dekay
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| Heavy Metaller needs some class ical . I also just started listening to classical music (the only thing that I really listened to in the past were piano concertos, because I like piano). AVGuy makes a good suggestion in that you look into motion picture soundtracks as I seem to enjoy m... | |
| Blind Listening Tests? Don: Sorry that I do not know where to direct you, but I have always been confused by people and groups that object to blind testing as I can see no reason as to why it would not be a good thing. I did a great deal of it myself years ago when I ha... | |
| Blind Listening Tests? Rgodin: "The emperor has no clothes" has no bearing when you are dealing with a 30 day return/refund policy or a cable purchased used that is easily resaleable for what it cost. This is where most of us are coming from so perhaps another slogan mi... | |
| Shelf Material - Neuance Subaruguru: Did you use the Bel Canto with the Neuance shelf, or are your comments in regard to the unit without this isolation component? Just curious as I will be trying the Canto with Neuance shelving and a CAL player/transport shortly. I am ho... | |
| help with absolute phase Thanks for the info Doug. I gave the new power cords too much of a chance (almost 3 weeks at 16+ hours/day) and they sounded so bad that we listened to the mini system in the spare room most of that time with the main rig turned down low in the li... | |
| USED D/A - worth the effort? PS: As much as we both apparently like the CAL, it is not the best transport by any means. A friend recently purchased an old Meridien player (for not a lot of money) that had better bass than the CAL, IMO, when I tried it as a transport. I would ... | |
| USED D/A - worth the effort? I added a Bel Canto DAC to a CAL Icon MKII (same as yours) and am happy with the upgrade. The stand alone CAL is my favorite sounding inexpensive player (which is why I have it) but the Bel Canto adds a sense of refinement and "realism" that I fee... | |
| Good percussion recordings Carlos Chavez: Chamber Works, La Camerata & Tambuco on Dorian Recordings. Lots of hollow logs, rasping sticks, shell instruments and rattles (traditional instruments used in Mexico). The music spans (when composed) from the 1920's to the 1960's. | |
| help with absolute phase Rolling eyes now. | |
| help with absolute phase Plato: That sounds like pretty much what I am hearing, especially the "truncated" (had to look it up) bass that sounds like the center of the note less it's harmonics. | |
| help with absolute phase I have been buying all of the classical CD's from one source (a flea market dealer who is selling them for a classical music buff friend). I wonder now if the person is editing them from his collection because of this "phase thing". I was original... | |
| help with absolute phase Harv: I use the Mapleshade digital cable, however it is the standard (whatever that is) phase version. I wonder if we are all talking about the same thing as when I invert the phase on the Bel Canto it makes a very noticeable difference in the sou... | |
| Audio Refinement cd vs. MF A3 cd I'll second adding the Bel Canto (which is what I did, though to a CAL Icon MKII). I owned the AR player for a short while and have auditioned the MF twice in the same system (the owner moved on to a Meridien player). The CAL/Canto combo sounds mo... | |
| help with absolute phase The Bel Canto DAC also has an absolute phase switch that governs the analog outputs. The posts here have cleared up the confusion that I was having with this switch, specificaly on much of the classical music that we play. | |
| Access/Use Restrictions-Listening Room Angela: I went to the market and the price of rib-eyes was at a whopping $9/LB. I regrouped and made a nice repast of buttermilk biscuits with white sauce and chipped beef. This was followed by buckwheat pancakes the following night and a whole ro... |