be expected, there is less... | |
| The Best Piano Works of the 20th Century I love "Gaspard" and the Debussy Preludes. I think Satie is also worth looking into, although his most popular works were composed in the late 19th century. | |
| The Best Piano Works of the 20th Century Anyone up for Kaikhosru Sorabji’s "Opus Clavicembalisticum"? It is about 4.5 hours long and almost every minute is exhausting to listen to because of the complexity and changing rhythm. I particularly like the last two sections of the work (the fu... | |
| What speakers work well against a wall I like Audio Note speakers, even without considering their fitness for placement near walls and corners. The sound they deliver is rich, harmonically complete and saturated and musical. It is a BIG plus that they are reasonably efficient and eas... | |
| Proac Response D30 DS Not that many companies have successfully married ribbon tweeters with regular dynamic drivers. The two types sound so different that the disconnect is noticeable. For my ears, ProAc has managed to blend the two driver types quite well and I pre... | |
| DECWARE.....ZTPRE anyone have any expeiriance with one ? I don't have any experience with the Decware linestage, but, I do have a few suggestions on what to consider in your choice of linestage. From a practicality standpoint, I always turn off tube gear when it is not in use. But, because solid state... | |
| Why people says SE is better PP There are some theoretical problems with parallel SET topology. Some designers claim that it is hard to avoid one tube in a pair from becoming a "current hog" and seemingly end up doing most of the work while the other tube puts out much less out... | |
| Audiodesk Vinyl Cleaner Pro - Drying Issue I never had a problem with the record not being completely dry. But, a little touch up drying would be the easiest cure (apart from just ignoring a little bit of water. I have considered dampening the cleaned disc, as a final rinse and then dryi... | |
| McIntosh MC 275 Mark VI Two more suggestions. The 30 watt Atma-Spere M 30 should be considered. While I personally find it a touch "lean" in overall balance, there is something utterly magical about the liveliness and vivid quality of output transformerless amps. The ... | |
| McIntosh MC 275 Mark VI It would help to know what you have already heard with your set of gear, what you liked or didn't like about the sound, whether you felt you needed more power, etc. It is hard to make recommendations without knowing what general direction you wan... | |
| McIntosh MC 275 Mark VI I heard the SLH5+ speakers sound very good with a Conrad Johnson tube amp (I think it was a Classic 62 amp), a Synthesis A100 (integrated tube amp) and what I think was a rebuilt Western 124 amp. The speaker struck me as being a bit on the finick... |