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| Stereophile "confirms" Moncrieff's SACD comments ? Thank goodness the Sony 9000 ES is $699.00 rather than $16,500.00. The money saved would cover about 800 LP's, even at twenty bucks apiece, and I am with TWL and Nrchy, my Sony sounds better on SACD than redbook. | |
| Review: Purist Dominus Interconnect For what it's worth, I never for a moment considered any of you had bad intentions. In fact, I laughed out loud at several of the posts. Audiogon would be way too dry if we didn't post a few crazy remarks.As for the Dominus, Nrchy ( Nate )and I sp... | |
| Has The Maker ever seen yours? Brad, in answer to your question, yes I owned equipment from the manufacturer when they visited. I still own equipment and am friends with several of them. There are WONDERFUL people in the manufacturing end of high end audio. Crazy audiophiles li... | |
| Do new tubes undergo break-in like other devices? Jfrech, did you change from well used Russian tubes? If so, consider two points. The Russian tube had poor highs when new and undoubtedly got worse as it aged. Second, the bass on Sovteks (if that's what it was) are "bumpy" in the bass. Comments a... | |
| mono lp replay?? do you set up another TT for it? I too have many mono LP's and enjoy them very much. I think a stereo cartridge is fine for modern mono pressings.78 RPM mono records are another story. They are cut vertically and require a different cartridge to play properly. Benz Micro manufact... | |
| Has The Maker ever seen yours? Over the years several manufacturers have visited my home.Richard Vandersteen (Vandersteen Audio)Steve McCormack (McCormack Audio)Jim Aud (Purist Audio)Rich Riccio (Counterpoint)Dale Pitcher (Essence)Paul Weitzel (Tube Research) Amedeo Schembri (V... | |
| Review: Purist Dominus Interconnect I know at least one person who is very pleased with your honesty. | |
| Would your system be different if ............? TWL, your question: "Would your system be any different if nobody but you ever saw or heard it?"The real questions: (1) If a Soundlab falls in the living room and no one is there to hear it, does it still make a sound?(2) If a Bose falls in the li... | |
| BNC Connectors- Do they really hurt performance? This is an incredibly complex question to answer. The interface between a transport and DAC vary from unit to unit. The combination of any number of cables, connectors and adaptors may move you closer or further from the "correct" termination impe... | |
| Speakers for stargates? Oh Eric, we were having fun, ( not ) at your expense. Things have been boring all Summer and you livened up the threads.For an honest answer to your question, the factory specifies that your Stargates are a transformer coupled parallel single-ende... | |
| replacing tubes on amp. I don't disagree with Sugarbrie, especially if you have the funds and patience to own multiple sets of this tube type. There are many great versions of the 6SN7 and performance likely varies from circuit to circuit.My main concern was that "Ttrhp"... | |
| Not too early to consider CES As show date draws closer hopefully this thread will remain viable. Plans for meeting and introducing ourselves would be great. Maybe visit some of the high end exhibits together.I will have a car as always and no objection to hauling a group to d... | |
| Speakers for stargates? Reminds me of a Tom Waits song.(Intro)(Tom Waits "Nighthawks at the Diner" 1975) For all the bachelors out there tonight, yeah for anybody who's never whistled this song. (Music: "Here comes the Bride" )Maybe you whistled it but you lost the sheet... | |
| Best "Village Vanguard" or "Blue Note" recording Bill Evans: The Final Village Vanguard Sessions June, 1980.This is on Mosiac (LP) MQ10-171, and in my opinion represents the finest performance of Bill Evans career.The passing of Bill Evans on September 15, 1980 was a sad day for me. While listen... | |
| replacing tubes on amp. I would replace all the 6SN7 tubes with the brand that provided the best performance and keep the old ones as emergency back up.You did not mention the model of your BAT, but posting that info may allow another member to suggest something proven f... |