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| Do You Love Music or Do You Love Hi-Fi? IMHO, you can't be a HiFi fan without first being a music fan. The HiFi is just a conduit to get closer to the music that you love. | |
| JA Michell Gyro upgrade help, Thanks I had a Gyro SE, and did the clamp upgrade. While the clamp upgrade was nice from a usability standpoint (I was used to a screw-down clamp from my previous original Oracle Delphi table and disliked the Gyro pressure clamp), I didn't notice the son... | |
| Cartridge for JA Michell Orbe Se with Technoarm I'm happily using a Graham 2.2 on my Orbe - I'm sure it sounds good with a Tecnoarm too, though I prefered the 2.2 when I A/B'd the 2 on a Gyro.As for cartridges...the options are endless. Does your phono stage like high or low impedance coming ou... | |
| Differences VTL ST-85 and VTL MB-125 I haven't done the direct comparison of ST-85 to MB-125, but I have compared the MB-125 to the ST-150 (which retail for about the same price).Based on your stated desire to increase midrange transparency and dynamics, my suggestion would be to foc... | |
| Name 3 under appreciated pop/rock drummers Gotta love the guys (and gals) who can really lay it down, and have their own distinctive sound despite the punkish nature of their bands:David Narcizo - Throwing MusesJanet Weiss - Sleater-KinneyTré Cool - Green Day | |
| Benz Ruby ZH or Wood SM? Comparing the Ruby 3H to the Wood L2, which are the respective previous versions of these 2 carts, the Ruby is far better in every way...as it's price would indicate. If you can swing the Ruby, I see no reason to get the Wood. | |
| Room Treatment for Corners - Recommendations? I've noticed a huge improvement with a variety of RealTraps in my room. The MondoTraps are the best choice if only getting a few, because they're far more effective at low frequencies than other RealTraps product. | |
| What Mobile Fidelity lp or cd is your fav ? Pixies Doolittle. One of the finest pressings I have of any album ever. Surfer Rosa isn't far behind. 2 great albums with the pressings they deserved. | |
| New favorite VINYL Album? The new Fleet Foxes album Helplessness Blues - great tunes, absorbing guitar work, and excellent sound (although they could have backed off on the reverb a bit). | |
| Verity Audio Amadis Owners, Listener Impressions? Jeff,One thing I should point out...the difference between the Parsifal and the Sarastro that I noted may not be entirely attributable to the speakers. Keep in mind that the Sarastro's were being powered by a 300B tube integrated by Nagra - I'm po... | |
| Hope for Pearl Jam's Remastered Vs. and Vitalogy? The remastered Vs. LP sounds great...no idea about the CD. | |
| Verity Audio Amadis Owners, Listener Impressions? Soniqmike...to my understanding, "incremental benefits are not great" is the same thing as saying that the differences are insignificant. We're talking pedantics here. But if there's a significant difference to the comments, then we can let the re... | |
| Verity Audio Amadis Owners, Listener Impressions? Based on the 4 different Verity speakers I've heard, I'd say that there is definitely a house sound. But, I would disagree that the differences are insignificant.I found that the Rienzi is noticeably better than the Finn - even if they have very s... | |
| DeVore Orangutan O/96 That's right, last year was the 3XL's, the previous year at the old location (the Sheraton) was the Nines. Both were with a Leben integrated though.I have to say that Devore speakers sound fantastic every time I hear them. I would presume that my ... | |
| Verity Audio Amadis Owners, Listener Impressions? So I was at SSI this weekend, and heard a LOT of good sound. Unfortunately, the Amadis weren't on show this year - there were Sarastros in 2 separate rooms, and both were excellent - the room where they were paired with the new Nagra 300B integrat... |