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| Preamp for Vandersteen 2ce sig w/ Mccormack DNA0.5 Any particular reason why you are looking at Solid State? The McCormack mates really well with tubed preamps.Search - there's lots of responses to this one already.Bob | |
| Preamp suggestions for a McCormack DNA-125? The McCormack's work really well with both passive and tubed preamps... though the flavor is different with each.Very clean with the passive, but lacking that bit of dynamics that an active stage brings to the table.Tubed units are a mixed bag. So... | |
| recommendation for inexpensive CDP There are several inexpensive Toshiba DVD players that cost between $50 (for a DVD/CD player) to $150 (for a universal DVD/CD/SACD/DVD-A player. They sound decent enough stock, but if you're willing to put another $50-100 into them and can soldier... | |
| Most Common Gear-Matching Mistakes? To elaborate a little on what Philefreak stated: I believe he's talking about the impediance match between pre-amps and amps (primarily), since source component electrical charachteristics are pretty standardized. But there's more than just impedi... | |
| SA-CD/DVD-A? Yeah, I had been holding off on either format to see where they would go ... and my CD sound was actually pretty decent overall, so there was little motivation.I recently bought a cheap universal and modded the hell out of it (Toshiba SD4960). Ama... | |
| Giantkiller components Yeah, I would have to say go for the $500 offer from Magnapan. Damn hard to beat that one, even going DIY.Keep the budget low on the digital front end and get a Toshiba 3960 or 4960 universal, even better and mod it. That would run you about $200 ... | |
| Come On, Zeus-ers, How Does the Big Rogue Sound? Just a suggestion - go to Audiocircle.com and check out the Regional Circle's NY Audio Rave group. Ask Richard (bugleboy) how he likes the amp.As you can see from the pictures on the "Rave Meet" thread, Richard has 2 outstanding systems. He can ce... | |
| Background Voice On Bridge Of Sighs ? What is Robin doing now? Good question. Here's some answers I would LOVE to hear:- duet album with Jeff Beck- live "reunion-like" tour- Robin Trower and (insert favorite blues guitarist here)Now that I'm older I regret not seeing some of my favori... | |
| Any Info on Upcoming JC-2 Preamp? Yes, it is going to be rated highly in Stereophile (once the ad is paid for):-) | |
| To Be Thick As a .... There is talk about an SACD version of many Tull albums. In fact, they may be available somewhere already.Enjoy,Bob | |
| Are DIY, CAT5 cables really that good? CAT5's, like any other cable, need a good amount of burn-in. It sounds like you've had some time with them, so that's probably mostly accomplished already.From my experience there is a smearing of the sound with CAT5's. There are several other fai... | |
| Isolation platform for non suspended turntable? Try this:http://home.att.net/~ptmconsulting/wsb/html/view.cgi-photo.html--SiteID-664443.htmlMaple butcher block under the TT with DIY rollerblocks under that. Worked better that anything spongy that I tried. Better isolation from the kids running ... | |
| That nice, unforced, relaxed, easeful sound ?? I've got that ease on both the digital and analogue in my system. I can't stand it when I hear a hi-fi sounding system and those little digital bugs start crawling up my spine. Unacceptable ... and definitely avoidable.Enjoy,Bob | |
| Old, grainy, bright & financially restricted I agree with some of the other posters; before you go shelling out for interconnects or speaker cablem to "cure" your problem you should look less expensive and more effective solutions to root out the cause of the grain, fatigue and thinness.Very... | |
| $800 Cartridge Shootout and Upgrade Path From my trial and error experimentation I've come to the same conclusion as TWL and Dougdeacon. Unsuspended turntables don't sound good with spongy isolation beneath them. Now that doesn't mean you can't use some form of vibration damping or isola... |