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| System matching can be difficult... A sensible solution is to go with a company that designs and manufactures with system matching as a guiding principle, particularly in the source through amplification chain. Unfortunately, VERY few excel at all links in this chain. One company th... | |
| Vinyl Frontend/Linn LP12 Question No easy answers here. Tobias's point is well-taken and only you can answer the maintenance question. I have no problem with it myself. My setup is an LP 12/Cirkus driven by a Naim Armageddon power supply, with a Naim Aro arm housing a Dynavector X... | |
| best inexpensive tube integrated A wonderful choice would be an Eico HF-81. It might run a little more than $700, but it achieves a magic that latter-day tube integrateds don't quite match. | |
| Upgrading From a Creek 4140s2 Naim Nait 5i. The Creek was remarkable for the money. I sold a bunch back in my salesman days. What the Creek did well, the Nait will do in spades. If a brand new one is too dear, they turn up used here fairly often. Build quality is such that you... | |
| Which Davies' Kind of Blue CD sounds better? Dopogue, I'll try to hear the original remaster again. It's been many years, but I have the distinct memory of its disappointing sound on systems from mid-fi to high end. Maybe there were varying batches? Cheers. | |
| Which Davies' Kind of Blue CD sounds better? I have heard all CD and LP versions, including my 47-year-old mono copy, which not surprisingly is the best. The 2-LP Classic is excellent. On CD, Tomcy 6 has it right: the stock Sony Legacy is the one, particularly in view of its affordable price... | |
| Integrated for ProAc isc Naim amps, from the 50wpc Nait integrateds on up, pair beautifully with the 1sc. On a budget, the Audio Refinement Complete integrated. Good listening. | |
| Please recommend a good recording oMozart Requiem I second Zinfan2's recommendation of Jordi Savall, et al. | |
| Phono stage revealing limitations of cartridge? I'm unclear how you're routing the EAR to your Rotel. Are you saying that the Rotel has a phono stage and that you're plugging the EAR into that? If by chance that's the case, that's the problem. The EAR needs to go to a line input. Just checking.... | |
| Need p-stage for Sota/Audioquest/audiotechnica The Dynavector P 75 turns up used here fairly regularly, in the $350-$425 range. The performance is staggeringly good for the money, and it will give you low-output MC through MM flexibility. | |
| any advice appreciated At your stated budget, the NAD is a good choice. You might consider spending a little more on the CD player and a little less on the speakers. A $200 CD player will not get you very near to what the NAD and a $1200 speaker can do. There are no mak... | |
| Sonny Rollins I'll second the rave on Sonny Rollins live. Saw him last September and he played to the standard that many have claimed for him: the world's greatest living improviser. He and Ornette Coleman are pretty much the last of the jazz giants who walk th... | |
| best artists in the last 15 years I could list several, but because John Darnielle is underappreciated, I would point you all toward The Mountain Goats if you value great songwriting. | |
| The most haunting music you ever heard? "Song To The Siren" This Mortal Coil"Miserere" Allegri, performed by The Tallis Scholars | |
| arguments against starting a vinyl collection? I agree with Tvad. In your own mind, you've already stacked the deck against LPs. |