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| Does the quality of the spades matter Ozfly makes excellent sense to my mind. I'd follow his advice. Cheers, | |
| Review: Spectral DMA-360 Amplifier The Spectral 360 in my opinion is the best buy in that lofty class of amps, the price tag of which generally starts off at well over 30k. I own a pair and I agree with everything said above. Cheers, | |
| Does the quality of the spades matter I think it was the great Enid Lumley, who after extensive listening tests gave pure copper the final nod. Edson Price used to make and market those in excellent quality. But then I am no expert in "metallurgy" and I would think, that the result wo... | |
| Does the quality of the spades matter Pure copper | |
| Stereophile "confirms" Moncrieff's SACD comments ? Tracking force ASA? | |
| Will "Tape" input on preamp work for a T/T if I... Jim has a good point, but if your EAR has a tape out, I would use that, because it bypasses all the other controls in the EAR which generally would colour the sound and you only have to adjust volume at your preamp proper. Cheers, | |
| What is a good intro to "Mahler"? Greg, your place or mine ?! | |
| What is a good intro to "Mahler"? True Greg, as we exchanged notes on another thread, Kathleen Ferrier is not to be beat here. Dieskau is too mannered for my liking and besides it needs a woman to express that kind of grief. One must be brutish, to be not moved by that voice and t... | |
| Quad 988 / 989 reliability ?? 9rw, congrats, I guess you have been lucky. On principle, the 989 is a wonderful tansducer, though voiced a tad darker than the 63s to these here ears. But then again, that soft bubbling last night coming from the right speaker near well drove me ... | |
| What is a good intro to "Mahler"? RCprince, thanks for pointing out that Zander Telarc release on SACD. I'll give it a try, I think. Cheers, | |
| What is a good intro to "Mahler"? Greg is right to my mind. I would leave the Lied von der Erde and the Kindertotenlieder for much later. I second his suggestions as for the sequence of the symphonies as well as for the conductors and orchestras. I would start with the 5th and the... | |
| Stereophile "confirms" Moncrieff's SACD comments ? My Sony sounds better on SACD than on redbook, but my TT sounds best. | |
| How to find vinyl? Twl and Viridian have basically said it all. The interest for Jazz and Classical seems low on Ebay at the moment, so prices there are quite good, though, as suggested above, you have to trust the seller and can't inspect for yourself. | |
| Girlfriends and wifes, how do YOU cope? Basement, you will hardly find one of the female gender, who is both the woman one would dream of and a true and dyed in the wool audiophile. Why? I suggest you read Slawney's post above..with that proverbial pinch of salt, mind you. The point whe... | |
| How to wire Quads ? The 989 have built in protection circuits like the Quad 63, so there is little danger to blow them up. I personally would experiment between running parallel speaker cable as TWL suggests or daisychaining the speakers and chose the method which wo... |