dgarretson
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| Advice: My first SACD? For SACD, great sonics & performances in Beck "Sea Change", Chick Corea "Rendezvous in NY", and Roger Waters "The Wall Live in Berlin."Dave | |
| 15" vs 18" subwoofer - which to buy? Flemke, the DD auto setup is a good starting point that can be refined considerably using manual utilities. I believe the auto setup also requires 2.0 software.Dgw7000, the Bag End ELF sub is intriguing & I hope to hear one someday. From what ... | |
| 15" vs 18" subwoofer - which to buy? As a DD-15 owner with a 2ch system, I'm with Flemke that the Vel was probably not set up correctly in the showroom. Few systems ever are, and this is particularly important with a sub. The DD has great setup utilities, but it still takes time &... | |
| Best Bike to ride before a good listening session Ducati 916, Lufmeister turbocharged BMW K100, or Time VX Pro carbon.Dave | |
| Best Live Shows 2006 ? Some memorable live shows in the last 6 mos. in smaller venues. No confusing these guys with nostalgia acts.Ray Davies backed by a comparatively young band drawn from all over the map from Scandinavia to South Africa. Great versions of songs from ... | |
| Phono cable/grounding/loading questions Raul,The BAT phono stage has both RCA & XLR inputs but ONLY balanced outputs. The RCA input is inverted within the phono stage and passed through differentially balanced amplifiers for true balanced output to the preamp. As I mentioned above, ... | |
| Best Live Shows 2006 ? Rustler, I hope you're joking about Billy Bragg. Usually 50% playing and 50% self-aggrandizing twaddle between songs at his concert. Last concert of his I saw was an audience full of jr. marketing executives hanging on every lame word like lemming... | |
| Phono cable/grounding/loading questions Larryi,I agree about the Helikon's lighter bass (with my Graham 1.5tc, which is also a little shy in the low bass.) I find it's possible to contour up the bass with a good sub like the Vel DD-15 and am surprised how articulate and linear the bass ... | |
| Phono cable/grounding/loading questions Nilthepill,I bought my Hovland phono cable a long time ago and had it terminated DIN to XLR for the BAT P10 prior to reading Victor K's remarks about the preferability of an RCA connection into a phono stage-- a balanced phono stage. I may retermi... | |
| Planar speaker question My first audiophile system in 1991 was (as remarked by Chazzbo) Maggie 3.3s with Bryston 4NRB. A very good combination. I think the 3.6s could be your once & future speakers in the $5K new or used category, provided you can bring them out from... | |
| Phono cable/grounding/loading questions 1. A dedicated phono cable is usually lighter guage than a std. IC to carry that minute signal. It generally uses two identical conductors for signal-- which might not necessarily be true of a general-purpose IC, where shield could be functioning ... | |
| Best place to buy tubes Many successful retubes via tubestore.com. They are also helpful on the phone. | |
| LCD Screen Size Just wait a bit longer. With a Vizio 50" plasma with a Faroudja scaler and 2 HDMI inputs now priced at $2K MRSP (and receiving praise in this month's The Perfect Vision), it won't be long before $1K buys a large flatscreen. The Chinese LCD factori... | |
| Miles Davis Box Sets: Mosaic LP -v- Sony CD My only direct comparo was between the Plugged Nickel LPs and the compilation CD that was issued at the time. The CD sounds good, but with the Mosaic box LPs you are IN the session-- remarkably vivid & alive sounding, even relative to the best... | |
| Battery-powered transports If I'm reading the spec sheets correctly, the Yellow Top has the edge over the Red Top associated with slightly lower internal resistance and deep cycle capability (meaning it can be discharged to a lower voltage without incurring damage; the low ... |