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| What's the Best LP You Bought in 2008 I bought virtually no new releases in 2008, but I discovered a couple new-to-me gems: "The Grays" by The Grays, and "Fathering" by Mark Mulcahy.Both have been out for at least a decade.Sometimes, it takes me a while.:) | |
| Audio Research Ref 3 vs Atma-Sphere MP-1 mkIII Tim, my perspective with the MP-1 was not one that you describe, i.e. 45 degrees above the plane of the orchestra.I think system variables make an enormous difference. For example, I listen nearfield with the speakers 8 feet from the chair. I'm su... | |
| turntable newbie: need advice for better sound KAB offers some good cartridge upgrades that are plug-and-play because they eliminate the headshell and the set-up variables a headshell introduces. I cannot say the set-up with these is optimal over what can be achieved with an excellent protract... | |
| Atma-Sphere Mp-1 mk III Perhaps Ralph could lower the gain of your Atma MP-1 so it would better match the Gamut amps. Admittedly, I also experienced larger volume jumps than I would have preferred. My Lamm L2 Reference does a better job in this regard.I experienced absol... | |
| Audio Research Ref 3 vs Atma-Sphere MP-1 mkIII The image was higher and wider, which is what I meant by larger. Depth was about equal, as I recall, and it could be adjusted with positioning of the speakers (closer together and/or more toe-in produces a deeper image in my system...and a small a... | |
| turntable newbie: need advice for better sound It's also possible there's something amiss with the phono section of your MAC. Have you tried connecting another turntable? Perhaps taking your MAC to The Old Man and trying it in his system (or someone else's locally) would enable you to rule out... | |
| turntable newbie: need advice for better sound This issue sounds like one of set-up/installation rather than equipment. A Shure cart into a MAC integrated amp should produce very good sound. | |
| Ortofon Per Windfeld Load Impedance? Thanks Lewm. Very helpful. | |
| Ortofon Per Windfeld Load Impedance? ...the cartridge should be loaded to what is known as 'critical damping'. This is the point wherin the loading value damps ringing, but does not roll off the normal response of the cartridge. An excellent way to do this is to 'ring' the cartridge ... | |
| Audio Research Ref 3 vs Atma-Sphere MP-1 mkIII I have.In my system, driving Pass Labs amps in balanced mode, the Atma-Sphere MP-1 MKIII was a better match...resulting in a much larger image (which I like), and a more lifelike, dynamic reproduction. I'd say the ARC Ref3 was the more tonally neu... | |
| $500 used CD Player Recommendations If you keep your eyes open, you might find a Music Hall 25.2 modified by Parts Connexion in the used equipment listings.I picked up a used Parts Connexion Music Hall 25.2 modded as a transport for under $500. It sounds very, very good into my DAC. | |
| Jazz:swingin, groovin modern big band recordings. Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band.Hands down. | |
| Preference for separate phono stages? there are excellent internal phono stages that are well designed and that are difficult to beat with external ones (for example Shindo and Vacuumstate preamps). Restock (System | Threads | Answers)Add Atma-Sphere to that list. | |
| Which is the most tubelike solid state amp around Pass Labs has a clarity and grain-free sound reminiscent of certain modern tube amps I have owned, i.e. VAC and Atma-Sphere. However, the Pass Labs amps don't sound entirely like either tube amp. So, while the Pass Labs XA-30.5 and XA-60.5 I have ... | |
| Best and Worst Rock Concert Moments BEST MOMENT: When I was the production manager for INXS we played Shea's Theater in Buffalo New York. The band was really rocking that night and the crowd was totally into it too. By the end of the show, the fans in the balcony were dancing so har... |