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| What song/album best showcases your system? Boult conducts Bax on Lyrita. Boult Conducts Holst is very good, too. | |
| Best balanced tube preamp for NHT XD System? I used a Rogue 99 Magnum and a BAT 3iX with the Xd. I think the BAT worked very well, but ultimately there wasn't enough warmth in the upper midrange (particularly massed violins) for my taste. I've heard from others who had very good results by r... | |
| Did I choose the right path? Can you articulate what you are unhappy with?I suppose, if you can recoup most of the cost of the Grace and/or the 'phones, you could put the money into speakers. Something like a Squeezebox Touch has a decent enough DAC that many people use it wi... | |
| How important is ext. adj. for cartridge loading A MONO switch also reduces surface noise greatly when using a stereo cart on mono records.For the loading options, I find flexibility more important than convenience. The phono board in my BAT has plugs to allow me to use any resistors I want for ... | |
| AT-ML150 vs. AT-OC9 I have an 150 and a AT33PTG. Sonic character of the 150: fast, punchy bass, midrange clear as a bell (but not as liquid as some MCs), a rather scrubby sounding treble.I'd recommend the 150 for rhythmic, bass-line driven music, and I'd probably try... | |
| B&W vs Vandersteen? I agree that the Vandy 3 sounds larger than the Quatro. It's 5 inches higher than the Quatro and some of the drivers are larger. I liked the sleeker look of the Quatros and the bass tunability. I've never heard the 5. | |
| B&W vs Vandersteen? "Very often numbers speak of names rather than a true value."Sure, but I still think either Quatro model would be a better comparison to the B&W 802D. I guess the OP was not able to hear the Quatros? | |
| B&W vs Vandersteen? Let's keep in mind we're comparing a $4k speaker (Vandie 3A sig) to a $14k speaker (B&W 802D). | |
| I need help - Better DAC or NEW CD player? I rarely play CDs directly anymore. It only takes a few minutes to rip a new CD and scan my music library on my Squeezebox server. A DAC with 2 digital inputs, one for your Squeezebox and one for your CD player, would be ideal, but you may find th... | |
| Anyone successful in dealing with Tinnitus? I recently cut out my morning coffee routine, and this does seem to have helped.My stereo listening level never goes above 75-80 dB on peaks. My bum gets sore long before my ears do. | |
| Contemporary composers. Please help. Given the OPs listed favorites, I'd suggest Peteris Vasks, Kalevi Aho, and Aullis Sallinen. I also second the recommendation of The Ligeti Project Vol. II on Teldec.Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht and Gurrelieder are late Romantic works, which may or... | |
| Cambridge 840C as a DAC Pretty much all my listening these days is FLAC files played over a wireless connection to a Squeezebox Duet reciever with a coaxial connection to my 840C. I'm very happy with the sound. The Squeezebox Touch is supposed to have a better digital ou... | |
| Anyone successful in dealing with Tinnitus? '"Quietus" [...] I hope this is real...'It's homeopathic, which is means absolutely worthless. | |
| Aerial 8b,s or Vandersteen 3a sig. I like the tonality of the Aerial Acoustic line, but went with Vandersteen because of the better value. But...you already have Aerials! They are certainly the more attractive speakers. | |
| Shostakovich string quartets recommendation "The Fitzwilliam is good but the sonics are dated."I don't find anything to criticize about sonics of this set.I'm hoping the Jerusalem Quartet does the whole cycle. |