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| What gear do Audio manufacturers use at home? The following is hearsay from manufacturers or their pals...Y B Andre PURPORTEDLY uses a 1-six pre (with premium parts) & passion monos --- just to make sure matching b/ween the two lines is good enough. Supposedly he has used S-Faber, ribbon ... | |
| What is a good intro to "Mahler"? Sugar, try K Ferrier/B Walter for Das Liede. Very moving performance... Keep a bottle of Scotch handy, and stay away from windows. | |
| H-CAT Model 12-P Preamp, Fact or Fiction?? Nope, but maybe the engineers among us can make s/thing out of the technical blurb. My knowledge is so limited, I thought Doppler was something docs used... | |
| What is a good intro to "Mahler"? Beg to differ - slightly: Mahler 5th is my recommendation for starters (I like the Barbirolli version on EMI -- hard to find on vinyl though) THEN 2nd (can also recommend Klemperer/PSO) then 1st (I like the Walter/NYSO version).A live Bernstein/Be... | |
| Cable directionality The shield is typically connected at source end in pro applications. Allegedly helps keep interference away in long cabling situations. If we coin a word, "directionality", to mean which way does the cable sound better to our ears, then we can do ... | |
| Difference between SME 3009 VS. RB 300? I confirm Mara's point above. I had a 160/3009, eons ago, and was sonically happy with the combo. | |
| Review: Nordost Valhalla Interconnect Very thorough JD, as of old! Incidentally my limited impressions with Valhalla are similar to your description above. Cheers | |
| Classical lp dilemma - recommendations, please ...Yes, he did Mara. For a student called Elise, it seems. I don't know if anything else ensued. But, it ain't bad to have Beethoven compose s/thing for you! | |
| Bi-amping, "What amps would you use" Sean, you just blew me out of the house! Indeed, this looks (and probably sounds) like an ultimate system i.e. taking available products & implementing the most sonically efficient set-up... bending the limitations of the products to serve the... | |
| Smallest Bookshelf Speaker Worth Listening To I second System audio & LS3/5A. The size of S-Audio is inversely proportional to the size of the amp that will drive them to perfection. The cost is comparable! They're supposed to be mega-speakers for a small room -- the idea being that a sma... | |
| Which has a greater effect on music,int.amp or CD? then you will probably prefer the YBA line, cd & integre. Also they do synergise VERY well. I have found the YBA a better, if more expensive, proposition. Especially when listening for longer periods of time -- i.e. living with the components.... | |
| So close yet so far....oh the pain of it all Sugar -- that's a rare piece. It's not funny... I heard some Pressler Mozart on one of those tiny Italian label cd reissues -- but can't remember details. I don't think it was the same recording though (but it could be: just taken direct off the LP). | |
| Bi-amping, "What amps would you use" Sean, wow -- so cumulatively speaking, that makes it penta-amping at full home level...:) I barely manage the bi (amping, I mean) -- plus both are stereo units at that! | |
| Classical lp dilemma - recommendations, please Hello 23yr old dinosaur -- which of course, relates to vinyl, not your age; by the same token I'm a double dinosaur :). Furtwangler & Klemperer (conductors) for Beethoven's 9th, for his piano works (incl. Elise) I recommend the following piani... | |
| Power cord from speaker cables? KR8000 draw alot of juice. I don't know the diametre of the hexlinks -- but I would make sure I'm within regulation size for the amperage required. Don't do antyhing before you get feedback from the likes of Sean!Nice system, though. What's the rest? |