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| Spica TC-60 vs. Merlin & Totem nice review, thank you.. I had a pair of TC-50's for 20 some years, modded them several times, they were about the same as you describe the 60's... alot of fun but I moved on... Chario Academy 1 is now my fav. monitor and out does the Spica on eve... | |
| Why do the new 2009 Beatles CDs sound so good? I just bought, on a lark, the Beatles "Rubber Soul" newly remastered CD... what was surprising to me, was the liner note stating this remastering was based on digital transfers made back in 1987 by George Martin (I think). Well to me, this disc so... | |
| Thiel CS 2 2 vs Snell C IV Well I'm a fan of the sound of the Snell so I'd go for those.. Snell's not super refined but easy to drive, easy to listen to, do very little wrong just not super high end. I've heard the C's, the D's, and own a pair of E IV's. I've heard the Thie... | |
| Great Music/Bad Vinyl - 2010 Edition ditto on Thin L.'s "Jailbreak" UK pressing (LP) | |
| down firing or front firing sub? I tried my Rega Vulcan downward, frontward, backward, sideways, ... found it worked best for me in my room firing backward with the cone alligned somewhat with the plane the rear port of my mini monitors are in... I would say play around and see w... | |
| Japanese Vinyl Pressing Japanese Vinyl: mixed bag... sometimes better in some ways, sometimes not... mastered a little 'dry' and sometimes lacks inner detail and spacial information found on other pressings. Vinyl itself is better quality though. Some Jap. pressings have... | |
| Great Music/Bad Vinyl - 2010 Edition "Metal Albums that are sonically great" You're not gonna believe this but,,, Black Sabbath "Technical Ecstacy" (the LP)wasn't bad...Also Deep Purple's "Who Do We Think we are" LP pretty good sounding. | |
| Great Music/Bad Vinyl - 2010 Edition LOTS of pop albums fit the bill:just thinking how BAD the sound is on YES "Yessongs" live 1973 tour.. NO BASS... man I coulda done better with a stereo walkman.how about the HORRIBLE sound of Chicago's IV "Live at Carnegie Hall" 4 record set? in s... | |
| Amp for Rega rs5 speakers Mira3... exactly. | |
| What are the alternatives for Kimber and Cardas? Just my 2 cents, as I have used both Cardas Golden Cross and Cardas Golden Reference, I'd have to say the Golden Cross work better for me. The Reference is a bit stale and very neutral, where the Golden Cross has more dimentional and fuller richer... | |
| Interesting priorities WOW really cool photo.. most folks wouldn't have a clue what he was carrying... | |
| Best Late Night Low Volume Speaker I always liked my Spica TC-50's with my Music Fidelity A-1 (the original) playing the classical radio station out of NYC on low volume, used to just leave it on all night.. | |
| How to make record albums Astralography: very well said. thank you. | |
| Cannonball Adderley's "Somethin Else"... Mono? I think "Somethin Else" is right up there with "Kind of Blue".I think personally for me, although I own an 'audiophile' reprint 180 g pressing in Stereo, I wish I had bought the mono now instead.. stereo in those days sometimes was a gimmicky one ... | |
| Record Club vs. Store purchased records Good info, Elizabeth.. I can remember playing some record club pop/rock pressings way back when I had crappy gear and could tell the pressings were lower grade then! I would say, trash all the columbia club pressings of pop/rock and try to find us... |