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| Krell Krc-3 or Krell KCT? Old post but putting my 2 cents in for future audiophiles needing help. Had the K.C.T. it is fantastic. However, look into the K.R.C. 2. Also fantastic. Now, Kell designed three preamps that can run the phono stage without a power supply. Th... | |
| Help Me Save A Few Bucks On New Amp Purchase What is with watts? Current is the real issue. | |
| Christmas Music and Audiophiles? Capitol records ultra lounge Christmas series sounds great and don't forget Esquevel did a Christmas record as well. | |
| The Ultimate Question? 1) miles Davis/ so what? 2) Julie London/ cry me a river. 3) yello/ blue green 4) john berry/ theme from "her majesty's secret service" 5) fritz reiner conducting the cso: last movement of scheherzade 6) frank sinatra/ fly me to the moon. Tough ch... | |
| The Ultimate Question? God! Where is the jazz? Classical? | |
| I just started listening to my CD player again How ironic, I auditioned a purist audio museus for my player and for whatever reason made the sound muddy. The same power cord (auditioned two power cords and a balanced or xlr line) on the pre amp and power amp were great. Returning the standard ... | |
| Which is more accurate: digital or vinyl? The tapes were baked because they used a synthetic tape lubrication not whale oil based lubricant. Overtime they became unplayable. Record companies were in a frantic panic to find a solution. The solution? Bake the tape. It can be played back wit... | |
| Speakers and system for compressed recordings? Opened a can of worms did I? Listen, I did not say darkside or crime are bad recordings. They are a product of their time, studios, producers, engineers, and record companies. A uniform good sounding product that speaks to the masses not audiophil... | |
| Speakers and system for compressed recordings? Crime of the century suffers from compression especially in the drum kit. It happened in the studios. I have the uhqr, mfsl regular half speed, a&m Canadian half speed, and the gold mfsl c.d. four audiophile versions. All show the same studio ... | |
| First foray into separate 2-channel amp, 200wpc Consider this: current vs. Watts. Watts is not as important, current controls the speakers. Speakers are wild and current keeps them in check. That being said, look for a good used Rotel RA-1070 integrated amp. Lots of current and rates 100 watts ... | |
| Speakers and system for compressed recordings? It is part of a second system, the Marantz. The other stereo is full blown audiophile. | |
| Speakers and system for compressed recordings? It is part of a second system, the Marantz. The other stereo is full blown audiophile. | |
| Speakers and system for compressed recordings? I feel your pain!! Compression is a fact of life for most music. Darkside of the Moon and Crime of the Century are riddled with compression. What to do? Consider some vintage gear. A good Marantz reciever from the 70's might be a good starting pla... | |
| What started you on your audiophile journey . Won a stereo in 1984 at Hudsons Audio in Albuquerque N.M. I am still a customer and am grateful for the journey. I was 18 years old when I became an audiophile. Thanks again Hudsons!! | |
| Which is more accurate: digital or vinyl? Good tapes and mastering will decide the winner. Both can be accurate. Like a paint job the bodywork is 90% of a great job. The clear coat and paint itself is going to show a crappy bondo job. Poor tapes and mastering is obvious. |