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| Does the Mark Levinson 331 suck? My Mark Levinson 331 is musical and live like. Do you mind providing your system configuration so fellow Audiogoners can better help you? Plainly concluding that a Marsh A400S "smokes it every way" may solicit unfriendly comments from fellow Audio... | |
| Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique; recommendations.... Sir Thomas Beecham and Jean Martinon performance versions are my recommendations.Sir Thomas Beecham and the ORTF performed the Sym. Fantastique with a melancholy and relayed the dream like state of this work very well. The sound is more than accep... | |
| Cardas Golden Power Cord..... Try the Virtual Dynamics Power 3 powercord before spending money on anything more expensive. A 6 feet cord only cost about $70 with a money back gaurantee. The drawback is that is it very heavy and may not work for light weight components. I was s... | |
| Female Vocalist like Diana Krall, Jacintha. Fellow Audiogoners,Really appreciate everyone opening my "ears" to nice female vocalists. I shall try Tierney Sutton first and move on to the rest, such as Jennifer Warnes and Janis Ian. Aaron | |
| Solid State replacement for AI Modulus 3A. Fellow Audiogoners,I tried what BIGTEE suggested, plugged the CD player into the Tape In instead of the CD In and did hear a difference. Very valuable experience which he was kind enough to communicate.Thank you for all your suggestions, especiall... | |
| Solid State replacement for AI Modulus 3A. Bigtee,I am using the CD in and not the tape inputs. Can you recommend brands of the tubes you tried that you find to be excellent? Thanks.Aaron | |
| What LP shows what analog can do? "Hers's to Ben" by Jacintha - significantly outperforms even the XRCD version. Great music and beautiful voice. Similar in style to Diana Krall. Order from www.elusivedisc.com. | |
| Vivaldi fans lend me your ears for a moment... Please try the version by Fabio Biondi and L'Europa Galante:http://www.towerrecords.com/product.aspx?pfid=1076512The link is enclosed for your reference and does not represent my endorsement for Tower Records.Biodi presented a more joyous, lively ... | |
| Thorens TD165 in perfect shape. What cartridge? What preamp do you have? Does it support MM or MC phono cartridges? | |
| B&W N803 vs. Revel F30 Grant,I have not heard the F30, but the B&W Nautilus 803 is excellent for your music needs. My brother has the same music needs as you and he used a pair of N803 for a few years driven by a Jeff Rowland amplifier. The N803 delivers a wide and ... | |
| Upgrading: What to use with Dynaudio 3.3's? I was looking for a power amp for a pair of Dynaudio Contour 1.8 speakers about 2 years ago. I tried a Musical Fidelity A3CR, Parasound HCA-3500, Audio Research D-200, BAT VK-200, Krell KAV-500 and a Krell KSA-100S. The key thing learnt was that t... | |
| Original Rega Planet vs. new Jupiter I owned the original Rega Planet and eventually settled with the Arcam FMJ CD23T after numerous upgrades including DACs. The Planet does NOT make a good transport for a DAC. I also found the Jupiter 2000 to be much better than both the Planet and ... | |
| My new CDP FMJ 23 Impressions To improve the bass slam, try putting the FMJ 23 on aluminum cone feet and using a respectable power cable. The stock rubber feet snap off easily. Using sorbothane rubber feet takes the liveliness out of the sound, puts too much warmth into the mi... | |
| Arcam Ring DAC models v. Sony DVP-S9000ES The DVPS-9000ES is a good CD player and a great SACD player, but its red book CD performance is far from an Arcam FMJ CD23T. The FMJ will let you hear on CDs what you cannot hear on the DVPS-9000ES. If you care to read on, I enclosed the details o... | |
| Bach Brandenberg Concertos CD Recommendation Please check out the 6 Brandenburg Concertos performed by the Musica Antiqua Koln conducted by Reinhard Goebel under the Archiv label. The performance has speed, energy and discipline without being overly regimented. To me, Trevor Pinnock's interp... |