cincy_bob
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| Best jazz covers of rock songs George Benson did a lot of great stuff before he went over to the dark side. "The Other Side of Abbey Road," which is a cover of the entire Beatles album, and "White Rabbit," which includes the Jefferson Airplane tune along with "California Dreami... | |
| Former Revel Salon Owners: What Did You Switch To? Jeff, after careful consideration and extensive listening experience with numerous alternative speakers, I upgraded my Salons to the Evolution Acoustics MM-Twos. The upgrade is very substantial and highly recommended.I think you will have a hard t... | |
| "Fastest" 15 Minutes in Music Regarding the Bach Partita No. 2 for solo violin, try the Arthur Grumiaux recording on Philips:Bach Partita No. 2 in in D MinorBoth the quality of the performance and the quality of the sound are excellent. And, in this Philips two-CD package, you... | |
| Altmann BYOB vs. Audiosector Patek vs. 47 Labs I have not conducted the comparison you are seeking, but I do have some experience with the Audiosector Patek v2 chip amp, which I have used for at least some period in all three of my audio systems. I have definitely not encountered any of the ne... | |
| How Long to Burn-In Western Electric 300Bs? I'm checking back into this thread now with about 340 hours on my pair of Western Electric 300Bs. Regarding the brightness or resonant glare that I heard at certain frequencies in the middle to upper register of a violin, that problem has now comp... | |
| What's the worst high-end set-up you've had? Entrope, that's funny, man!That's by far the best chuckle I've had all day. | |
| Stereophile review of Escalante Fremont Regarding the measurements, I have a friend who recently bought the Fremonts, and they measure in his room in a manner that is very close to Atkinson's measurements. That being said, my friend likes the sound of the speakers and, at least at this ... | |
| TVC Promethius versus Bent ET, if you get a chance to try the Promitheus Signature TVC, I think you will find it worth your while. The new TVC has better top end frequency extension, dynamics, bass weight and overall refinement/finesse than the less expensive EI-core units.... | |
| TVC Promethius versus Bent Pubul57, I am also challenged technically, but here is what I know (or, I should say, what I think I know...any of you EE types should feel free to correct me where I go astray): The type of core (EI vs. C in this case) simply describes the shape ... | |
| TVC Promethius versus Bent I don't have personal experience in comparing the Promitheus TVCs to Bent Audio, nor do I have enough personal experience with resistor-based passives to say anything particularly insightful about differences in sound quality in comparison with tr... | |
| How Long to Burn-In Western Electric 300Bs? Well, at this point, I have about 120 hours on the new pair of Western Electric 300Bs. The sound of the tubes is definitely changing with burn-in. Fortunately, the bright characteristic I mentioned above began to noticeably dissipate at around the... | |
| Built-in phono stages The darTZeel full-function preamp is remarkable. It is in a different league above that of the CAT. | |
| Anti-cables VS. River Cable/cable lengths Stuartk, I am not a big cable-swapper, so I can't cite a litany of cable comparisons for you. However, if you check out my virtual systems and my other posts here, you will see that I listen to a lot of acoustic music and prize transparency and ti... | |
| Anti-cables VS. River Cable/cable lengths The Morrow Audio cables are another alternative in excellent low-cost cables. I am using the Morrow cables in two separate audio systems, and the sound quality is outstanding.There is a lot of discussion in the archives regarding whether pairs of ... | |
| audience adept response or running springs haley I recently installed the Adept Response 6-outlet unit in a bedroom system, and the results were immediately audible. Sonically, Davvie's description describes just what I have experienced with the Audience power conditioner in my own system - high... |