dgarretson
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| Advice: My first SACD? Rwwear, yes the SACD of The Wall Live in Berlin is sonically impressive. I find no reference in the documentation as to mastering technology other than 5.1, Abbey Road studio, & Mercury Records. I have listened to it only in 2CH stereo. | |
| Equipment that has made you 'stop' looking? Merlin VMX-MX, battery-modded SCD-1, & ditto Tom Hankin's comment re BAT gear. | |
| Advice: My first SACD? For SACD, great sonics & performances in Beck "Sea Change", Chick Corea "Rendezvous in NY", and Roger Waters "The Wall Live in Berlin."Dave | |
| 15" vs 18" subwoofer - which to buy? Flemke, the DD auto setup is a good starting point that can be refined considerably using manual utilities. I believe the auto setup also requires 2.0 software.Dgw7000, the Bag End ELF sub is intriguing & I hope to hear one someday. From what ... | |
| 15" vs 18" subwoofer - which to buy? As a DD-15 owner with a 2ch system, I'm with Flemke that the Vel was probably not set up correctly in the showroom. Few systems ever are, and this is particularly important with a sub. The DD has great setup utilities, but it still takes time &... | |
| Best Bike to ride before a good listening session Ducati 916, Lufmeister turbocharged BMW K100, or Time VX Pro carbon.Dave | |
| Best Live Shows 2006 ? Some memorable live shows in the last 6 mos. in smaller venues. No confusing these guys with nostalgia acts.Ray Davies backed by a comparatively young band drawn from all over the map from Scandinavia to South Africa. Great versions of songs from ... | |
| Phono cable/grounding/loading questions Raul,The BAT phono stage has both RCA & XLR inputs but ONLY balanced outputs. The RCA input is inverted within the phono stage and passed through differentially balanced amplifiers for true balanced output to the preamp. As I mentioned above, ... | |
| Best Live Shows 2006 ? Rustler, I hope you're joking about Billy Bragg. Usually 50% playing and 50% self-aggrandizing twaddle between songs at his concert. Last concert of his I saw was an audience full of jr. marketing executives hanging on every lame word like lemming... | |
| Phono cable/grounding/loading questions Larryi,I agree about the Helikon's lighter bass (with my Graham 1.5tc, which is also a little shy in the low bass.) I find it's possible to contour up the bass with a good sub like the Vel DD-15 and am surprised how articulate and linear the bass ... | |
| Phono cable/grounding/loading questions Nilthepill,I bought my Hovland phono cable a long time ago and had it terminated DIN to XLR for the BAT P10 prior to reading Victor K's remarks about the preferability of an RCA connection into a phono stage-- a balanced phono stage. I may retermi... | |
| Planar speaker question My first audiophile system in 1991 was (as remarked by Chazzbo) Maggie 3.3s with Bryston 4NRB. A very good combination. I think the 3.6s could be your once & future speakers in the $5K new or used category, provided you can bring them out from... | |
| Phono cable/grounding/loading questions 1. A dedicated phono cable is usually lighter guage than a std. IC to carry that minute signal. It generally uses two identical conductors for signal-- which might not necessarily be true of a general-purpose IC, where shield could be functioning ... | |
| Best place to buy tubes Many successful retubes via tubestore.com. They are also helpful on the phone. | |
| LCD Screen Size Just wait a bit longer. With a Vizio 50" plasma with a Faroudja scaler and 2 HDMI inputs now priced at $2K MRSP (and receiving praise in this month's The Perfect Vision), it won't be long before $1K buys a large flatscreen. The Chinese LCD factori... |