crwindy
Responses from crwindy
| Upgrade from Proac Response 1SC? My journey went from the 1SCs to D15s. After that I went to Merlin VSM with BAM and upgrades. The Merlins showed the weaknesses of my prior Jolida amp and I moved to a Cary SLI80 F1. This gives a very satisfying result. | |
| Best sounding album/ download 2015 Hamilton, the original cast recording I saw the show last week. It was as good as they say, and the recording does it justice. Great recording, sound staging and dynamic range. Highly recommended. | |
| Best Drum Solos Take a look for Tommy Igoe. He is one of the best drummers and drum instructors out today. I have heard him with the Birdland Big Band. There are a few of their recordings. He has moved to LA and he has some new recordings. | |
| Merlin TSM-M (MXE) Owners manual Do you know if the wooden toe in stick is the same as for the VSM? If so, I can trace an image for you | |
| Best Jazz pianist I loved Billy Taylor. He was a great pianist and he contributed greatly to jazz in NYC. He was a gentleman and an educator. I spent my musical formative years going to The Knickerbocker in the village to hear him. It was his home base and he was t... | |
| In Memoriam: Bobby Palkovich of Merlin Music I am remarkably saddened by this. I have a pair of VSMs that I love and had wanted to upgrade. I spoke with Bobby several times and his honesty and conviction clearly came through. He made a product of which he was proud and did not come out with ... | |
| Upgrade from Proac Response 1SC? I had the 1SC. I then moved to the D15.I now have Merlin VSM which I love.You can get a used pair of the TSM (bookshelf version)at a reasonable price. While I have not heard the TSM, I understand they have a strong family resemblance. | |
| Logitech Squeezebox Duet and streaming Thanks,Craig | |
| Need a New CD Player I could never quite put my hand (ear) on what the problem was. I just didn't want to listen to music, and when I did, I didn't want to keep hearing more.I tried it by itself and with my rDAC. The sound was best with the rDAC and optical output, bu... | |
| Need a New CD Player I just returned a Marantz 5005. It did not make it to my ears even with an external DAC. I got a Rega Apollo-R and I am very happy.YMMV | |
| Help in choosing This made a surprising improvement.I have a Rega Apollo-R coming tomorrow, and I will need to decide which goes back.Have others also had an improvement going from coax to optical in/out? | |
| Help in choosing It looks like it will be a new old stock Creek Destiny CDP.Still full factory warranty (called distributor).Maybe not the absolute best, but pretty good, at $900 with 2 years of warranty, I don't think I can do better. | |
| Help in choosing I had been happy with a TEAC VDRS transport and the rDAC. The Teac has been to the shop twice in the last two years, and I won't send it back again, so it does not seem to be the tubes or the rDAC. The transport on the Marantz does not seem to be ... | |
| To fix or not to fix Thanks.Craig | |
| To fix or not to fix Latest thought.As I already have a Logitech Squeezebox Duet, I think I will just get an external drive, rip my discs to it and then use that for a server going into my DAC. Not an eloquent solution, but an inexpensive way to try out the server rou... |