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| Absolute Power Cords? Any opinions? David: There seems to be some support for the Asylum Power Cords, which I believe are based on a Bob Crump/TG Audio design and are fairly inexpensive. One thing you might try first is putting a low frequency ferrite clamp around your current cord ... | |
| Average age of audiophiles I will respond with a question--normal human years, or audiophile years? Sort of like dog years, but the opposite, such as when your significant other asks you "why are you selling that piece of equipment, you just bought it six months ago" (which... | |
| the unaccompanied voice Excellent suggestions. In addition, try Sacred Feast on dmp (hybrid SACD if you have a player) and the Rutter/Cambridge Singers series on Collegium, particularly Faire is the Heaven, There is Sweet Music (listen to Stanford's "The Blue Bird--you l... | |
| It's Been an Allison Kind of Month...... Hey Craig, now all you need are some Allison speakers and you've got the full set! Thanks for the recommendations, I think Allison Kraus' latest is on SACD, I may pick it up. | |
| NBS Monitor 4's? If the differences between Monitor 0 and the Omega interconnects are an indication (I made the upgrade and am VERY impressed at how good they are, and that's even before they've fully broken in), the Monitor series is a little warmer and less exte... | |
| Olympic tube amps: 1Jadis 2 Audio Aero 3 Kora On your last point, I don't think Jadis and Audio Matiere/Audio Aero are about power and cohones (although Jadis does have some very powerful amps), but rather are more about subtlety and refinement; that's why you don't see them in the "Tube Amps... | |
| getting a little obsessed with my first purchase I would join Frogman and Audiokenesis in recommending the Snell type As--they were among the finest speakers of their time, and hold up very well to modern competition. I auditioned them, Apogee Divas and Duntech Princesses as my finalists before ... | |
| Olympic tube amps: 1Jadis 2 Audio Aero 3 Kora Tweakerman, to find that thread just go to the bottom of the Audiophile forums page and put Jadis into the first box in the search engine, it shows up as one of the first 5 threads (Jadis Fidelity). The Jadis name is pretty well known in audiophil... | |
| Olympic tube amps: 1Jadis 2 Audio Aero 3 Kora Haven't heard the Kora, but the Jadis and the Audio Matiere/Audio Aero (pretty much the same design) are some of the finest sounding amps ever made, in my view. Definitely have their flaws, but they present music so naturally you don't mind. Check... | |
| Opinions on Jadis JS 1 Tube Dac and Jadis Transpor Jerry Ozment did indeed design the DAC; his Audio Logic is, in my view, a better unit (better quality parts and, with his most recent changes to it in the past few years, far better bass response) and a bargain in comparison, although it uses a so... | |
| Digital volume control, WADIA style The nice thing about the Wadia's digital volume control is that you can increase the player's base level output internally so that you never have to go below 70 on the control and lose any bits. | |
| Matching components. Rotel & Audible Illusions. I have heard the AI/Rotel combination (different model amp, but same company) and it sounds very good together; a very synergistic match. I'll leave it to the more technically inclined to tell me if I got this right, but my recollection is you'd l... | |
| component order on a rack? The only things I would add are I don't think you'll mind the CD player over the preamp, but I suggest turning it and the tuner off when listening to your turntable to minimize the digital noise, and watch out with the preamp being right over the ... | |
| Audio Matiere/Audio Sculpture I believe it is one and the same company, just a rough translation of "matiere" for use in some countries. Not sure if they're officially still in business, but Jean Jacques has moved on to Audio Aero, where you will notice a distinct similarity b... | |
| Best CD's of 2001: Classical My personal opinion is that musicians in major symphony orchestras are underpaid in relation to the time, talent and dedication that it takes to get to where they are. So, unfortunately, are teachers (and more so). However, the point I am (and I b... |