rcprince
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| What is the best phono preamp you have heard? Lamm LP2 and Aesthetix, and the phono stage of my Jadis JP200. The Lamm phono/Jadis line combination is very synergistic. I would also imagine that a currently updated Vendetta would be among the best units around, if it exists. | |
| Mercury Living Presence SACD's El, you're mixing up RCA and Mercury! Your point is well-taken, though. The Mercs, for example, all have the prevalent tape hiss, though I find it easy to listen through that. As for that low frequency rumble on the Chopin, it's not limited to old... | |
| ARC sp10 joy and concern... From what you describe, I'd say Swampwalker is right. Very difficult to get rid of transformer buzzing--you can try what he suggests but nothing is a sure cure for it. You might ask Leonard at ARC if he has any suggestions. Too bad you probably ca... | |
| Mercury Living Presence SACD's Listened to the Respighi and Suppe discs last night. They are better than the CD versions from before, which themselves were among the best CDs I've heard, in terms of capturing the ambience of the hall and the decay of the instruments. Very open ... | |
| Best of Hearing Aids for deaf Audiophiles? Huh??? All kidding aside, I too am interested in the answer to the question about hearing aids, as I've lost a bit of hearing in one ear due to an infection in there a number of years back. One of my former partners got a special hearing aid for his ear ... | |
| E.A.T. KT88's ??? Many KT-88 tubes are designed like the original MO Valves--the original Chinese Gold Dragon KT-88s were supposedly exact replicas. Haven't heard anything yet that sounds as good as the real thing or is as durable, though, even though the new tubes... | |
| Mercury Living Presence SACD's Elusive Disc is selling the first 5 titles (6 discs) as a package for $100 (all right, $99.99), that's the only price I checked out. | |
| Big Stupid Warm Speakers I saw Duntech Princesses mentioned above--actually, they're pretty neutral, having owned a pair for 11 years, though they are lacking in transparency. However, the one in the Duntech line that might fill your bill is the Black Knight, with bigger ... | |
| Mercury Living Presence SACD's Mine are on order, will come shortly (I pre-ordered the first five almost a year ago, apparently they're waiting for the Respighi to come in before they ship). It will be interesting to compare the Stravinsky to the Classic vinyl reissue, which ha... | |
| Digital Evolution He can probably fix that, unless you don't have 24 bit chips in it :^). Even then, he can put them in. At least you have a display window on yours, my early AL just has a couple of status lights. | |
| How do you know if a cable is neutral? Hell of a good question, and hell of a good answer, Bigtee! | |
| Digital Evolution NAD 540(?)--1984 modelMission 7000 PCM (nice sounding but never worked properly)Analogic Designs Hybrid (modified Magnavox 472 w/tube output stage--Scott Nixon's first commercial product, I believe)Meitner CD-3 (should never have sold it)Krell MD1... | |
| No sound from left channel on power amp There may also be rail fuses along each bank of transistors that could blow (Acurus amps are like that). Have you tried contacting the manufacturer (if the owner's manual provides no guidance)? | |
| CD Tweaks and Longterm Damage I'll add to the Shine Ola praise--I found it made a positive difference for my discs as well. And it is a great name. Now I need to find a treatment that not only removes dust but also repels it from the disc (my Forsell goes crazy when dust gets ... | |
| Living Stereo SACD's are a comin Naw, I'm not bothered by pcm per se, but I am bothered if it's 16-bit pcm, and I do not put it by some companies to try to repackage 16-bit/44khz digital masters in a new format. I have 20 and 24-bit pcm recordings on SACD and like them quite a bi... |