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| Vinyl or wait for the new stuff?? I think vinyl is clearly superior to SACD, based on listening on my relatively modest system. The Pro-ject RM10 with a Sumiko Blackbird is less than $3000 and will get you very near the ultimate in resolution.1-bit technology with a 5.6mHz samplin... | |
| Which TT will take me to the next level If you can stand $2800, then a Pro-ject RM10 with Sumiko Blackbird gets you very near the best possible without going into the mega-sphere. Mine is incredibly revealing, blowing away my SACDs and best CDs.Pro-ject and VPI have some upgradeable opt... | |
| Are Dual turntables any good? Stick with the belt drive versions. Even then, they don't compete with today's better brands, but for under $100, if you're on a budget, then they can be a good value.Dave | |
| Why so expensive?? My partner is building a $2 million house. The first bid that he received for A/V/Security was $250,000. The proposed Theatre system couldn't have made music to save its life. Fortunately sanity prevailed and now we're talking $50,000 or so, inclu... | |
| Burning cd's for my modestly high-end system... The software and the format is the most important issue. Unless you want really HD quality. CDs are CDs and Roxio will do a good job of that, but your recordings will be subject to the quality limitations of CDs.Changing drives could speed up the ... | |
| Best sound at RMAF I had to go to a wedding this year and wasn't able to attend. However, I'm surprised that no one liked the Soundings/Sumiko suite. I was mightily impressed in years past by good gear, properly setup. Were they there?Dave | |
| Review: Musical Fidelity A5 Integrated Amplifier Nice, useful review of several things I'm considering.If you could only have the Krell or the MF, which would you chose?Thanks.Dave | |
| Class-D amps - a different re view Hi there Guidocorona. Soundings is where I first heard the JRDG monos about three years ago, driving the Strauss. Being in the midst of moving from Dallas to Denver, I set my mind on the Strauss in a large basement music room. The soft real estate... | |
| Class-D amps - a different re view I've been mightily impressed by the sound of the Rowland Concerto intergrated amp driving various Vienna Acoustics speakers. Some time soon I plan to put one in my system, against my old Bryton 1B/2B system and also compare to Conrad Johnson that ... | |
| Modern day female jazz recommendations I just listened to Eden Atwood's "This Is Always -- The Ballad Sessions", featuring Tom Harrell on 45rpm vinyl from Groovenote. I highly recommend this album. Start with "Blame It On My Youth" which is served up as a vocal/bass/flugel trio. Eden h... | |
| VPI ScoutMaster or Project RM10 One great thing about these forums is that they inform not only the original inquisitors, but others that later face the same issue, as I did.When the question was originally asked, the RM10 was brand new and few, if any, were able to comment. Hen... | |
| Vinyl & Cartridge Cleaners Disk Doctor works great for me and it's not a lot of trouble. On clean, dry records I use a carbon fiber brush followed by a micro fiber cloth.LAST stylus cleaner works well. Don't confuse it with Stylast from the same company. Depending on your c... | |
| VPI ScoutMaster or Project RM10 I haven't heard the Scoutmaster, but it was on my short list with the Pro-ject RM10. I went with the RM10 because my excellent dealer, Soundings in Greenwood Village, CO, carried Sumiko products and I'd just bought Vienna Acoustic's Beethovan Baby... | |
| Micro Fiber Cloth for Record Cleaning I'm using the HomeTex brand, claiming 90,000 fibers per square inch. Mine hands are rough due to the dry weather in Colorado and these cloths actually grab hold of my skin. At Sam's I got 25, 12"X12" towels for under $10 (sorry, I forgot to pay at... | |
| Personal speaker evolution 1967 Jensen? 12"+ cone tweeter around $2001975 DCM Time Windows1982 Celestion SL-62007 Vienna Acoustics Beethovan Baby GrandsFirst amp was a Scott intergrated tube amp, then Sansui, then Bryston 1B/2B combination that I'm still using.Turntables, w... |