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| Audiogon "RECORDINGS TO DIE FOR" list Frank Sinatra "Sinatra At The Sands"Frank Sinatra "In the Wee Small Hours.." (MoFi LP)H Belafonte "At Carnegie Hall" (original LP or Classic LP)Linda Rondstadt "Canciones De Mi Padre" (original LP)Tchaikovsky "1812 Overture" - Dorati (Mercury LP o... | |
| Best Male Singers of the 20th Century Mario Del Monaco, Nat King Cole, Sinatra, Belafonte, Ray Charles, Roy Orbison | |
| The Back Street Boys of Classical?? There is a great book called "Discovering Great Music" which give you a synopsis of the major composers (including, up to a point, their "stature" as musiciansa) along with recommended piece/recordings. Amazon.com should carry it. This is a good s... | |
| Big name company or smaller company? Small is OK (better value for $$), but make sure it is a reasonably WELL KNOWN small company. Otherwise you WILL suffer on resale! Personally, I'd rather buy big, well known names on the second hand market. Your loss on resale is far more containe... | |
| 24/96 Transports Muse Model 8 does as well, and it plays DVD/DAd to boot. | |
| 1 sub? 2 subs? I use a REL Strata II with my Sf Guarneri's, and I am very happy with the results in my smallish room. Integration is seamless and, again for my room, the Strata is more than enough. Before going up in size to the next bigger REL, I'd go for anoth... | |
| Where can you buy REL sub woofers? Thx I bought mine from Sounds Like Music in Arizona. Very nice, professional folks. Quick service, very knowledgeable. | |
| New Music vs. New Equipment Interesting thread. I guess I have slighly more invested in music than in equipment, considering I purchased a lot of my equipment "pre owned". I make major equipment purchases about once a year..and have gone for up to 2 years w.out making a sing... | |
| Access/Use Restrictions-Listening Room Same rule. Housecleaner not allowed. All clening in listening room done by yours truly. Siamese cats (I have 3) allowed only when I'm there...otherwise they sit on the BAT preamp (it's warm!). Worst moment...female Siamese cat trying to clear hair... | |
| Converting balanced to RCA? Sedond - Wow! Does the shop you use have a WebSite? I ordered a couple of the Neutrik adpaters for $ 7.00 from a large electronics firm on the web and they came disassembled. | |
| PC Spectrum Analyser? Another option to consider is renting a professional rig. Though I have not done it yet, I have found a sources. AudioClassics.com. I f you look under "Test Equipment", you'll see they will rent an Audio Control SA3050-A with all the trimmmings fo... | |
| Converting balanced to RCA? Marklivia - Well, if you had bought them form Markertek, they would have been assembled. That's why they charge a couple of bucks more tha other places. Same connector Sedond canbuy for $ 7, sans the soldering (which, given my utter lack of skill ... | |
| Converting balanced to RCA? The Neutrik adapters from Markertekt are a great deal. I own these and the BAT adapters and, in my system, they work just as well as the BAT..at 1/10 the price | |
| cartridge suggestions w/ LP12 I have a similar LP12 set up, incuding the Ekos arm. Hafve used Linn K18 and Klyde. While the Linn cartridges are def. easy to set up on the Ekos/LP12, I am not altogether convinced. My biggest issue is how they track mono or older stereo LP's. Th... | |
| Tuntable set-up mistakes? John - I own an LP 12 and thought the Lingo upgrade was one of the best investments I made. It really did wonders for the sound. So...would love to hear more about the less expensive approaches you allude to to max out the LP12's performance. Many... |