carl_eber
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| Spectral Amp As long as the power amp's input imedance isn't really low, or the voltage sensitivity isn't overly high, driving it with the average preamp won't be a problem. THE PROBLEM IS, you are thinking that a CD player's output stage can't be designed to ... | |
| List or discuss your favorite music I have the Sonny Meets Hawk reissue, but haven't cleaned it yet. The CD is killer, so the vinyl will be even better. I have most of the 45 rpm reissues, and will be getting the rest. I recently bought the Decca "Schubert-Krips: The Great" 2045, an... | |
| Magnepan Spade Lug Adapters If Calloway is correct, then the Monster Cable ones might have somewhat less of a signature than the adaptors Magnepan sells for $20. I bought them, and they do affect the sound some. Dynamics are increased, but detail is diminished, and overlaid ... | |
| Otari tape recorders MIX magazine's classified ads are pretty much the best bet for selling them. | |
| Otari tape recorders Otari has been one of the primary professional studio multitrack manufacturers. I think the most popular brands are Tascam and Studer; Otari might be third. IS IT DIGITAL, OR ANALOG? 24 track? ALL PRO ENGINEERS SEEM TO DREAM ABOUT ARE 150 channel ... | |
| What happen to favorite music list? I saw them at Legion Field in Birmingham Alabama. Living Color indeed was the opening band when I saw them too. This was October 5, 1989, I believe. IT WAS EXTREMELY KILLER FOR SURE! The capacity crowd was about 76,000, and deafening! I hope they ... | |
| The Best Audio Dealer Joe at Overture in Delaware is a super nice guy. So is Bob at Elusive Disc. Duke at AudioKinesis seems very kind. Paul at The Cable Company is pretty good. Stuart Ono at Audio Directions in Hawaii is EXTREMELY good. | |
| List or discuss your favorite music I've been spending too much money on EVERYTHING lately, and I'm about broke. I thought you had the Onyx Platinum...my mistake. Anyhow, I recently bought a used pair of MIT Shotgun EVO RCA (Robert Harley's preferred cable), and I got a great price ... | |
| plinius vs. ayre Anyhoo, I still say try the FPB 200 against either the Ayre or the Plinius. I don't know why it would'nt do everything better than both of them. Rayhall (Bobby?) mentions tubelike midrange. The Krell FPB series have THE VERY BEST MIDRANGE of any s... | |
| plinius vs. ayre Or try a Krell FPB 200. | |
| Good choices for first time DIY speaker? Any of the Dynaudio kits would be great. | |
| Tubes? Transistors? Which are better? Output impedance isn't theory at all. It perfectly describes the power amp's ability to control the cone motion of a dynamic speaker, which is what I was talking about. I suspect I would like the sound of your system, Redkiwi, but it's possible I ... | |
| Demise of "Audio" magazine My Fi subscription was replaced by The Audiophile Voice. Not the best, but usually worth the read. I still like Robert Harley, but his reviews do seem more compromised at TAS. Maybe it's just that he's gotten older... | |
| The best used preamp and d/a converter The CD50 is indeed in your price range, so Fenix is less than accurate there. It'll blow away anything that doesn't upsample, guranteed. | |
| Best Preamp under 10K If you need an affordable phono stage, the Mike Yee Musical Surroundings "Phonomena" is killer! I don't know what the best linestage under 10k would be, but I would audition the CAT Ultimate, Sonic Frontiers Line 3, ARC Reference 1 or 2, Levinson ... |