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Help Me Save A Few Bucks On New Amp Purchase What is with watts? Current is the real issue. | |
Christmas Music and Audiophiles? Capitol records ultra lounge Christmas series sounds great and don't forget Esquevel did a Christmas record as well. | |
The Ultimate Question? 1) miles Davis/ so what? 2) Julie London/ cry me a river. 3) yello/ blue green 4) john berry/ theme from "her majesty's secret service" 5) fritz reiner conducting the cso: last movement of scheherzade 6) frank sinatra/ fly me to the moon. Tough ch... | |
The Ultimate Question? God! Where is the jazz? Classical? | |
I just started listening to my CD player again How ironic, I auditioned a purist audio museus for my player and for whatever reason made the sound muddy. The same power cord (auditioned two power cords and a balanced or xlr line) on the pre amp and power amp were great. Returning the standard ... | |
Which is more accurate: digital or vinyl? The tapes were baked because they used a synthetic tape lubrication not whale oil based lubricant. Overtime they became unplayable. Record companies were in a frantic panic to find a solution. The solution? Bake the tape. It can be played back wit... | |
Speakers and system for compressed recordings? Opened a can of worms did I? Listen, I did not say darkside or crime are bad recordings. They are a product of their time, studios, producers, engineers, and record companies. A uniform good sounding product that speaks to the masses not audiophil... | |
Speakers and system for compressed recordings? Crime of the century suffers from compression especially in the drum kit. It happened in the studios. I have the uhqr, mfsl regular half speed, a&m Canadian half speed, and the gold mfsl c.d. four audiophile versions. All show the same studio ... | |
First foray into separate 2-channel amp, 200wpc Consider this: current vs. Watts. Watts is not as important, current controls the speakers. Speakers are wild and current keeps them in check. That being said, look for a good used Rotel RA-1070 integrated amp. Lots of current and rates 100 watts ... | |
Speakers and system for compressed recordings? It is part of a second system, the Marantz. The other stereo is full blown audiophile. | |
Speakers and system for compressed recordings? It is part of a second system, the Marantz. The other stereo is full blown audiophile. | |
Speakers and system for compressed recordings? I feel your pain!! Compression is a fact of life for most music. Darkside of the Moon and Crime of the Century are riddled with compression. What to do? Consider some vintage gear. A good Marantz reciever from the 70's might be a good starting pla... | |
What started you on your audiophile journey . Won a stereo in 1984 at Hudsons Audio in Albuquerque N.M. I am still a customer and am grateful for the journey. I was 18 years old when I became an audiophile. Thanks again Hudsons!! | |
Which is more accurate: digital or vinyl? Good tapes and mastering will decide the winner. Both can be accurate. Like a paint job the bodywork is 90% of a great job. The clear coat and paint itself is going to show a crappy bondo job. Poor tapes and mastering is obvious. | |
Best integrated for $500? Used Rotel 1070. Great phono stage. |