dekay
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| Favorite nos tube? South: I don't know what you are using the Sovteks in but I am using a pair of Svetlana 300B's in an Audion amp that to me also sound better with old production Soviet 6922 equivalents (which are dissed by most tubophiles) because of the same reas... | |
| Heavy Metaller needs some class ical . Here's a "stupid" confession. I realized recently, now that we have approx. 60 or so classical CD's that much of my exposure to this music came from classic cartoon (Bugs, etc.). I have fun (with my wife) remembering the cartoon scene in which the... | |
| Solid state power amps.; on or off? I have started turning off the Musical Fidelity SS amp attached to our mini system due to the power problems in California and it does not sound as good at it did before (when left on 7/24), not nearly as much detail at low listening levels which ... | |
| Heavy Metaller needs some class ical . I'll take back "Iggy" it's mostly French cafe music and is just orchestrated at the start (listening to it now while consious:-). | |
| 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... |