mikelavigne
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| Led Zeppelin II i have the Classic 33rpm and the Classic 45rpm LZII from the box set, and enjoy both. the 45 is killer in my system.i also have a very fine 15ips, 1/4" master dub of LZII that is better than the 45. a force of nature on the Studer.not had an OP in... | |
| Suggest a new amp/preamp/Dac streaming combo here ya go....excellent amplifer, excellent analog preamp, and streaming dac.swiss built, like a tank.the darTZeel LHC-208http://www.dartzeel.com/lhc-208/?lang=en not under $3k. more like $15k. but it’s the real deal and still a great buy. and tha... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD as a former Lampi Golden Gate owner i did listen to the new Lampizator Pacific dac at the RMAF show this past weekend. i was impressed by it's greater clarity and more transparent and refined character. it plays at a higher level than the GG and w... | |
| The longest you have owned any gear? longest of current gear;Studer A-820 RTR Master Recorder--10 years.King-Cello tape repro output electronics--9 yearsgear where i have simply upgraded to the newer version;darTZeel NHB-18NS preamp-12 years (2005-2016-1st version, 2016-2017-2nd vers... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Matt,well, I see you have opened the floodgates to the Boulder 2150 server/dac at $65k list price. so maybe you need to now hear an $84.5k dac/passive analog preamp.....the MSB Select II. http://www.msbtechnology.com/dacs/select-features/standard ... | |
| Need Help Ripping My CD Collection ok. stop.find one of these, which will rip 50 Cd’s at a time.https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00065DGBO try ebay and be patient. it’s a commercial quality device built for Kodak Photo stores to copy picture discs for customers. but works great for audio... | |
| cost of speakers in relation to the rest of the system at the top of the food chain %’s don’t mean much. chasing ultimate sound breaks all the rules. i don’t hold my system up as any sort of example on what to do.but if asked what’s a good approach starting out or at modest levels, i would say that (1... | |
| What sounds best: Vinyl or CDs another Mahler sighting.....last night I was absolutely enjoying (under the spell of) the 2012 192khz/24 bit recording of a Chamber ensemble version of Mahler#4, Trevor Pinnock conducting the Royal Academy of Music Soloist’s Ensemble. I’m not a Ma... | |
| What sounds best: Vinyl or CDs Shadorne said,Oh and Mahler is amazing stuff....my favorite is the interpretation by Benjamin Zander - perhaps not he best recordings but I know Benjamin and he puts everything into his work and has amazing motivational skills in bringing out the ... | |
| What sounds best: Vinyl or CDs Dear Raul,thanks for the kind words. that recording I mentioned 2 years ago is now available as a Quad dsd download here;http://store.acousticsounds.com/a/31898/Ilya_Itin_Debussyit’s is an outstanding piano recording, no doubt, if you can play Qua... | |
| What sounds best: Vinyl or CDs with all due respect; generalizations about ’noise’.....pops, clicks, hiss’ from vinyl are not different than generalizations about digital sounding edgy or flat.these are not inherent format characteristics, they are artifacts of less than stella... | |
| What sounds best: Vinyl or CDs my opinion used to be different. i'm listening to the Tilson Thomas-SF Symphony Mahler 5th right now, in 24-96 PCM off my hard drive through the MSB Select II/SGM server right now. on the 5th Movement. had the lights down and was kicking back for ... | |
| MSB Analog DAC with MQA Congrats davt, on your MQA feedback.I’ve got the MSB Select II with the MQA quad rate USB also and have really enjoyed the MQA master files on Tidal. i have to admit i was a serious skeptic on MQA but no more. some of those files are very, very, g... | |
| What's been your turntable ownership over the years? 1969-1975--AR tt1980-1990--B&O Linear Tracker1994-1997--VPI TNT MkII--Graham 1.5t1998-2001--Basis 2500--Graham 2.02001-2002--Rockport Sirius II 2002-2011--Rockport Sirius III2008-2009--Grand Prix Audio Monaco2009--2011--Dobbins Technics SP-10 ... | |
| Price No Object Amps LP,no worries, I did not mean to 'wet blanket' the thread either.have a great day! |