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| scd 777es sacd sony mod worth it? Well, yesterday was the great day. It was a long wait of about four months, but it certainly was worth it. Right out of the box and unbroken in, my preliminary findings are:SACD play: 1. Dynamics of quite a new order, punch galore.2. The grain in ... | |
| What speaker to replace ESL 63? Thanks Jtinn. Astree is a fine label. Is that on CD or LP?From what you say, it makes me all curious to listen to the P10s again. Cheers! | |
| Have you ever sniffed your AC ??? Slawney, nice to see you here again! Why don't you want to use the Quiet Lines with adaptors? Do you think it would degrade their performance? If yes, how do you think would that be possible? I use adapters with them and as I said above, I think t... | |
| Spades or bananas Frank, your findings remind me of what good old Auntie Enid, Enid Lumley of yore used to say (she wrote for TAS and later for IAR, was much ridiculed for her findings then, many of which are accepted as common place now, a true pioneer she was and... | |
| Vertical Bi-Amp Wiring Cvoeb, I beg to differ, I don't think the Y-dapter you suggest will improve upon things. The Quads are immensely revealing, and I tried it with all sorts of music, with no difference between the two versions.So why run a double strand of interconn... | |
| Girlfriends and wifes, how do YOU cope? Katharina, as you well know, I'm an old cynic, but I hope all the same, that neither you or anybody else took my post above seriously. I was just poking fun...Hope you come over soon, golden eared one, and I'll heat up the Quads. Cheers, | |
| A question concerning ethics Sean's point is very well taken. Without wanting to sound patronizing, I think newcomers would and should profit most from Sean's idea. If you have moved around Audiogon for while (like me ), I suppose you'll soon find out who to take seriously an... | |
| Girlfriends and wifes, how do YOU cope? 1.Insist that your wife has golden ears and can hear far better than you, even if she hasn't and cannot hear the difference between the sound of a radio-clock and say the $70kilo Pipedreams.2.Let her criticise your system und take her remarks seri... | |
| What speaker to replace ESL 63? Frap, I will second every word you say. I have often, after having had the privilege and joy of listening to the stupendous Alban Berg Quartet perform here at our Zurich Opera gone home and done just as you have suggested and marveled at Peter Wal... | |
| Spades or bananas Funny, that nobody mentioned hardwiring the stuff. The old Quads for example, the predecessors to the 63, of HQD fame, had such horrible and flimsy posts,( as did the earlier 63s) that your best bet was to solder your speaker-cables (you had the c... | |
| What speaker to replace ESL 63? Jtinn: You pose a good question. I cannot truly say. but it was surely below 400 hours. The Quads were broken in. I know, because they were mine, schlepped along for the trial. You may well have the answer here, for the P-10 sounding a bit rough i... | |
| Have you ever sniffed your AC ??? Greg,no need for me to pipe in. Sean has said it all! | |
| Have you ever sniffed your AC ??? Thanks Sean, excellent and very helpful. Can't use the noise sniffer in this our 230VAC country, but have used the Audioprism wallfartremovers to good effect. Thought it was my imagination, doubting Thomas that I am, but now I see, it wasn't. Cheers, | |
| Spades or bananas As far as my two cents are concerned, I cannot really hear much of a difference. However, with spades you will generally get a tighter and better fit with the right kind of tools, hence a bit less chance for oxidation of the contacts. The cognosci... | |
| What speaker to replace ESL 63? Jdanielh, I have a suggestion which could help you with your ESLs, protecting them against humidity, when you are away abroad. I learnt this from a dealer friend and it works well:Get yourself a roll of that stretchy-elastic see through plastic wr... |