3728slingshot
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| Musicality" in a system? What IS that ? You are right, many prformances lack the true spirit of the music. Put plainly, a performance can be just the notes ... not the music. This is something I tell my private students all the time. "Sure you can play the notes ... but where is the mus... | |
| Musicality" in a system? What IS that ? Detlof,Wow. This is sure to be a lively thread. Before we assign objective values to musical performance of a system, we need a common reference. Not easily accomplished. In the interim, I suggest that we all compare our system's reproduction of m... | |
| Help with two preamps and amp connection Look up the thread "Theatre Bypass Mod for CJ Preamp?" - there is some good advise there. I am still swapping cables to go from theatre to music ... But I did find a guy to do the mod described in the post. Good luck. | |
| Before They Were Famous As an undergrad, I attended music school with two mezzos that are now of some import. Stephanie Blythe, now at the Met, and Margret Lattimore, also a rising opera world person. Renee Flemming, soprano, is an alum, and before she was really famous ... | |
| Cheapest places to buy gear? Kublakahn, agreed. Peace. | |
| Rega or Sony from a "digital dope" David,Look for a used CAL Icon MkII!! In your budget and a great sound for the vinyl junkie. Not bass shy at all and very smooth everywhere else. Good Luck. | |
| Cheapest places to buy gear? Kublakhan ... point well taken. You've made it difficult for me to gracefully decend from my soap box, so instead, I'll just fall on my face. I am a big fan of spending my money close to home ... | |
| To Sub or not to Sub...? Sub ... no doubt. I agree that it is the single most difficult thing to add to your system and if the rest is marginal at the start you'll be throwing gas on a fire. The thing that's usually missing for me from real live music in the hall to ANY s... | |
| Cheapest places to buy gear? Okay ... I can't help getting on my soap box here. In a related thread titled "How Much Commision do Salesmen make? " I spent words on the value of your dealer. Please look at this thread and keep it in mind when you look to endrun the dealer in y... | |
| Old Philips CD as transport or new playe Seldenr - I am currently in a similar quandry - my current player (CAL Icon MkII) is roughly the same age, and sounds so good I hate to give it up. My feeling is to go the DAC route. You can get alot of DAC for 800-1000. If you hate the way the tr... | |
| turntable problem--???????need help Have you tried to put all the grounds in one place? 'Star' grounding is often the answer to such gremlins. Give all grounds only one potential path ... perhaps the static is not the table, but your preamp's phono section losing it's link to the gr... | |
| UPS or should I Say Oooops In my business, I receive hundreds of UPS packages monthly. I have found that damage is almost always due to improper packaging. We see everthing from pocelean toilets to highly sensitive computer equipment. I have less than 1 claim per month. Mos... | |
| Cello Audio suite or Cello audio palette Are you trophy hunting or trying to build a music system? At your budget, even if you have to fly somewhere to do it, GO LISTEN FOR YOUR SELF. What's an extra couple of hundred dollars tacked onto a purchase that big? Your one component will cost ... | |
| "Pop" in pre-amp Rule 1!!! Switch pre amps on and off ONLY with your amps off. It does sound a little unusual for a solid state unit to diplay start up transients. Until my recent change to tubed pre amp I never really felt the need to observe this rule. Maybe ano... | |
| college kid needs help with budget amps If you end up with seperates, watch for a superphon preamp to go with your adcom. When in college I used a NAD integrated ... gobs of power for not alot of money. A dorm room is sure to present a host of problems that will more than likely oversha... |