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| Please help, What tube preamp? I'm not sure about warm & crisp - sounds a little bit counter intuitive - however, for a clean, neutral, basic and inexpensive tube pre-amp look at the EAR834L. I use one in a second system and love it. Only 3 tubes to worry about and they are... | |
| Does Anyone Make Stands for Quad 988's? Acrici used to make stands for the 63's - I just saw a pair for sale, but I don't know if they will fit the 988's. If you have not already heard your quads elevated in your room yet, I would suggest that you experiment before you buy stands to mak... | |
| Operas... Any fans? Without commenting on the quality of the performances themselves, I would suggest that for your purposes Von Karajan might just fit. Many of his recordings were studio recordings and he had his singers standing in front of mic's so the orchestra/v... | |
| Ray Brown, Monty Alexander, Russell Malone CD Got it and like it quite a bit. The gift CD's good as well. In fact it might interest you in getting some other Ray Brown CD's, like Super Bass (if you want to give your system some bass exercise). | |
| How do tube components affect each other? Yes, yes, and yes. Works for solid state as well. No mysteries. Not all tubes components are warm nor are all SS components neutral or cold. | |
| How to obtain, much better sound? I'm not sure what sound your lookiing for, but if its the classic warmth many seem to prefer I don't think you will find in in the SP9II. I use NOS 6h23's in my ARC. I find them neutral in tone, clear and detailed. If you want warmth in a new prod... | |
| How to obtain, much better sound? You might want to try some Svetlana EL34's - in my amp they were neutral to warmish, good bass and did not have etched highs. I preferred this greatly over the older Tesla EL34's and E34L's. Also they were very reliable - had many die a quiet deat... | |
| Audio Diversity - What is it? You have set forth most all of the reasons why people find differences in the equipment they discuss. I'm sure there may even be a few more. But, I'm not at all sure that I can make a connection with your statement that to refine your music reprod... | |
| tube traps didn't help Don't overlook the value of book cases and books on the sidewalls - looks natural, as opposed to audiophile stuff, costs a lot less, and can be very good at diffusion if placed so that they minimize the side wall reflections from the speakers. Dit... | |
| Songs of the sea and shanties Well these were recorded a long time ago but the sonics are just fine- "Sea Shanties" by the Robert Shaw Chorale in Living Stereo by RCA. On CD and LP(if you can find it). | |
| Oracle Alexandria Question Excellent turntable and a very good arm. The only problem is the arm has a mechanical auto cue devise which lifts the arm at the end of the record. This can engage prematurely and can be a pain in the ass. If this unit doesn't have that problem I'... | |
| RU recording LPs on Reel to Reel ? Before CD's I use to tape my LP's using a 10 1/2" R to R so I could have background and casual listening music without wearing out valuable LP's. Now I have CD's for that purpose I no longer use tapes at all, and when I listen to LP's its a specia... | |
| Looking for thunderstorm audio CD... Grofe's Grand Canyon Suite on Telarc has a real thunderstorm recorded on it in a separate track that will stress your system some. The Grofe ain't bad either. | |
| What's the best preamp for under 1000 If you want passive the Placette is the way to go. However for a simple (no remote) pre amp with high quality sound look at the EAR 834L - its a tube preamp w/out phono - it uses three tubes and the tubes last a long time. Harry Pearson of TAS gav... | |
| PS Audio, Musical fidelity, Audio Research, Quad? What do you want to improve - sound wise. I'm running the large Paragon's with tubes - couldn't ask for more. |