drubin
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| I don't understand Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue" Great comments, Trelja. I agree that is never grows old. I keep discovering new layers of intelligence in the playing. I've listened to it enough over the years that it's part of my DNA now. | |
| Opinions on why this system is uninvolving Your Hovland will not like Pass amps. The Hovland has a high output impedance (2500 ohms, I believe) while the Pass amps have a low input impedance. I don't know about the MFA amps, probably not a problem since they are tubes (right?), but in comb... | |
| SACD - M. Davis - So What Others have described Kind of Blue as one of the major disappointments of SACD. On the other hand, I have a Japanese SACD of In a Silent Way, which is quite excellent. | |
| TACT rcs 2.0 is a better choice as a pre? Unsound, when used with their amps, I believe volume is handled by the amp, and in a different way from how it is handled by the preamp--no degradation at all, apparently. | |
| Review: Denon DL 103R Cartridge What is the price of the 103R and where can you buy it? | |
| Electrician Coming Over What to Do? Sean's comment about the isolated grounds has scared me (I'm about to have this work done at my house too). I don't want to have to think about this stuff down the line, whether or not it's safe to puta compoent in the system that may be plugged i... | |
| Electrician Coming Over What to Do? Sean's comment about the isolated grounds has scared me (I'm about to have this work done at my house too). I don't want to have to think about this stuff down the line, whether or not it's safe to puta compoent in the system that may be plugged i... | |
| Recommendation for guitar duo CD I second the recommendation of River Suite. | |
| Opinions on preamps Try the Placette active. No gain, as transparent and clear as all get-out, but no "tube sound". Seriously, I think this may well get you exactly what you are looking for, unless you are married to having tubes in the preamp position.I also second ... | |
| Ever perform a preamp bypass comparision test? But Zaikesman, if the preamp can't make the sound better, why would you not want to go direct or passive, at least for digital? | |
| Minimonitor Choice: Proac 1sc vs. Totem Model 1s Your problem with the highs on the 2.5's really puzzles me. I have the 2.5's and have never had them come even close to sounding too aggressive. Different strokes, I guess. I've used tubes and SS, Harmonic Tech, Cardas, and Valhalla speaker cables... | |
| Ever perform a preamp bypass comparision test? Zaikesman, I was thinking of my own personal dilemma with my two preamps. The (active but no gain) Placette, which is very, very close to adding or subtracting nothing at all, and the First Sound, which can sound glorious and more musically convin... | |
| TACT 2.2X As Preamp? Or Run Thru BAT? I think it is pretty common to use the TacT with an external preamp (I do, so it must be common, right?). It is also common to use it with an external DAC, and then you need to have the preamp to follow the DAC. If you can swing it, I would try th... | |
| Looking for the Rosetta stone, my missing link >1.5 GB RAMI giggled when I saw that. It doesn't seem all that long ago when we thought we were really cruising with 512K. | |
| Ever perform a preamp bypass comparision test? You're not a freak. In some ways, what you propose is threatening to some of our core beliefs as audiophiles. There was a thread not too long ago about which component is most important, and many people weighed in with preamp. At times, I must say... |