sdcampbell
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| Music Fidelity or Adcom If you have $1000 in your budget for the amp, I'd strongly suggest you buy a "low mileage", used Adcom GFA 5500. It has 200 wpc, and substantially better sound quality than the 5400. I have owned Adcom amps and preamps since the late 1980's, and j... | |
| Mapleshade Recordings I own about 15 of Mapleshade's recordings, including the reggae group (Midnite), several of the blues groups, the folk group led by singer Ben Andrews, and 8 or so jazz groups. As noted above, all are very well recorded and have good to excellent ... | |
| Best Male Singers of the 20th Century Well, since I started this thread I suppose I should participate. Among the "greats" I would include, by category: Opera: Feyodor Chaliapin (Russian basso), Lauritz Melchior, Paul Roberson, Enrico Caruso, Ezio Pinza, Richard Tucker, Jon Vickers, L... | |
| phono pre-amp Given your budget of under $1K, you should definitely look at the Lehmann Audio Black Cube. It lists new for $700 (the "Improved" version with the non-magnetic housing). I've been using the original version between my digital pre/pro and a VPI HW-... | |
| Best female vocals on CD Ever had the experience of thinking of something after you've given an answer? Well, I thought of a couple more names that I should have included in my first response. One of the truly great, all-time singers was Mahalia Jackson. Because of her re... | |
| Small Home Advice Look at the June-July issue of "The Absolute Sound". It's devoted to assembling good sound systems, from about $3000 to cost-no-object. They feature 4 inexpensive systems (under $5K) - you might find some good ideas here. One suggestion I can make... | |
| Best female vocals on CD You need to define what you mean by "best female recordings". Do you mean audiophile recordings, or recordings of great artistic merit? Do you mean pop, jazz, or opera? Since you didn't specify any parameters, I'll try to suggest some titles. Obvi... | |
| Best Phono Preamp under $1000 I recently purchased a Lehmann Audio "Black Cube" to use with a new digital preamp. I am extremely pleased with it and think the retail price of $700 is fair. If you buy a new model, be sure it is the "Improved" version, which has a non-magnetic m... | |
| Best loudspeaker on the 3k range??? If your definition of the "3K" range means NEW speakers at retail, then no list should be without the Vandersteen 3A or Vandersteen 3A Signature. With SoundAnchor braces, these two speakers fall within the $2800-$3500 range. If you are looking at ... | |
| Best Audiophile Christmas Recordings Two of my favorites are: 1. Liona Boyd: A Guitar For Christmas 2. Cantate Domino (Proprius label) - although not strictly an Xmas record, it features a number of Xmas carols. This recording has been a standard in my home at Xmas, ever since the re... | |
| Best subwoofer under $1000,- In this price range, you have 2 choices: 1. Sunfire True Sub Jr. - an incredible sub in a small package, which has its own built-in amp; 2. A Hsu sub - but you'll need an amp to power it. |