bobgates
Responses from bobgates
| Best Integrated Amp Of All Times? Don't know if it is the best integrated of all times but I just picked up an E Sound S-8 integrated and like it better than my Rowland Concentra; very refined and authoritive. The build quality is also exceptional. | |
| The best CD Player for the money Richardzerambo - I picked up a very lightly used Shanling S100 MkII and like it alot. It is an improvement over the earlier Shanling S100 and Music Hall (which Shanling makes). | |
| Best movies last two years I recently saw "Eight Below" and the "The Pink Panther" and enjoyed both of them. Also liked "Stealth" (eventhough the critics shot it down). | |
| Consonance as a brand-musical or not? I have owned five Consonance pieces, including the M100 plus mentioned above, and really like this equipment; have not heard the Forbidden City yet but from what people say it may be their best line yet. | |
| Qinpu a-1.0x owners/feedback..... I have one and love it. Have had several integrated amps over the years and the Qinpu is right at the top of the list. | |
| Is there a reference book for tube substitutions?? I got my tube substitution book from Radio Shack years ago but it is no longer available. Parts Express sells a tube substitution handbook:http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/pshowdetl.cfm?&DID=7&Partnumber=500-090 | |
| Jimmy Smith The distortion is on the recording; it's the leslie speaker being overdriven. | |
| The Law of Diminishing Digital Returns You've brought up a good point with the law of diminishing returns. I have been looking at several CD players over the past couple of months and now think that I may go with the new Rega Apollo. The new Forbidden City Turandot also interests me bu... | |
| Best Integrated Amp You Ever Heard? I like both the Qinpu A-1.0 and the A-8000 (beautiful amp but unfortunately no remote volume). I've had several integrated amps over the years and these are among the best sounding units I have run across. | |
| Jazz Recommendations Patricia Barber is one of my favorites when it comes to jazz female vocals; what a talented individual. "Modern Cool" and "Cafe Blue" are especially good. | |
| Jazz Recommendations Speaking of bass players I just picked up a fairly new CD by Michael Manring called "The Book of Flame". Both the recording and performance is exception. | |
| Anybody tried 20th Anniversary Purist cables? I found with the Purist Aqueous Anniversary speaker cables the more efficient the speakers the better they work; with lower efficient speakers or systems using high current amps the Venustas seems to work better (the Aqueous Anniversary speaker ca... | |
| Powercords for Krell 400xi ? Purist Dominus is an ideal match for Krell. | |
| Best Speaker cable for my setup for around 2 k Purist Musaeus. | |
| Can I build an Linn LP-12 piece by piece? I gave up on the Linn LP-12 a long time ago besides the VPI blows it away. |