gregm
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| Why do DIY products have less value ? We're seeing diy from the wrong angle, methinks. One prevalent motivation behind diy is creativity: design and/or construction, and enjoyment of operating what we made... While this value exists for the originator, it does not for the subsequent p... | |
| et tu Koetsu? Interesting analogy of transforming Mahler into Janacek (why not transform the Halle Orch/Barbirolli into the Czech Phil/Neumann...?). What verybigamp is probably hinting at is the analogy "transform the Deep Purple into the Deep Purple + London S... | |
| How good are the JM Labs Mezzo Utopias? Hi Big, "How good" is a relative term isn't it... I don't know what the price you're getting is, so can't compare to other offerings out there. BUT, here goes:Mezzo's with appropriate amplification (i.e. hi-current, multi watt ss, a strong & c... | |
| Cleaning Records Wow, 4yanx -- and I was just going to recommend an old thread: "record playing rituals". It's probably not necessary read anymore! | |
| What amp do you use to drive original Quad ESL's What are you referring to as original? The 57 (1st model-original) or 63 (much more traveled model)? Both are great with Jadis amplification. The Alephs are also good, as Drubin suggests. Many good tubes will do. BTW, you can't drive these speaker... | |
| Fun with audio Mara: Dental hygiene revisited: the best dental floss, Valhalla "speaker", is produced by Nordost Pharmaceuticals. It's a precious metal thin wire, meticulously delivered in mutliples and protected in an insulated transparent jacket (you have to p... | |
| Krell Master Reference Amplifier Cchp notes "...(I) feel that the Levinson 32 is too dry.." My experience with a 32 was identical to the word: dry. This was in a number of combos (none incl. Krell & Pipes, but INCLUDING equip Sdr refers to), strangely even with ML amps. Again... | |
| Has audiophilia changed your music taste? Dan- "As a musician, it's easier to listen to a poorly recorded great performance than it is to listen to a greatly recorded poor performance"This applies to everyone, methinks, not only musicians...??I'd further propose, as a music"phile", that a... | |
| ++++Virgo III reviews???++++++ I'll chime in as an erstwhile "user" of a number of AP models (Virgo, Avanti, Medea, Kronus). 1st of all, I like AP and gladly recommend their products in the right context.Virgo II: nice speakers, with good resolution and reasonable extension. A ... | |
| Ok this will be a good thread. Bob- Twl's reference to digital IMO serves as an example only -- I used it in my post for, probably, the same reasons. IMO, the goal we all have is to achieve balance between components' capabilities in a way that no component reveals annoying wea... | |
| Ok this will be a good thread. From a logical viewpoint, there's no doubting the importance of the source, as Twl notes. In absolute terms, garbage in, more garbage out.\From a PRACTICAL, "systemic" point of view, however, things *could* vary. Practical as in, "which is the wea... | |
| Kharma 3.2 Owners, your thoughts... Strange, that's top class gear. I've heard your equipment NEW & it didn't sound "etched". It must be something in the set-up; speaker placement, upward chain... | |
| Best recording of Tchaikovsky's 5th Sinopoli's 1992 version with the Philarmonia Orch. is surprisingly good (DG). The recording is OK, too. You also get Russian Orthodox easter on the same cd. | |
| French translations needed4Consonance R-2.2 review Pmkalby -- I think we can all offer a general vote of thanks. I just looked at the original; not only is it LONG, it's also difficult to read (for "youngsters" like me).A strange comment re, the tube: the writer comments "it's not for us to judge ... | |
| Money no object,,,,which speakers would you own??? I'm thrifty: I'll go for Detlof's PRESENT system when he gets his NEW one (see above).On a more modest scale, I could settle for two pairs of Genesis 1.1 (one front, one for the sides) suitably modded for triamplification. With the Genesis product... |