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| Which CD's for Imaging/Soundstage? This one is not available, as far as I know, as a CD, but on Vinyl it is an ASTOUNDING and most startling demonstration of soundstage and imaging. It is only percussion instruments and is quite modern in the two compositions. The album is called "... | |
| What's your High End best buy/unknown components? Klipsch is also putting out another of Paul's designs that he never saw go to the public during his lifetime (he passed away only last year at 90 years young): The Jubilee is yet another horn-driven, large scale speaker that is only just now avail... | |
| What's your High End best buy/unknown components? Quicksilver! Mike Sanders has quietly been building some of the finest tube amplifiers for over twenty years now. His products are well designed, sound remarkable, are hand-built like tanks, and are reasonably priced. Mike doesn't do any advertisi... | |
| Speaker cable suggestions DH Lab Q-10's. Nothing in that price range that I've heard touches them. They are an astounding value for the price. I use them in both my sytems (work and home). One is SET and one is SS. They fit in brilliantly in both systems and held up as win... | |
| Which CD's for Imaging/Soundstage? Tom Waits - SwordfishtrombonesRy Cooder & V.M. Bhatt - A Meeting by the RiverPretty much anything by Patricia Barber | |
| Silverlie sr 17 for bookshelf speakers Hey Kevin- I have been using SR17's, but on Osiris 24" stands. The stands made a big difference in focusing and tightening up the soundstage. I'd initially tried them on lighter-weight stands and the focus and soundstage were somewhat loose and bl... | |
| Changing from RCA to balanced- possible? Hi Jim- You have at least two different choices I could suggest. Plug-in adapters are made that convert Balanced outputs to RCA. There are many grades available. BAT markets some really well-made adapters like these. I can't recall the name of the... | |
| Add a/b switch? How to run 2nd pair of speakers? Adcom, Bryston and Parasound all make Selector boxes. Audio Advisor carries the Adcom and Parasound. I have no idea as to the sonic affects of each of these units and would be curious myself. If you really want control over the quality of the comp... | |
| Compatability Issue or Not? Grado Sonata and MMF 7 If they haven't changed much since the late 80's I'd guess that the issue with some of the Grado cartridges is shielding, and NOT grounding. The Grado cartridges back then were unshielded by choice...I forget the logic, but seem to recall that Joe... | |
| Can speakers be both "big" and "accurate" ? Redwoodgarden gets no argument from me! Klipschorns, and most of the Klipsch boxes that Paul W. Klipsch designed are the outright bang-for-buck bargains in big and accurate sound as far as I'm concerned. The current crop of Klipsch speakers that w... | |
| Help: low Maintenance Tube Amp short list. Don't know what your budgetary considerations might be, but my suggestion would be Mike Sanders' Quicksilver Triode. It is not on their website last time I looked (hope he gets it up there soon), but I know Mike is making them and selling them. I ... | |
| Having trouble with hum ? Have you tried floating the ground on the pre-amp and or the table? This can be done simply by using one of those .99 cent grey adapters from Home-Depot that convert your three-prong plug to two prongs. There is sometimes hum generated in the grou... | |
| help me choose amp/preamp $1200 If your only concern is 2-channel, drop the SS and wake-up to tubes. For $1200 you can get a really fine tube integrated amp, or a good used set of pre and amp for just a little bit more. The jump in the sonic quailities will be priceless from the... | |
| Any photography experts out there? Nice clean work Albert! I'm a pro too. Been at it for 21 years now. There've been some really excellent suggestions here already, so I'll just recap the ones I would stress:1. Light is probably the most important key to answering your question. A ... | |
| Any SS class A experience to share? Well, perhaps I'm not communicating as clearly as I could. I certainly believe that these two monitor speakers made by the same manufacturer may be similar in some ways, and in this case, the designer being Alan Yun, I'd guess that we have two out... |