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| High level MC or step up? I've always gone the medium to high output MC route with great success. Right now I'm using a Sumiko Blackbird. It's a great match for either my Bryston 1B's phono stage or my Pro-ject Tube Head phono pre-amp.I love my Tube Head, yet I've read rev... | |
| Quality CD Recorder with Analog inputs,suggestion If you've got a DVD burner on you computer, then consider the Korg MR1000 DSD recorder. It'll record at 1-bit 5.6 mHz, which is the ultimate for recording live and for archiving. You then have the choice of burning a mp3, mp4, Redbook CD, HDCD or ... | |
| Modern day female jazz recommendations Diane Hubka is great. Check out her latest release with songs from movies.Dave | |
| Pushing the envelope on B&W 802 series3 Have a Sumiko-trained technician properly place the speakers in your room. This'll give you more improvement than any equipment change you can make.Dave | |
| Review: Lessloss Filtering Power Cable Power cord How much? | |
| Am I Bad Listener? Most people can't hear differences beyond speakers and tube/transistor, if that. Don't spend any more money on tweaks for a good while. Speakers, yes, but wires no. You've got good stuff already. Relax and enjoy it. Put your energy into finding re... | |
| the paradox of accurate speakers If you've ever done recording, you'll notice how each mic sounds different. Even the same mic will differ if you move it around.Most of us latch onto a area of the frequency spectrum that we value above all others. For me, it's the upper mids, whe... | |
| How isolated is your hi-fi? My setup is in the living room and there is no family room. I listen casually in the mornings, while others sleep late. All the serious listening is done when others are out. I move chairs around and pull the speakers out from the wall and I'm in ... | |
| Vinyl or wait for the new stuff?? I think vinyl is clearly superior to SACD, based on listening on my relatively modest system. The Pro-ject RM10 with a Sumiko Blackbird is less than $3000 and will get you very near the ultimate in resolution.1-bit technology with a 5.6mHz samplin... | |
| Which TT will take me to the next level If you can stand $2800, then a Pro-ject RM10 with Sumiko Blackbird gets you very near the best possible without going into the mega-sphere. Mine is incredibly revealing, blowing away my SACDs and best CDs.Pro-ject and VPI have some upgradeable opt... | |
| Are Dual turntables any good? Stick with the belt drive versions. Even then, they don't compete with today's better brands, but for under $100, if you're on a budget, then they can be a good value.Dave | |
| Why so expensive?? My partner is building a $2 million house. The first bid that he received for A/V/Security was $250,000. The proposed Theatre system couldn't have made music to save its life. Fortunately sanity prevailed and now we're talking $50,000 or so, inclu... | |
| Burning cd's for my modestly high-end system... The software and the format is the most important issue. Unless you want really HD quality. CDs are CDs and Roxio will do a good job of that, but your recordings will be subject to the quality limitations of CDs.Changing drives could speed up the ... | |
| Best sound at RMAF I had to go to a wedding this year and wasn't able to attend. However, I'm surprised that no one liked the Soundings/Sumiko suite. I was mightily impressed in years past by good gear, properly setup. Were they there?Dave | |
| Review: Musical Fidelity A5 Integrated Amplifier Nice, useful review of several things I'm considering.If you could only have the Krell or the MF, which would you chose?Thanks.Dave |