dekay
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| Mapleshade Double Helix Par: Try and listen to the IC's on another system if you can (it may be a bad connection on one of the IC's and they are very fragile. The only hum that I have ever experienced in both channels that would not go away with cheater plugs was a bad p... | |
| Magnum Audio IA 170 Integrated Amplifier Hi Dark: I have listened to the Magnum twice with (you guessed it) the Reynaud Twins. I found the Magnum to be a little crude and lacking in the HF's (major and nicely detailed bass response) but on the otherhand I found it to be "extremely" music... | |
| Help-sibilance! Zen: What is your transport and also your cables? Sorry, I thought that the Rotel was your player. Also, I beleive that Doug at this site had or has the Newform's. Doug? | |
| Rock and Roll Snobbery Ben: It could be that many are comparing older vinyl to the CD version and come up dissapointed. In regard to the mention of Who's Next, I have purchased two copies and traded in both as I thought that there was something wrong with the first (the... | |
| Best Sappy Pop Music for Audiophiles Chaka Khan, but ready yourself for a good dose of studio reverb on Chaka's voice and every instrument in the band as well. | |
| Attention Deficit Disorder Audiophilia Joe: You are nuttier than a fruitcake. I think that I can safely speak for all of us in that none of us are capable of such obsessive behavior. You are one of a kind and your wife should treasure you dearly. LOL. | |
| Help-sibilance! A certain amount of sibilance is to be expected in better and revealing systems because it is something that naturally occurs with many artists, sometimes the engineers cover it and sometimes they don't. I have heard it many times at live performa... | |
| Best Audio Related Story (or joke). Is Audioreview the Bose and Grand Enigma reviews? Anyway, here is a mishap that happened the day before Christmas in our household. I would not recommend this CD to cat owners. I have copied and pasted the following from a previous email...I picke... | |
| Rock and Roll Snobbery No-money: Same with my system as stated above. Last night we had company and listened to the Eagles "Hell" CD at a louder level than I have ever played the system before (a little Boxing Day celebration). After the first couple of songs I had to p... | |
| Speaker Enclosures Gmkowal: If you have considered trying out SET amps in your system you may want to take a look at the Hammer speaker kit @ hammerdynamics.com - there are also some user reviews at Audio Asylum under the high efficiency speaker section. You can buy... | |
| Help: Solid vinyl black out drapes? My parents ordered vinyl blackout drapes for the upstairs bedrooms in their home from a JC Penny catalog in the 60's. I remember picking out the color for my room from the catalog. They are also good for insulation which is why we ordered them, my... | |
| Rock and Roll Snobbery Also, some speakers sound their best at moderate to high sound levels and do not do well at low listening levels and visa versa (amps also effect this nature). Unless you have a great deal of money to invest it is probably best to try and balance ... | |
| Audible Illusions Mod. III I agree with Tom. A family friend is a classical music buff and has been through both preamps in his system. He ended up with the L1 because it did not traffic jam (at all) on major complex works. I to be perfectly honest was not really able to di... | |
| Mapleshade Double Helix I am using the Double Helix digital cable with no difficulty. Try talking to Pierre at Mapleshade who is a wealth of information and good luck. | |
| Sonic Frontiers Preamps - Cold & thin? Hmmm: I listened a SF CD player a while back. I did not give it too much attention as it was way out of my price range (even used). I did not find it to be thin or cold at all. The speakers in the demo were Linn's and I did not pay any attention t... |