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| Is it the Windex? 02-03-08: Hdm said""Almost any time someone wet cleans a record without vacuuming it, as far as I'm concerned they are making it much harder to clean effectively even if you have a great cleaning regimen that includes vacuuming. Think about it: an... | |
| Classical speakers that do violins well?? Guido, his budget is 2-grand, so getting something higher up the VA ladder than the Bachs is going to require luck in the used market. If he could stretch for those used Strausses he'd be fixed forever, but by the time you add shipping and insuran... | |
| Amp for VA Beethoven I think that Bryston is very consistant with what you've spent on the rest of the system. With luck you'll find lightly used in For Sale.I bought my Conrad Johnson lightly used at just over half retail. At the time I was buying I saw a Rowland Con... | |
| Classical speakers that do violins well?? Classical music (the OP's interest) is often not recorded in a studio. More likely it's recorded in a concert hall, a church or a recital hall.If you've every been privy to comparing a Neumann to a Schoeps, to an AKG, to a Shure, to an Audio Techn... | |
| Amp for VA Beethoven I think the Beethovens work best with around 300+ watts and a high damping factor. Do those old class A Krells have that? I thought that they were like 25 to 60 watts.The Rowland amps really grab hold of the VA speakers and sound fantastic. One mo... | |
| Classical speakers that do violins well?? Mrtennis, you're not proposing a casual project. Mic selection is a mine field in and of itself. Also, NO MIC sounds like the instrument itself. A really good mic can get close, IF properly set up and feeding a very high quality recorder. You'll b... | |
| Classical speakers that do violins well?? My goodness, those Strausses are my zip. Must resist... OMG, what a deal. Thank goodness they don't match my maple armoire.Dave | |
| Amp for VA Beethoven The newer Krells have a different sound (better) than the old Krells, IMHO. If I were getting a Krell, then it'd be a relatively new one. I've always preferred the Brystons, between those two however.Dave | |
| Best Cartridge for Less than $500 I think that the high output MC cartridges by Sumiko are superior to most MM cartridges. From the Blue Point on up, there's no lean, thin sound, assuming a quality phono preamp, of course.The budget here probably precludes a Sumiko Blackbird, but ... | |
| Best Cartridge for Less than $500 X2 for the Sumiko. | |
| Classical speakers that do violins well?? Vienna Acoustics' Bach Grand fits your bill. See:http://www.sumikoaudio.net/va/prod_bach.htmI've got the Beethoven Baby Grands which are exceptional with strings. I've also heard the Bachs and they have similar mids.I'm an orchestral trumpet playe... | |
| Is that record dead yet? Some used records will have groove damage due to poor maintenance. Unfortunately there's little that you can do for those and it's not easy to know the cause until you try cleaning.Dave | |
| Amp for VA Beethoven Yeah, I'll vote for the Bryston also in that application. Before I bought my Conrad Johnson CA200 I used a lower power Bryston with my Beethoven Baby Grands. It was very good. I prefer the C-J, but it's much newer technology and 3-times the watts.... | |
| What to expect in a TT upgrade? 01-31-08: Larry510 said:"Can you all really hear a substantial difference between a $1000.00 and a $10,000 TT/Cart system. Are we listening to the music or the equipment? Granted there may be some differences in the sound but are these differences... | |
| What to expect in a TT upgrade? In your price range, the Pro-ject RM10 with a Sumiko Blackbird cartridge (under $3000 as a combination) is high quality, yet easy to set up. It's totally non-tweaky. (Just be careful of the extremely fragile stylus. In fact, let your dealer align ... |