chayro
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| 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 ... | |
| Best Cartridge for technics sl1200mk2 I believe the Denon 103 is a good match for the Technics arm. | |
| power supply The general wisdom is that SS stays on all the time and tubes get turned off when you're finished listening. If you're going on vacation and not going to listen for an extended period of time, unplug everything from the wall. There are always exce... | |
| Not as much activity on analog here I don't think it's that there is less interest, but there are only so many things you can talk about. We've discussed record cleaning to death, cartridge alignment, VTA, SRA and everything else you can think of. There is really nothing new. Buy a ... | |
| Merlin VSM... how far from the walls ? In a normal home environment, IMO, I think the answer is always the same - put on a CD with fairly deep bass and a female vocal and move the speakers around until you get the best balance of bass and natural vocal timbre. That should get you in th... | |
| Stillpoints LP Isolator Record Weight I would not put a heavy weight on a Linn. It's just not made for it. If you want a Linn and like it, just leave it alone. | |
| Audio Note CD2.1X The only way you can tell if you would like something better is to bring it to a dealer and hook it up side by side with something else. You may well end up preferring what you have. Audio Note is not about hyper detail - it's about listening to m... | |
| cd player suggestions Dpm, we all have an amount we would like to spend, but sometimes you have to suck it up and buy something you really like. A good player will give you years of enjoyment and the extra money will soon be forgotten. I'm not for reckless spending, bu... | |
| R. I. P. Jack Bruce My wife of 20 years passed on the same day. I doubt she knows who he was, but maybe they will chat sometimes. | |
| cd player suggestions Not just because I have one, but I really think you should try to find an Ear Acute. I was told by the distributor that they are out of production now, but there may be some new ones or demos still out there. I really think it's a great piece for ... |