cincy_bob
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| Wadia 581 vs EMM CDSA SE Fsarc, were you able to audition the AMR CD-77 against your Meitner single-box player as you had hoped several months ago? | |
| Focal -JM Lab Nova Utopia Be VS. B&W 801D I heard the Nova Utopias at Sound by Singer in Manhattan last fall. The speakers were being driven by Zanden SET tube amps. The sound was RELENTLESSLY bright. Otherwise, I thought the performance of the speakers was commendable, but it was difficu... | |
| SRA VR vs. Ohio I am using the SRA Ohio Class isolation bases under my amp and the VR isolation bases under all the other components. I have been running this set-up for over two years now. During that time, I have used the Ohio Class bases under both tube amps (... | |
| The importance and effect to and above 20kHz... Here is an interesting paper that addresses the existence of seemingly inaudible music frequencies above 20kHz and discusses the potential effects of these frequencies on the listener:http://www.cco.caltech.edu/%7Eboyk/spectra/spectra.htmThe paper... | |
| Revel Salon: spikes w/discs or floor protectors? I have run my Salons both ways, and, in my system, the use of the spikes with Sound Anchors Conecoasters is far superior to the sound with the Revel floor protectors. Bass articulation is much, much better.Sound Anchors Conecoasters | |
| Best Tonearm for Dynavector XV1s I have found that the XV-1s matches very well with the SME IV (or V) tonearm. | |
| How do you compare Nova Be to Sonus Strad? Sir Speedy,I am the "friend" who accompanied Raquel to hear the Strads, the Nova Utopias and the Maxx IIs in the venues he described. We heard the speakers over a two-day period during September. Here are my impressions:1. Sonus Faber Strads - Exc... | |
| Verdi's "Rigoletto"; "La Traviata" I'm holding the DG Kleiber SACD set in my hand. The full catalog number is 00289 477 0772. | |
| Which Jazz Albums are similar to Kind of Blue Try Cannonball Adderly's "Somethin' Else." The recording was made at the same time as Kind of Blue (March 1958) and features Miles Davis in addition to Cannonball Adderly. Great jazz. | |
| If boulder is tops what is second tier? I have a bit of insight in having fairly extensive experience in my own system with both the Lamm LP2 and the Manley Steelhead. I ran the Lamm LP2 as my phono stage for a couple of years (2003-4) and ultimately replaced it with the Manley Steelhea... | |
| Best affordable phono preamp? David12, what other phono preamps have you heard in your system? | |
| Best affordable phono preamp? With a budget of $5k, there are very few phono stages out of your reach, assuming that you buy used. My suggestion is to wait for a Manley Steelhead to come up for sale here on Audiogon. It's a truly oustanding phono stage with the flexibility to ... | |
| VPI arm damping In my experience with the VPI JMW-10, the optimal level of damping fluid has been very cartridge dependent. The cartridge I ran during most of the time period that I owned my JMW-10 was the van den Hul Frog. It sounded best with very little dampin... | |
| long interconnects - earthly price? Long (35-foot) Transparent Ultra interconnects worked very well for me in my system for many years. While the Transparent cables are generally very pricey in the typical 1-meter lengths, the upcharge for longer lengths is very reasonable on a per-... | |
| Jena Labs interconnects - how good are these? Frankpiet, in my system, I first replaced my interconnects one cable at a time (from Kimber 1030 to Jena Labs Symphony) then, subsequently, replaced my speaker cables (from Transparent Ultra XL BiCables to Jena Labs Symphony). While there were gra... |