chashmal
Responses from chashmal
| Equipment that has made you 'stop' looking? Art Audio carissa SET amp. I actually want to get another one for my studio. | |
| System matching can be difficult... I have found that sticking with one manufacturer can also cause problems, because you end up with a single vision: a 'sound' that the designers favor. This is especially true with english companies such as Linn and Naim, which tend to be pleasant ... | |
| Recommend me more like John Adams.. If you really want to go out there in minimalism, try Alvin Lucier and Phil Niblock. They are pure tonal minimalists (as opposed to Reich and Glass who are rhythmic minimalists). Also Folke Rabe and some James Tenney might fall in that catagory. Y... | |
| Album which you have listened to most? Counting adolescence and childhood, college and adult years, I would say one of the following (impossible to really know, of course).1. Pharoah Sanders "Live at the east"2. Jimi Hendrix "Band of gypsies"3. Arvo Part "Tabula rasa"4. John Coltrane "... | |
| Recommend me more like John Adams.. Mickey sg: You are talking about some of my very favorite music; tonal and non-serialist 20th century avant garde and minimalist works. I am so happy to suggest these things, and many more if you email me. Keep in mind that it is hard to select a ... | |
| Mono reissue of 'A Love Supreme'? My mono copy sound WAY better than my late 70's ultra thin bad pressing. This would come as no surprise to any audiophile. However when I got the new deluxe CD (for the extras) I thought it sounded pretty good, a definite improvement mix-wise over... | |
| Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive? 1: Beat up 2000 Toyota Camry2: Same3: SameI live in NYC and do not want to deal with a nice car, as cars do nothing for me. My stereo costs more than my car for a reason: one makes me very happy and the other merely performs a menial function. Eve... | |
| any new BLUES recomendations? Forget that carictature rehash regurgitation. Go to the source: get the Yazoo comps. which trace regionalism into depression era music, which is the basis of the northern electric developments. Then go to Chess! | |
| Short report on EAR Acute CD player I am curious if anyone has compared the players you mentioned to the Lector. It seems to be the most analogue sounding tube CD out there. I almost bought one, and then decided to upgrade my amp instead. I have learned not to put too much hope in C... | |
| Worth having my SOTA Sapphire refurbished? Dump the Linn Basik arm. I hate that arm. Get a Rega. Good value. | |
| Audio refinement complete? Bigmoneyv4 : I lived with the Audio Refinement gear (amp, pre, and CD) for 6 years. It was quite satisfying, open, warm, and suprisingly detailed. However, being 'mock tube' solid state gear, it made me hungry for the real tube sound. Now I have a... | |
| Straley Reality Cables... RE: coverings Greg is as meticulous and honest as they come. He hears an advantage to the uncovered version. If he says he tested it and came to a conclusion, you can believe he heard a difference. That guy is a genius at a/b comparisons. | |
| whats a more detailed preamp I am so biased, but I think the best detail I have ever heard is my own Art Audio Carissa 16 watt tube amp. It was the single greatest audio upgrade I ever made. With the right speakers, despite what some might say, an amp upgrade will do more tha... | |
| Where are you today? I went from Solid state to a tube rig. I had an audio refinement (YBA) for years. I liked it very much, until I heard an Art Audio Carissa. There is no turning back from tubes for me. No comparison. Sure, its more work. Inconvenience, the heat, wa... | |
| Does the Linn 'green paper' seem questionable? Fire bottle: your cartridge is 15 years old? How does it sound? |