rcprince
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| Flexible and NOT Monster Gauge Power Cables? I would suggest one of Bob Crump's TG Audio Cables. His top of the line SLVR cables are as good as I've heard, a comparative bargain in their performance/price ratio (I admit I spend a lot--all right, too much--on cables and equipment, but I just ... | |
| What's everybody listening to this evening? Rachmaninoff 1 and Bohemian Capriccio on Naxos, the Barber or Adams Violin Concerto with Bobby McDuffie on Telarc, then anything else that suits my fancy. They're certainly not in the same rut type as yours, though, Philefreak! | |
| First Look - In DashTube Car Audio My dad used to have tube units in his old cars, but they sure didn't look like that! | |
| How to upgrade B&W Matrix Series 2 Maybe North Creek has some referrals, as many of the modifiers do? Or you can start a new thread to find out more about them. It certainly would be a cost-effective way of improving a speaker you obviously seem to enjoy. Good luck! | |
| How to upgrade B&W Matrix Series 2 One other suggestion--perhaps the Vienna Acoustics Beethovens, which may be around your price range. I heard them sound surprisingly good with a large Krell home theater amp in a lousy acoustical environment, particularly with classical music. Mos... | |
| How to upgrade B&W Matrix Series 2 Well, I'm not familiar enough with a lot of the newer speakers out there from smaller companies, but given your tastes and amplification I'd think that you might want to figure a way to audition some of the larger (3.6 and up) Thiel speakers, whic... | |
| How to upgrade B&W Matrix Series 2 Is there anything in particular you like or dislike about the 801s? The big compromise in those speakers was the crossover, which I recall prompted some aftermarket mods (JPS Magic Flutes, others) which some felt were solid improvements; if you st... | |
| What is the best Beatle Song In My Life is my favorite. | |
| Your thoughts on J. Atkinsons Chord DAC review...? I agree with Kurt and Ken. If anything, I far prefer a review like Atkinson's where the strengths and flaws of a product are all reported. I remember years ago when JA would review Thiel speakers and put them under a microscope-- they were and sti... | |
| NOS Tubes inferior? Sugarbrie's advice in his first sentence is right on the money. I have found that well-tested NOS tubes sound vastly superior, and have had a far longer life, in my Jadis equipment, but keep in mind that the stuff I have was made in the late 80s a... | |
| Neutral preamps The Lamm L2 is as neutral as I've heard in an active preamp--having 40 feet of interconnect to my active crossovers rules out passives in my system. I'm in the same camp as Sibelius on this with my preference leaning to my Jadis, for many of the r... | |
| Duntech That price shows what a mark-up the distributor takes (although remember the customs duties as well as the shipping costs), as the last price I recall in the US for the Sovereigns was in the $20,000+ range, and the Princesses (which I bought for $... | |
| Duntech They are among the classic cone driver designs. The older ones work better with solid state than tubes (I feel the opposite about Dunlavy designs), as they have a warm balance in the midrange and, in the case of the Sovereigns, need a lot of power... | |
| Is Sony SCD-1 still worth to possess? Unless you want multichannel disc decoding capabilities (then get the XA-777ES), the SCD-1 is well worth getting. I agree with JD and John, stock it's on a level playing field with the Wadia 850 class of player and with a top quality analog stage,... | |
| Tube pre amp with 2 outputs for Biamping Actually, it may only be the older JP80s (like mine) that have the two outputs, as the website talks of only one output and four line level inputs (mine has 2 and 3). Not at all sure about my old JPL anymore; I do seem to recall my old ARC SP11 ha... |