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Whats on your turntable tonight?
Mahler "Symphony No. 1" Solti/LSO (London CS 6401) 
advice on hiding cables
Hardwood floor, or , wall-to-wall? How about flat cables run under the carpet if it's wall-to-wall. If hardwood, run the cables under the floor (provided there is a crawl space or basement beneath your room). 
Bryan Ferry - Boys and Girls SACD -long-
Great review! as much as I enjoy my vinyl copy of "Avalon", Reading your well thought out review tells me I can purchase "Boys and Girls" and listen to the 2 channel SACD mix on my modest digital setup, enjoy how it sounds, and more important, not... 
Question for First Sound Owners
I had the opportunity to listen for an afternoon to the First Sound MKII paired with a Berning ZH270 driving Merlins, all Cardas cables. Source was a Cary CD player with a full set of Modwright mods. The First Sound/Berning/Merlin combination was ... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
tonight:Leroy Jodie Pierson (APO 005) New release from Chad Kassem's Blue Heaven Studios, recorded direct-to-disc.Bill Evans "The Tokyo Concert" (Fantasy F-9457)Oscar Peterson Trio w/Milt Jackson "Very Tall" (Verve V-8429)Beethoven "String Quintet... 
Kubala-Sosna & Meitner Emm Labs Gets my top Vote
Albert,I think I DID save it. That's what I'm looking for. (I also switched computers) 
VPI Scout Placement
Get yourself a 2-3" thick maple cutting board, put some cones underneath it, put the Scout on it. If you want to keep the whole shebang near your listening position, place the maple/cone assembly on top of an inexpensive amp stand.That will raise ... 
Kubala-Sosna & Meitner Emm Labs Gets my top Vote
Good one Albert!PS: I am still looking for my file that has the goof on user names you did a while ago. I know I told you I would send it to you when I saw you in NY, I didn't forget, it's just not as accessible as I thought.... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Albert,I bought the Jodie Leroy Pierson disc from Chad in NY myself. Stunning realism, and a lot of fun to listen to.Both releases highly recommended! 
Tube Pre-amp recommendations for Maggie 3.6
I am biased, of course, but here is what I have in my system:Magnepan 3.6RWolcott P220 Tube ampsSupratek Chenin preampI find a VERY synergistic mating of these components. They seem to reveal the organic rightness of my analog setup as well. Timbr... 
How Big is Your Music Collection
2500 - 3000 LPs (50% Classical, 25% Jazz, 25% Rock)200 - 300 Redbook CDs20 SACDs200 DAT Master tapes (My own live recordings)150 Cassette Masters (My own recordings)10-15 Reel to Reel at 7.5ips 
NY HE Speaker Standouts
Dracule1,No worries mate. That's the beauty of this hobby and the reason for Chocolate AND Vanilla.Hope you are enjoying your Hyperions. I came very close to going with a pair myself. But, in the end, I kept my Magnepans/Wolcott Presence tube amp ... 
NY HE Speaker Standouts
Dracule1,I actually think Mike's comments at his website were directed more at the source material than the system. I will agree again that it was very un-natural sounding as everything seemed to hang in mid-air, but the ability of the TAD to proj... 
NY HE Speaker Standouts
Dracule1Your point is well taken. I must say though that your first post sounded to me that it was in the third person:I heard the room was a resounding disappointmentI read that to mean you personally had not heard it. For that I apologize. My co... 
NY HE Speaker Standouts
Dracule1,You heard the room, or someone told you the room was a resoundng disappointment? In what way? The speakers, the music, the presentation? I was in that room myself, listening to Ray's recordings of the Weaver State University Chamber Choir...