cornfedboy
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| Rowland/Levinson preamp it's really pretty simple: the jrdg amp will sound best with the jrdg pre; same for the levinson. i'd most assuredly not recommend mixing and matching. these products are very different from one another, sonically and otherwise. BTW, it just ain't... | |
| Some of the biggest audio places carry.. phill, you must be an IDIOT to think that accuracy is perceptable solely by those who produce or engineer recordings. that means that one can hear the accuracy of a recording only if the speakers through which it is replayed are the same as those ... | |
| What CD has the best production/sound? re: post by kleiman421. "art for the ear" is actually a tag line used by burmester to describe its products. the cd to which you are likely referring is vorfurings-cd II (there's an umlaut over the u). there is also a "volume" 3 that is likewise s... | |
| Recommended BLUES recordings a new taj mahal cd, "shoutin' in key", is an excellent live recording, combining instumental and vocal blues selections. (yeah, i know blues is supposed to be a vocal genre, but there's a helluva lot of instrumental stuff out there that clearly mi... | |
| What CD has the best production/sound? if you want generalities: some of the best-produced cd's (and lp's) are c&w and blues. almost anything by willie nelson sounds great; the remastered redheaded stanger will knock your socks off. for blues, try anything on analogue productions (... | |
| Jazz "samplers" oops, i meant to say acoustic sounds, not analouge productions (that's their own label). online @acousticsounds.com | |
| Jazz "samplers" there are lots of jazz samplers on cd, including those from: audioquest; gml; proprius; chesky; polygram; grp; reference recordings; mapleshade; fim; jvc; bluenote, etc. i picked up most of mine at various ces's and other shows but some are availa... | |
| Equipt. rack, ideas and sources if you care about the quality of sound from your system, don't use the sort of stainless steel racks you might buy from a metro shelving dealer. if you like the industrial look, check out billy baggs. they have a web site. if your budget is more e... | |
| Give the Oracle an 'arm... where do you live? my audio dealer usually has all 3 arms in stock. what is the age of the oracle? if it's a new or "newer" model, i'd definitely go with the graham. i'm not sure what the phono gain is like on the ear. are you looking to use a ste... | |
| Digital Interconnect in my experience, the superiorty of optical interconnect over coax becomes more apparent as the quality of your transport/dac increases. in my setup, i have optical, "six-9's" coax and toslink connected simultaneously between my tranport (accuphas... | |
| New Dedicated Audio Room look at www.tubetrap.com for some suggestions. they've got a number of products designed for both constuction and treatment of sound rooms. tubegroover has some good points but you may have resale problems if you carry things too far (if that's a ... | |
| Turntables: $10 - 12K -Suggestions basis makes phenominally well-constructed and sounding tt. moreover, their designer and company owner, a.j. conti, stands behind his products with impeccable service and personal attention. the basis tolerances are superior to any of the tt you me... | |
| Cello, Rowland, Pass, OR Accuphase? hello piet. it's been awhile since i've listened to any of the avalon line on levison (the company/not the man) gear. in my experience with avalon products (i've own one variety or another since 1989), they just don't sound their best with levinso... | |
| Cello, Rowland, Pass, OR Accuphase? hillyg. most of the terms i used are "net talk." sorry to confuse you. jrdg= Jeff Rowland Design Group. (jeff had to change the name of his products/company several years ago becuz of a lawsuit or threat of one from the folks who make Rowland elec... | |
| Cello, Rowland, Pass, OR Accuphase? the pass 350 may have higher rated power (per ftc regs) than the jrdg8 but, IMHO, lacks the punch, slap, rythm and speed of the latter. moreover, the eidolons are nominal 4 ohm speaks, which use the high current and "output doubling" of the jrdg t... |