rushton
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| Whats on your turntable tonight? And...??? What did you think after listening to an original vs. this reissue of the Firebird? | |
| OK...I'm getting ready to buy a new Phono pre amp. Rwd, congratulations on you decision to order the Rhea. I hope you will enjoy it as much as I enjoy the Io; its a beautiful phono stage.The Calyspo will give you another improvement in sound quality, but you may want to live with you new Rhea phon... | |
| Best Pre-Amp with Phono Stage Since we're resurrecting this thread, let's add a current leading contender: the Aesthetix "Janus" full function preamp with phono stage from the Saturn Series.http://www.musicalsurroundings.com/aesthetix.html. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Tonight is:~ Shostakovich - Sym 1/Bolt Ballet, Martinon/LSO, RCA LSC 2322 (Classic Records reissue)~ Shostakovich - Str Qt 8, Borodin Qt, Decca SXL 6036 (Speakers Corner reissue - marvelous)~ Verdi, Requiem, Reiner/VPO, Price, Tozzi, RCA LDS 6091 ... | |
| Input on RHEA being hard on tubes. And I have never heard of any problem with the Rhea. I own an Aesthetix Io and have not had a bit of trouble with tubes over the three years I've been using it. The Rhea uses similar topology for the audio circuit and a similar power supply design... | |
| Telarc recordings Newbee, thanks for clarifying your comment. I totally agree about the golden years of 1956-1965 or so. As the to Decca tree, Wilkinson was involved, but so was Gordon Parry. And Wilkinson also ended up using some additional mikes over the years. S... | |
| Telarc recordings Newbee, I would take issue with your broad statement about Decca recordings. The Decca recordings from the late 50's through the early 70's are some of the greatest examples of orchestral and opera recordings in natural sounding, correctly capture... | |
| Need advice with a phono stage for my BAT VK-50... > Should the phono stage be tube or SS? <This is a matter of preference and cost; no absolutes. My preference is for tube, but a good quality low noise tube unit puts you at the upper end (or over) of your target price limit. The advantage o... | |
| Need advice with a phono stage for my BAT VK-50... Dennisb, if you are committed to looking for a lower cost option just to play your existing LPs (about 100?) and if you're not planning to buy more vinyl (and even if you are), consider some of these lower cost options that will allow you to make ... | |
| Atma-sphere MP-1 vs Mark Levinson 32 Springbok, thank you for your kind words about my comments on the Walker Proscenium turntable. Lloyd Walker has shared with us a stunning achievement.As to the LP vs. CD (and SACD for that matter) comparison, this has been done by people whose ear... | |
| Atma-sphere MP-1 vs Mark Levinson 32 Springbok, my choice, based on my listening priorities*, would be the Aesthetix Callisto Signature. If you do a search here in Audiogon you will find a number of posts from Albertporter praising this unit. Jonathan Valin (TAS) uses the Callisto in... | |
| Atma-sphere MP-1 vs Mark Levinson 32 Springbok, if you look through the Atma-Sphere Owners Group web site, as I believe you have, you will find people there who believe the Atma-Sphere MP-1 is a superb preamp that is an exceptional fit to the A-S amps. They like the detail, transpare... | |
| Atma-sphere MP-1 vs Mark Levinson 32 Springbok, if you like your Atma-Sphere amps, you probably will not care for the Mark Levinson in your system. The AS MP-1, or the Aesthetix Callisto, or the Aesthetix Calypso, or any of several other tube line stages would probably be a better ma... | |
| convergent jl2 or arc ref 600 for my eidolons? Costanzia, as you're probably aware Robert Harley (now editor of TAS) used the Ref 600 when he did his review of the Eidolons several years ago. He liked the combination then. I own Eidolon's, but I use Atma-Sphere MA-2s with them and cannot comme... | |
| I would like to know the sites Bluesky, I'm sorry to have misinterpreted your original question. By "Q&A sites," do you mean sites on the internet where you can engage others in discussions about classical recordings? If so, the following are sites in which I participate fo... |