ballywho
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| Most achingly-beautiful music Pierre Bensusan's Intuite and Altiplanos:Some of it literally make my eyes well up and brings on that slight hyperventilating that only something extremely moving can do. I've yet to hear anyone do (for me) what he can do with a guitar. | |
| SHM SACD's need to be burned in Daverz,"squishy wetware"Love it. | |
| Best Integrated, period. Audio Innovations Series 500I've had it for a decade and just can't get rid of it. | |
| What I learned on Audiogon This Year Hey Kbarkamian, I resemble that (2b)! "Sorry for the enthusiasm."Cheers. ;) | |
| New favorite VINYL Album? Dave Brubeck Quartet featuring Paul Desmond: Jazz at the Blackhawk.A red vinyl album I picked up at a garage sale. It's slightly trashed, but I just love it. | |
| State of the art CD player? Only if you do this. Paperw8,I see you just posted something today.Just to clarify, my "Well said" is per your 12/02 comments: "let me say that when it comes to high end audio in general, there are two viewpoints: technical-oriented and artistic-oriented."Cheers. | |
| State of the art CD player? Only if you do this. Paperw8, Well said. | |
| what is the best, least costly DAC...? Didn't mean to rub anyone the wrong way. I just think the product sounds good. Sorry for the enthusiasm. | |
| what is the best, least costly DAC...? I received my V-DAC about three days ago, and am honestly blown away with it everytime I listen to the lossless files streaming to it from my Squeezebox. This is noticeably better - as far as my aural memory can discern - than the Cyrus CD-8x I ha... | |
| Turntable suggestions for novice... A lot of folks mow through gear, so just because you see something frequently for sale doesn't mean anything.A P3 would be just fine, but my suggestion would be to get a Technics SL-1210 MkII (and new, if you can find one). Rock solid, easy (and f... | |
| Record Clamps, which one and why? And if you need substantial weight, I second the Pro-Ject Puck...It looks nice, is well made (as simple as a cast and painted brass weight probably is to make) and is, indeed, the only one worth it's price tag (in my opinion). | |
| Record Clamps, which one and why? Herbie's Audio Lab SuperSonic Record Stabalizer (in conjunction with the Way Excellent II mat).I've found that using anything remotely heavy can *sometimes* actually cause the record to come up from the platter's outer edge. The Stabalizer adds wh... | |
| Pro-Ject RM 1.3 Listen to some solo piano on both tables if you have the chance. The Rega tables I've owned simply can't stablize those sustained notes/chords the way the rock-solid direct drive Technics can. | |
| Pro-Ject RM 1.3 Go with the Technics SL-1200Mk2. The tonearm may be nicer on the Rega, but all that MDF junk (pardon me, Rega folks) and no ability to adjust azimuth or VTA (sans aftermarket parts) leaves a whole lot to be desired, in my opinion. | |
| Pro-Ject RM 1.3 I was literally just trying to find my post so I could paste your post in. Sorry to hear about that, though, Cooch. I am staying on the path of getting another Technics...and then never looking back. |