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| Best single volume guide to classical music Here is a book that might be what you are looking for. Composers, Their Lives and Works | |
| Yes, cables do make a difference -- regardless of price... Good post from @benanders but I really appreciate that the OP recorded voice tracks using different cables so that they could go back and compare the tracks repeatedly. If you are comparing different recorded tracks back to back it removes a lot o... | |
| Transport Recommendations It's a little above your budget but I would recommend that you consider a TEAC VRDS 701. I have one and I like it very much. I had a horrible experience with a PSA PerfectWave transport that used a cheap computer grade CD drive and I vowed that I... | |
| Aurender Music Server and CD Transport comparison The PerfectWave Transport that I owned used an off-the-shelf computer grade drive. I forgot what brand it was but this information is available on PSA's forum. If you were willing to take the unit apart you could replace the drive with a standard ... | |
| Aurender Music Server and CD Transport comparison I'm afraid that I can't provide a good answer to your question but I have some experience that might be helpful. I have a Jay's CD3 MKIII transport as well as a Teac VRDS 701. Before these I had a PSA PerfectWave Transport. I also have two DACs; ... | |
| 3-4 dB dip at crossover region: what should I listen for to hear it? I just want to add to @erik_squires comment. If you test your in-room response at the listening position you will quickly figure out why you are not hearing the narrow dip shown by ASR. By the time you put your speakers in your room and you add th... | |
| Favorite Obscure Rock Song Great thread. Here's a couple of songs that I think are pretty obscure that I just love. These date from the early 70's. Caravan: Memory Lane/Hugh Headloss (from "For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night"). The song is available on Qobuz on the Car... | |
| Why so many ARC Ref 6SE preamps up for sale? I think, as a general rule, that the components for sale here and on USAM reflect what was popular during the period when the components were new. Botique audio companies don't publish their sales figures but ARC is a popular brand and they have s... | |
| Mid-Fi, Hi-Fi or.....? If you can swing it I always recommend going to an audio show if you want to get a sense of where your system falls in the range of sound quality. In your case I think you will be pleasantly surprised. Your speakers don't reproduce the deepest bas... | |
| The Sound Quality Of Commercially Pre-Recorded Reel-To-Reel Albums Interesting thread. I'm always fascinated to hear from people who's experience has been different from mine. I have a Teac X1000RBL reel to reel that I bought new. It does 3.75 & 7.5 ips. I used it mainly to record classical vinyl to get long... | |
| What affects front to back depth in room/ system? @wolf_garcia You are leaving out a major mixing tool for creating the illusion of depth in recordings. Reverb and delay on particular instruments/tracks is, in my experience, the most effective way of creating depth in a recording. | |
| What affects front to back depth in room/ system? @veerossi The BSG QOL originally retailed at $4K. They show up used once in a while for around $800 to $1K. | |
| What affects front to back depth in room/ system? It's unusual for a system to throw a deep soundstage. Over the years there have been several attempted enhancements to simulate depth. All of these systems manipulate phase information to trick your brain into perceiving more depth. Here are sever... | |
| Ken Fritz article I'm grateful to the Post for publishing this article because it gave us a new dimension to Fritz's story. Like a lot of obsessed people (maybe most?) he was not a nice person. He lacked empathy and he was quick to form petty grievances. It's tragi... | |
| Eliminated my preamp with amazing results When I had my Krell KRC-2 preamp recapped I hooked my DAC directly to my amp for about 3 weeks until I got my preamp back. First thing I observed was that the difference was very subtle. I had never tried bypassing my preamp before but I found tha... |