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| My thoughts on Synergistic Research Tesla Hi, does anybody know whether there are dedicated phono cables in the Tesla series? From what I see on SR's webpage it would seem there aren't. Then again, the Cable Company offers "Tesla Tricon Analogue" cable, which is quite a bit cheaper than e... | |
| How international is your system? 3 systemsGermany: amps, speakers, TV, cabling, stands, platforms, record cleaning machineUSA: turntable, arm, power generator, cabling, cd-player, standUK: cd-player (with one or the other Chinese finger contributing), cabling, tweaksFrance: cd-pl... | |
| Assymetric speaker cable lengths? As Shadorne pointed out, impedance is the big issue here. Check out Townshend Audio's website; their Isolda Matched Impedance cable is supposed to tackle the issue (have never tried this myself though)http://www.townshendaudio.net/index.php?option... | |
| Abbingdon Music Research CD-77 impressions? Lazy by nature, please bear with me if I just quote what I wrote in my system thread last week.I have the CD-77 in my system for 4 months now and am extremely satisfied. I love its effortless, melodious and deeply saturated tonal character. It is ... | |
| Personal speaker evolution LSA (Laboratoires des Sciences Acoustiques), don't remember the model anymore, but they served me well as a studentJBL something (VX, I think), anyway they were really bad and left within a few monthsArcus TL200 (the longest serving)Infinity Kappa... | |
| Freak Me Out sooo many...The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles & FrippGong, Camembert Electrique (and indeed any other Gong with Kevin Ayers)Fripp & Eno, No PussyfootingRobert Wyatt, Rock BottomCaptain Beefheart, Lick My Decals Off BabyMost stuff by Fr... | |
| Amazing Solo Piano Recordings ...hm, I apologize especially to Newbee for not reading the entire thread before. I have now seen, the Telarc Rachmaninoff was already recommended last August, and quite more detailed. Sorry. | |
| Amazing Solo Piano Recordings Which reminds me, Telarc did something (not sure how they went about it technically) with old music rolls as well and so you can hear Rachmaninoff play his own work in the twenties. As I don't have the recording, I can't comment on the quality, th... | |
| Amazing Solo Piano Recordings A few from the classical front:Katia & Marielle Labèque, "Maurice Ravel" on KML RecordingsEvgeni Koroliov, Bach "The Art of Fugue" on TacetMarkus Schirmer, Mussorgski/Ravel "Pictures & Reflectins" on TacetAnd for the piano buffs something ... | |
| Are there digital front ends with the body... In my own rig, AMR CD-77 fits the bill (although at $ 8.5k perhaps not what you meant by moderately pricey). Admittedly one third more expensive, there is YBA Le Lecteur CD1 Classic Sigma (or Passion 1000 which is the same player in a different ou... | |
| What is your most beautiful component? Tidal Contriva speakers; sculptures that happen to do music as well (mine are in black)http://www.tidal-audio.de/english/startenglishprodukte.htm | |
| Power Conditioners/Voltage regularts for 230v Assuming you're not looking for a 230/110 voltage down-converter, in Italy locally made Systems And Magic Blacknoise leaps to my mind, the Miniblack comes in at EUR 225,- (in their online shop), but make sure whether it does all the things you wan... | |
| Speakers with imaging "Free of the box" I think there is a very visual component to that as well. I am, let's say, mildly obsessed with detached soundscapes. The Tidal Contrivas seemed to fit that bill, even more so after having been equipped with Harmonix RF-999MT feet. Now, the Contri... | |
| The Best of the Best Well sort of - CD players AMR CD-77A tad more expensive, but something you might prefer given the music you hear mainly: Burmester CD 061. To be sure, in my personal opinion, the AMR bested the Burmester by a comfortable margin but I mainly listen to small combo jazz, acou... | |
| Speaker life expectancy: How long can you buy used Thanks to everyone. Sorry if I left the impression that I dump my gear every couple of years. I owned my first serious speakers (Arcus TL200) for about 15 years myself. Only, I did have my doubts whether it is worthwhile to still buy components of... |