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| Considering going Vinyl--Please talk me out of it I agree with Dgarretson. This is why I decided to support one format. And besides I can't stand surface noise (snap, click and pop; sounds like the rice krispy characters) and I don't care how hard you try you can not eliminate it 100%. | |
| Considering going Vinyl--Please talk me out of it Buy used equipment and a couple of albums if you like then you can always dive deeper. If not you can sell all the stuff and not lose much money.Chuck | |
| SACD releases ThattubesoundNot sure what you like but I have found most of the RCA Living Stereo releases to be very good recordings and also very reasonably priced.Chuck | |
| Considering going Vinyl--Please talk me out of it Vinyl is as vinyl always has been. Nuff said I have no desire to go back. | |
| SACD releases I second Johns comments. Superior format but unsuported by the big recording companies and the general public for obvious reasons. But I listen exclusively to Jazz and Classical and new releases keep coming. And agree it is and is going to continu... | |
| SACD releases Just classical and jazz. | |
| Low price, quality cables for avalon ,CAT, shindo Home Grown Audio great cables, very low price and a free thirty day trial period if you don't like them. How could you ask for more.Chuck | |
| iPod/iPhone Audio Quality Red Wine Audio offers the i-mod. You may want to check it out.Chuck | |
| Silver-plated or single metal IC's? I just upgraded to silver interconnects(not plated) from copper (PSC+) and find the silver much better. They are more detailed with better defined frequency extensions and very smooth and revealing. Certainly not bright or harsh in any manner. Can... | |
| Silver-plated or single metal IC's? Home Grown Audio will allow you to audition as well. | |
| ac power to system Glad I could help. Also you could try upgraded power cords. I had good results with one on my cd player didn't do much for the other components. Simple and easy to try and again go used to protect the finances if thats issue.Chuck | |
| ac power to system Actually most manufacturers design their equipment to run on power supplied right out of the outlet be it 15 or 20A. But you can always try passive or active conditioning such as the products offered by PS Audio. As far as budget the sky is the li... | |
| Tube hiss - any idea what's causing it? JpstereoHow do you like the Omegas. I am considering the XRS for a system up north in my cottage. I was thinking of driving them with a Cary CAD300SEI or SLI80.Sounds like a bad tube to me I had one do a similar thing in a cj pre-amp replaced the ... | |
| Conrad Johnson amps: premier 12, premier 8,LP275M For more bass authority you may want to consider the new ET250s which is a new hybrid from cj. I think with the premier 8's you will get more of the same. And yes I believe the later cj products have moved closer toward neutrality. The premier 350... | |
| Thiel CS6 I drive my 3.6's with a conrad johnson premier350 and it does a very good job. But really any high quality high power amp will do as Thiels love power. In any case quality over quantity is best.Chuck |