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| B&W vs Vandersteen? Vandersteen uses barrier strips for connectors, so you want to look for "barrier spades". Mr. Vandersteen recommends #10 O-rings (#10 is the size of the terminator, not the gauge they accept). I use these spades. | |
| Are scratch LPs part of the game ? Are these just surface scratches, or are you hearing them during play?The records really should be OK unless you fumble them badly. Just don't handle them after imbibing too much alcohol or caffeine.I do replace all inner sleeves with Sleeve City ... | |
| what are the "must have" CD's For classical, the RCA Living Stereo hybrid SACDs are good to collect. Vibrant recordings from the Golden Age of Stereo and good to great performances. | |
| Best CD of Chopin's Concerto's Gilels/Ormandy for 1. This is coupled with Andre Watts in 2. | |
| Michell Gyro Se running a little slow By the way, I found Pledge Multi-surface cleaner very good for cleaning the platter. | |
| B&W vs Vandersteen? I've only heard the 802D in the shop, where the music seemed to just float free of the speakers. Though deeply impressed, I was not willing to part with $14k at the time. I was not as favorably impressed with either 803 as I found the B&W twee... | |
| Favorites Alone In Quiet Darkness Morton Feldman. Start with Rothko Chapel.And I second the "Paris, Texas" soundtrack, though I can't stand Wim Wenders films. And the Trinity Sessions. And, yeah, everything sounds better in the dark. | |
| Favorites Alone In Quiet Darkness Jelena Jensen the zaftig nude model?Or do you mean Janine Jansen the violinist? | |
| Best Bang for $2000 System Upgrade? This sounds like an already very fine system.An alternative to the Duet is to get a Classic and use an iPhone or iPod Touch to control it with the iPeng app. The larger and more sophisticated display of the Apple i-devices is definitely a plus. I ... | |
| Lexicon BD-30 universal player According to Audioholics, the Lexicon is literally a BD-83 dropped into a new case, chassis and all. | |
| Michell Gyro Se running a little slow Do you have the stock power supply or the PSU upgrade? Both do have speed adjustments, but you have to open up the stock power supply to get to it. I use the Kab Speedstrobe to check my speed. | |
| Classical Music LPs recommendations Look for London Stereo Treasury Lps with an orange label. These tend to be excellent pressings, but are not expensive on the used market (at least for now). | |
| J.A. Mitchell TecnoDec vs. Clearaudio Emotion CMB A $500 cartridge should have no problem "resolving" the difference between tables. I graduated from the Benz L2 to the under $400 AT33PTG.If it were me, I'd hold out for a Gyro. | |
| Notes on Harbeth, Vandersteen, Avalon & Spendor Having owned Quatros for 6 months now, I have to say I have no idea what Fremer meant by TMI as it relates to these speakers. Maybe my associated equipment is not "good" enough. Most of my listening is classical music on mainstream RBCD. | |
| thinking about ripping some vinyl any suugestions? I use an M-Audio Audiophile USB, a Macbook, and Audacity for recording with very good results. |