smholl
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| "All Things Must Pass"-Tower Records Documentary I used to go to the Tower Records in Westwood Village, near UCLA.If I remember it was 2 story. Great jazz selection. | |
| Herbie Hancock best recordings A few others I don't see mentioned: 1) Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea in Concert.Recorded during 1978 tour at various venues. Very well recorded.2) HH & Wayne Shorter 1+1. Piano and soprano sax.3) Headhunters- Funky period. | |
| What is the best phono preamp you have heard? I have used numerous phono preamps over the past 20 years. But the internal phono board in my Classe CP-500 preamp sounds the best. Possibly because it is not outboard? I don't know. But very nice sounding.Figured I might as well contribute to a 1... | |
| CI Audio or King Rex PSU for Squeezebox Touch I use a Welborne Labs PS on both my Touch and Duet. Great improvement over stock wall-wart. | |
| Buying Fewer CD's & LP's Because of Pandora? I use Rhapsody to listen to entire albums. If I feel that I want to own the album at higher resolution, then I'll purchase the CD or LP. Rhapsody has definitely cut my CD/LP purchases at least by half. | |
| Poor sound from rental Blu-Ray discs I did notice the "The Hunger Games" rented from Netflix only offered standard Dolby surround. None of the blu-ray sound formats, DTS-Master, etc. came up in the menu.Store bought copy has all the sound formats. | |
| Cartridges that work best on an OL Encounter MK3C? I am using an OL Encounter on my Basis 1400. Current cartridge is Benz Micro Glider SL. Very nice match. Phono pre is Heed Quasar. | |
| What to upgrade first Another vote for turntable/cartridge/phono pre upgrade. | |
| Best Two-Way Monitor Speakers under $700 New/Used Monitor Audio RX-2. Great sounding monitor. Is your friend considering adding a subwoofer? | |
| Better Record Cleaning Method I always clean new vinyl with my Nitty-Gritty. You never know what could be lerking in brand new grooves. | |
| Duet to Touch for next upgrade? I would not use the volume control in the Duet. It is a digital volume control and you will lose bit resolution.I have tried it and it sounds terrible. | |
| Disappointing Albums of 2012 Notec - I hear ya. I stopped at Rush's last good record "Grace Under Pressure" (IMO). | |
| Preamp for McIntosh MC252 I used a McIntosh C42 when I had my MC252. SS with MM phono pre. Nice match. | |
| Monitor Audio Silver RS6 - What Speaker Cables? I used Acoustic Zen Satori when I had the RS6 in my 2 channel system. Previous to that, I used Analysis Plus Oval 9. Satori better them in every way. | |
| Monitor Audio Rx1? How about ordering a pair from Audio Advisor. They have a 30 day return policy. They have free shipping for purchases over $99. If you don't care for them, return on your nickel. I'm thinking about trying the RX-1 and RX-2. |