chayro
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| Advice - What turntable should I buy ??? I have to disagree with Dentdog. I had a $12K digital player at the time I bought my MMF5 and I was able to appreciate what analog had to offer, even with that huge price disparity. Yes, a very good analog front end has it's virtues, but I think a... | |
| Advice - What turntable should I buy ??? I had a Music Hall MMF5 and I thought it was very nice taste of what analog is about. I ended up selling it for a couple hundred less than I paid and bought a much more expensive tt when I decided that I wanted to pursue vinyl. If I were in your p... | |
| Upgrade from Harbeth Compact 7 If you like the basic sound of Harbeth, the SHL5 is, IMO, a superior speaker with a more coherent sound, a bigger soundstage and deeper bass. Harbeths are not known as rock speakers, but if you are satisfied with the C7 in that regard, the SHL5s d... | |
| Totem Mani 2 Sig. vs Dynaudio C1 The bass response you will get depends on the room to a large degree. Some rooms seem to amplify and muddy the bass, while other rooms just seem to cancel it out, leaving you with a thin sound. IMO, in the normal domestic environment, it's largely... | |
| VPI classic 3 or Prime ? Personally, I would not buy a new model of anything. Let the product get released, see how the reviews come in and make an informed decision based on actual owner feedback. | |
| Cambridge Audio 840-C cd- problems Could just be a new transport, which should not be a big deal. Bring it in to a service center. | |
| Alternative AU24 'e' IC Try a Black Cat Lectraline. I have one and it's really good. Does require a significant break in, but worth it. | |
| linn sondek CD12 How does one "come into possession" of a CD12? Sounds wrong to me. | |
| Advice from apartment dwellers I have the same issues as you. I would go for a pair of Harbeth SHL5s and perhaps an integrated with tone controls like Marantz or Cambridge, assuming that's high-end enough for you. You might also want to mount the speakers closer to the floor li... | |
| Does the Transport make a significant difference The difference depends on what your sonic priorities are and whether the upgraded transport does things that you find make the sound more enjoyable. I really think you need to actually try one to find out. Either buy something new with a return pr... | |
| Allnic 5000DAC Before I read the review, I thought maybe Allnic took the Audio Note approach of not filtering the digital datastream, which would lead to some poor measurements. I was frankly surprised that the Allnic employed upsampling and other digital manipu... | |
| Speakers for High-End Digital Piano The twin Barbettas will give the piano the weight of a real piano, which is substantial. You know this, as you actually know the sound and feel of the live instrument. Yes, you can reproduce the sound of a piano or a drumkit though a set of studio... | |
| Speakers for High-End Digital Piano I would not purchase hifi speakers to amplify a sampled piano. Check out Barbetta keyboard amps. They sound like high-end studio monitors and reproduce keyboard sounds incredibly well. The secret is to use two amps, which will give the piano a spa... | |
| Who do you trust? I don't know if it's a question of trust in the sense of honesty, as opposed to trust in a reviewer's musical taste. In other words, if this person likes it, am I likely to like it. I have absolutely no informed opinion on Michael Fremer's motives... | |
| $2,000 Used CD Player or Modified Oppo 105 I would give the Oppo at least a month for it to break in and for you to get used to its sonic presentation. Sometimes, we are so used to the sound of a CD player that a new one sounds "wrong". So both the player and you need a bit of time before ... |