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| Power Conditioners: Audioquest Niagara 5000 or Shunyata Denali 6000S Hi Mike,I have now had enough opportunity listening in my system to provide some comparison thoughts. The below anysis is with respect to the Audioquest 5000 to latest Shunyata Triton only. Please note I have no skin in this game, and ultimately... | |
| Stuff you bought on Audiogon, but never have seen another? This is tricky - I have gotten some relatively rare items on Audiogon (Symphonic Line Kraft 250 mono amplifiers, Accuphase PS-500 regenerator / conditioner, Stahl-Tek Vekian Opus DAC, Tidal Contriva Diacera SE speakers) but I cruise the audio ads... | |
| What is the first album you purchased, and do you still have it? Some really great albums listed above, folks - Animals, Iron Butterfly, Pink Floyd, Goldfinger soundtrack, Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass!! For me, the first LP I purchased (as opposed to inherited from m... | |
| Power Conditioners: Audioquest Niagara 5000 or Shunyata Denali 6000S Hi Skyscraper,In a week I should be able to provide a more informed comparison that may be of some interest to you on the Shunyata v. Audioquest issue, but right now I have in house both an Audioquest Denali 5000 and the latest Shu... | |
| Dunlavy SCIVA'S... Mine sound bland I owned a pair of Dunlavy SCIVa's many years ago, and found them to be quite sensitive to the amps driving them. After trying them with at least a half dozen amps, I found the best combination by far to be with CAT JL-1s (although other high powe... | |
| Verdi's Macbeth opera conducted by Riccardo Muti Hi cspiegsThere are about a couple different versions, depending on country of release. The original UK EMI SLS 992 is a 3 disc set that was actually recorded in quadrophonic sound. My understanding is that there is also a German, non-quad EMI v... | |
| To Graham Phantom Owners - Request for Help He benjie,Awesome advice! That was the problem (with the SME 30, you can't see the DIN connection very easily, so I missed it). Thanks for the assist. | |
| Phono stage Hi David,You list some good options above (I am a fan of the Herron in particular), but it would be helpful if you provide a more specific price range, as those options are all over the map in terms of price. However, if "bass" is really where yo... | |
| New or Old CD Player? Wow - searching for the proverbial "white whale" of a high dollar, one box redbook CD solution - now you are a hard core audiophile imgoodwithtools! In my experience, I have not been overwhelmed with the most recent "advances" in digital, and w... | |
| Should I eliminate my preamp? As a long time (>20 year) user of and believer in passive line stages / removing active line stages, the answer is a big "it depends." I.e., it depends on the output impedance of your source, the overall quality of the output stage (including... | |
| Best used or new DAC under $3500 EMM Labs DCC2 / DAC6 - from my perspective, at their used prices, they really represent the knee of the cost / performance curve. Can easily be found for $2.5k used. | |
| Whats in your second system? My current second system is a ridiculous hodge-podge of leftover components that makes no sense (the digital front is is 10x the speaker price, so taking the full Linn approach here), but hey, if you've been an audiophile long enough ... Accuphase... | |
| Merlin Owners... Hi tomryanI had great success with Purist Aqueos Anniversary and Merlin VSM-Ms, and preferred the Pursit over the Cardas. You can find them biwired used for about $600-700 (retailed for about $1800-$2200).Best of luck. | |
| Curious about older "world class" D/A converters Hi Mark,I think older DACs have gotten an unnecessarily bad rap in this age of higher resolution audio, and a number of these older DACs, on 16/44 CD quality recordings, still sound quite wonderful. To give an example, my reference DAC is a Stahl... | |
| 'Box' speaker that reproduces the piano well. Genesis Vs do a wonderful job with piano, are well under your budget, and I suspect would work with either amp. For a different presentation, the Audio Physic Avanti IIIs are nice as well. You can also occasionally find Verity Parsifal Encore's ... |