charles1dad
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| Jazz for aficionados Jazzcourier, Thanks for introducing me to Warren Vache, I'll get some of his recordings. Frogman thanks for the audio clip, Bill Charlap I'm familiar with and have seen him live twice in my town. A really good Kenny Barron recording is "Live at Br... | |
| Why are we going 300 or more directions? Audiolabyrinth,It appears to me Rower30 is actually making the case for the importance of high quality cable. His point that excellent design and high cost aren't linearly related is logical and true in many cases. Regards, | |
| Class D vs Class A George,That's a very interesting comparison of two different topologies.For my taste, I'd go with the Valvet(simple and straight forward class A circuit with good part quality) but have no idea what your taste or priorities are.What is the speaker... | |
| Duelund CAST silver a $50,000 Upgrade? Look at the bright side, the copper Duelund CAST will likely outperform all but the silver version.So you're still doing very well. Regards, | |
| MHDT Havana and Eastern Electric Minimax Tubegroover, Nice response and thoughtful impression, I'm sure Hawk28 appreciates that comparison. | |
| Coincident Dragon MK I vs MK II Erndog,That's a wise move , give yourself adequate time with a different sounding amplifier then you can compare and contrast. Jimmy's observations stated in earlier post were on the mark.I'm not surprised that upgrading the 211 tube made a signif... | |
| The great preamp revival - ARC Ref5 SE Edorr,There are more than a few who would agree with you, they've been there and done that.The key point is that the active preamp is high quality. The lmprovements are as you state them.The great benefit for many is increased sense of realism.Reg... | |
| Speaker recommendations, budget $10-15K The number of positive comments on the Crescendo surprises me, I thought very few were aware of this superb speaker. It will definitely appeal to those who are in the natural sound camp.It isn't a hifi character speaker at all. | |
| Coincident Dragon MK I vs MK II Jiamming,I agree with your characterization of the Frankenstein, transparent and quite minimal coloration. The bass is very good but not the best available obviously.If the Dragon amplifier has essentially similar character as the Frankenstein(but... | |
| 450 Pound Monobloc Amplifier Minori,What you wrote is sensible and based on experience. Have you had the opportunity to compare these newer light weight designs to the traditional premium heavyweight you described? The bottom line is the sound quality. I'm not convinced that... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Pnmyer,I feel as you do, you can enjoy musicians equally while acknowledging they may occupy different levels of technical ability and overall influence.I know that Chet isn't the masterful trumpeter that Clifford Brown was yet I can listen to bot... | |
| Some Axpona thoughts Phaelon,Three questions concerning the VoltiHow's the tonality?It's a large speaker, do they disappear or is the speaker location obvious?What amplifier was driving it?Regards, | |
| Jazz for aficionados "When Joanna Loved Me" I have a duet version of that by Frank Morgan and Kenny Burrell, it's just a beautiful song .Appreciate the video clip. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Thanks Frogman, I certainly didn't mean to suggest that complexity is inherently superior but was simply trying to make a distinction between the two styles.You could say Hamptom Hawes or Carl Perkins is simpler than Bud Powell but it doesn't mean... | |
| 450 Pound Monobloc Amplifier A 10 watt amp is fine as long s you have the appropriate speaker match, amp-speaker really is a marriage. I think you'll be very happy with the VAC Renaissance , those are timeless excellent sounding amplifiers. There're good and heavy due to big ... |