drubin
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| Digitally recorded lps? Am I correct that Steeley Dan's Gaucho was digitally recorded? After having loved Aja, and despite some great songs on Gaucho, it just never sounded right to me. Cold and uninviting are words come to mind. | |
| DAC to Amps bypassing preamp: Opinions please I'm with you, Studioray -- it doesn't make sense. And yet I can attest to having had the same experience as Eric at times. | |
| SACD Player Shootout We all want to believe that our modder of choice knows what s/he is doing and would not offer another upgrade unless it was clearly an improvement. But audio preferences are so personal, you never know. If you are content with your system and can ... | |
| How to convert lps to CD? If you have a standalone CD burner, it probably has analog inputs and a really cheap A-D converter of its own. For the car, it might be all you need.Analog still sounds like analog after you digitize it, I have found. In some future system in whic... | |
| DAC to Amps bypassing preamp: Opinions please This is something you really need to try for youself. In most cases, there will be some areas of clear improvement, but some people feel they give up important qualities as well. Very much a personal decision based on your sonic priorities, budget... | |
| using hokey pucks for isolating speakers from the Take a look at Herbie's Big Fat Black Dots, down the page a bit here. I haven't tried them but they look promising and not too pricey. He has other sizes, also. | |
| Gallo Reference 3 versus 3.1: Much difference?? Nice post, Msratty. | |
| WILL THE NEW 60,000 AVALON ISIS BE THE BEST YET? Would you buy a car from a dealer or manufacturer with this sort of pricing policy?I imagine Ferraris and Maseratis have exactly these sorts of margins. As does expensive jewelry and most other luxury goods. Most speakers have margins of between 3... | |
| Upcoming plasma 1080p tv's vs Sony SXRD LoCS? Hey Lanny, what are you apologizing for? This discussion is good and useful even though -- or perhaps because --it's a little heated. When you start a thread on Audiogon, you need to be prepared for whatever to happen, especially that people will ... | |
| Triangle Antal Es and Thiel 2.4's Triangle is the one with the huge marketing budget, right? | |
| Where Can I go From an LP-12/Ittok LV II/Lingo I hope this will enrich the thread rather than hijack it.I have a non-Lingo'd LP12 w/ Ittok that I'm thinking of replacing with something less tweaky but not too pricey, such as the Nottingham Spacedeck or the Kuzma StabiS/StogiS, which I am intri... | |
| PS audio hca 2 feedback... most quality amps are designed by ear, not by laboratory measurements & specificationsThey are? | |
| Upcoming plasma 1080p tv's vs Sony SXRD LoCS? I've heard many people say that HD on a CRT is the best, but I've never seen it be so. To me, regardless of black levels and various digital artifacts that may occur, the color on a properly set-up plasma display has depth and the kind of warm, ri... | |
| PS Audio GCPH comments-opinions Several years ago, someone at Stereophile (it may have been Deutsche) reviewed the Benz Glider. This reviewer's reference was cartrdges of a much lesser price range and so, of course, he loved the Glider, delared it to be Class-A worthy, etc. Ther... | |
| PS Audio GCPH comments-opinions I have been very interested in this unit as others of you are. It has such a great set of features. I'm anxious to hear your reports of how it sounds and compares to other well-known phono stages, such as the EAR. |