rhyno
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| Sony SCD-XA5400ES-Best SACD for under $10,000 i've had good luck w/ cabling from TG Audio (the new stuff), but i've had great luck w/ grey top 6sn7s and mullard 5ar4s in the unit. and do address vibration w/ a good footer. unit responds well to tweaks...and for the $, its a friggin bargain. s... | |
| Any Environment Potentials EP-2050 users out there sounds like you should go balanced throughout your signal path. and maybe even shielded power cords (though usually shields sound bad on AC). i'm not sure how EP2050 would take care of RFI / EMI, it may. it does have leads connecting it to hot (du... | |
| Any Environment Potentials EP-2050 users out there i have one, and for the whole house surge protection its worth it. its a tough product to A/B (as you have to leave the house to do it!), but when i did the install i will say i noticed less up & down w/ afternoon power...not cured, but better... | |
| Detail Magnifiers by Econotweek ozzy, pls post impressions of the HDL Ref +s and where they impact things.thx | |
| Album which you have listened to most? OMG, i forgot the BEST:Brian Jonestown Massacre: His Satanic Majesty's 2nd Request. | |
| Album which you have listened to most? (all on CD)Jerry Garcia: Bay Area 78 (never understood why some folks were JGB over the dead, til i heard this release. CD2--wow).honorable mention:Band of Bees: Sunshine Hit MeSam Cooke: Aint that Good NewsFlotation Toy Warning: Bluffers Guide to... | |
| Pass X vs XA amps sound quality in class A range had the same "problem" as peterayer, which i covered in my review in positive feedback. best solution: buy the biggest XA you can afford...and maybe you cannot. they're fabulous amps. (id own them if the heat of the larger amps weren't prohibitive... | |
| Band with highest success/talent ratio? the dead were immensely talented musicians, regardless of if you like their music or not.kiss? poison? warrant? skid row? well, not so much. | |
| Sony SCD-XA5400ES-Best SACD for under $10,000 i've purchased the 5400, and the modwright mods.i've since purchased the service manual and four spare laser assemblies.i believe it will be staying a while...it replace an EMM CDSA-SE(note: i never heard the stock unit...it went straight to MW) | |
| whole house surge protector? i wrote about the EP 2050 in a prior issue of Positive Feedback; audiophiles should take note.it does not preclude the use of:a) dedicated lines (for current delivery)b) power conditioners (my weishi still works magic in vs out of the system, but ... | |
| Music to die to another addition:Pastor TJ Burnett & the Children for Christ Choir: "like a ship (without a sail)" ----remarkably uplifting, funky christian music, great choral arrangments. fantastic cut if you've never heard it (and i hate christian music ge... | |
| Black-Eyed-Peas, the future of modern music? pathetic. thats what happens when "musicians" dont actually play instruments...reality sets in outside the studio.prince didn't have that problem, and he performed in the rain. ---these clowns would've been electrocuted by their outfits, like that... | |
| Suggest new bands to listen to not new, butbrian jonestown massacreapples in stereobeirutsufjan stevensband of bees (aka the bees) --- best band you've never heard...just buy all their releases NOW, and thank me laterjam band: my morning jacket (it still moves--great record) | |
| The complete Europe '72 recordings i've got a lot of dix pix, all 3 from the vault, and quite a few bootlegs, and i have to admit 'rockin the rhein' is one of the best...fantastic DStar on it.the band was definitely ON in 72. best year ever? debatable (i'd put 71, 77, 72 in that or... | |
| Do people buy MAC gear for the blue meters nonsense. they have a fantastic value proposition:great sonics (but admittedly not close to the best)aesthetic value (the meters)tremendous power to control any loadgreat reliabiltyresale valuezero heat output (from SS amps)when i find an amp that... |