mapman
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| A good power conditionner with tube amps ? I get good results with a $200 Monster Power strip I've used for several years. Its an inexpensive option to try that makes a clear difference that can be heard. I have finicky ears when it comes to clean sound and I haven;t convinced myself I nee... | |
| 840C and MHDT Havana Timnaim,What is it specifically that the Reimyo does much better than the Havana? | |
| 840C and MHDT Havana Regarding "sheen", I would expect a SS DAC to mesh better with tube amplification like in Beerad's case.If SS amplification is used with a SS DAC, the results might be more "sheeny", but to me this is not necessarily a bad thing....its a matter of... | |
| Shout out for Neil Young's Sugar Mountain Live LP My understanding is that Neil Young has withheld many re-issues of older material on CD over the years because he is often not satisfied with the sound quality of many newer CD releases.Young is a stickler for doing things the way he believes is r... | |
| 840C and MHDT Havana I have an MHDT Paradisea and have been very pleased with the tube DAC sound in my system so far.Assuming the Havana behaves similarly to the Paradisea, one advantage of the mhdt tube DACs is that you can tweak the sound inexpensively if desired us... | |
| Best Neil Young Album? One of my favorite and well recorded lesser known Neil songs is El Dorado off his "Freedom" album. | |
| Guilty Pleasure recording? Playing on Crik Fm The Lnyx Super 70's this very moment as I speak;Reunion - "Life Is A Rock, But the Radio Rolled Me"Guilty as charged...... | |
| Guilty Pleasure recording? Kjweisner,The PFA was also one of the first recordings I ever purchased on my own. It was on 8 track however but I believe the little $25 red mono player I owned may have been an Ampex as well.I graduated to cassette shortly thereafter followed by... | |
| Guilty Pleasure recording? My guiltiest pleasure is listening to the CRIK Fm The Lynx Super 70's internet radio station. Here you will hear all the guiltiest AM radio pop pleasures from the seventies that you probably haven't heard since for over thirty years in fidelity th... | |
| Issue with Phono Playback. Good advice from Kh6idf. | |
| Gallo Ref 3.1 vs PSB Synchrony One Two very good speakers, two very different designs, two very different sounds as I recall.There's a lot to like with either...just a matter of taste and best fit to your listening environment I would think. | |
| low output MC phono preamp for Audio Research pre Here's an update.I'm running the new Audio Research sp-16 pre with a separate Electrocompaniet mc-2 step up pre that I acquired second hand for not much from my dealer. I've only listened to a few lps so far but this new setup is working well and ... | |
| Am I hearing the effects of "clean sound"? Maybe.If that's what you think, take charge of your own destiny and try some power conditioning with your system and see for sure if it makes a difference. it very well might if no power conditioning is in place currently. | |
| Your ONE all time favorite love song? "I Will" by the Beatles comes to mind. | |
| Speakers that reveal bad recordings? Not for me. A good system will bring out the best in all recordings.This may be politically incorrect but all recordings are not created equal so don't expect this.Most recordings will be very listenable on a good system if you like the music.I have a remaste... |