cornfedboy
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| Upgrade Rega P25 to VPI Aries? Advice? IMHO, your suggested upgrade will not move you very far up in the range of mid- to highend analogue frontends. Sure, it will offer an improvement over the Rega but won't be nearly as good as a Basis/Graham combo. What's more, you can upgrade the B... | |
| what is everybody listening to right now "might as well" & "frankly acapella," both by the persuasions. really great tribute albums. | |
| Top Ten Turntables of All Time?? kuzma xl. it not only sounds wonderful; it is a work of art. | |
| Audio & the Emperor’s new clothes. classicaudio: i've been in this hobby since the 70's, too. (actually, the late 60's, if the truth be told.) the 1st system i remember "blowing me away" was powered with a levinson (the man, not the company) amp, using a stax pre and b&w speaks... | |
| Do I really need to Bi-Wire? sounds like your cable can b shotgunned reterminated pretty easily. might check it out. a lot cheaper that bi-wire and damn near as good, if not = in many cases. | |
| Single-ended amps with Martin Logans yeah, all the other posts r right on. it's like your trying to power a neon with a honda lawnmower engine. (i might have used farraris and yugos in my analogy , but the aerius is no farrari. it may b closer 2 a yugo. but, like everything here, tha... | |
| Aleph-3 Questions david99: you mean this was your dream amp for >3 years and you didn't audition it in your system b4 you bought it? if so, shame on you. perhaps your expectations were too high. more likely, you and your ex became so used to the distortions/"eup... | |
| Burmester 948 / isolation platforms i've only heard the burmester pc in a burmester-only system, including speaks. the burmester line is the most gorgeous on which i've ever laid my eyes. their sound, tho, tends to be a little too dry and analytical for my taste. if you're looking f... | |
| AC grounding this represents a crude form of "star grounding," which i believe is dangerous. it won't work at all unless the electronics terminated into cheaters are grounded to the piece (usually the pre) terminated into a 3-prong outlet, w/ ground. | |
| Avantgarde Uno Loudspeakers: Comments? they're horns. they honk. and they're butt-ugly. | |
| Need help with LP cartridge choice. another variable unmentioned re:ticks & pops is your phono stage. if u are using most of the available gain 2 obtain your preferred sound level, the noise floor is too high & you'll never get the velvety background u crave, irrespective of... | |
| Vinyl or wait for the new stuff?? 2 true that vinyl requires a "commitment" but it's worth it. from your post, myoussif, i assume u already have sum vinyl, leftover from bygone times. if so, u cannot believe how it will sound on a really good analouge frontend. those who say, "u h... | |
| Hum from amp - should I worry? is the amp itself humming or do u hear the hum through your speaks? if the former, the hum is likely from the transformer. this is not normal & will likely not b fixed with a power conditioner. | |
| Avantgarde Speakers 7p62mm: y do u care if these double-ugly speaks have been tested in an anechoic chamber? do u live in a converted missle silo or something? i've listened to the duos & trios with a number of different electronics. truth is: horns is horns and ... | |
| opinions on the blue point special y don't u audition 1 & hear 4 yourself? in the abstract your questions r meaningless. cartridges r very system dependent. if u buy on someone else's word, u will get just what u deserve. |