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| Those singers you enjoy,....that don't really have a great voice? I would add Ry Cooder, a great favorite of mine not blessed with golden pipes. John Lennon was no bargain either. Arlo Guthrie, Kieth Relf of the Yardbirds, | |
| New to vinyl question Get a copy of Little Feat The Last Record Album and play “Long Distance Love”. To assess bass tracking. It has a very strong bass line that should sound undistorted, unlike Cream albums, which while great music, were poorly recorded. And I’m going... | |
| Changes in my life, new system, need new speakers One question: A NAD M12 is a preamp with optional BluOS. The M32 is an integrated amp. Maybe you have an M22? That was a great sounding kit when we had it in our store, Especially with Focal Kanta 2s. For speakers, Can you stretch for the new MoFi... | |
| Favourite Guitarists I will go for my greatest to mean most influential innovators AND artistically accomplished, chronologically ordered. I am a Blues and Rock guy first, Jazz down the list. Django Reinhardt Charlie Christian Elmore James BB King Chuck Berry W... | |
| Classical music newbie needs your suggestions When I was in high school my older brother made a list of his top 10 to start me on my journey of discovery. Here are some, with my own additions; Bach…The Musical Offering, Mass in B minor Mozart…Symphony #40 in G minor, Clarinet Quintet in A.... | |
| Confession: I only like Norah Jones because so many others told me to Listen to ‘I’ve Got To See You Again’ on her first album. It’s a slow fandango rhythm burner with superb musicianship, great sexy lyrics and perfectly poised delivery. Also demo caliber imaging and stage. If that doesn’t do it for you….I don’t kno... | |
| Two powered subs with bookshelf speakers or two floor-standing speakers? It may depend on what you define as bookshelf. A 7” or 8” woofer can go low enough to make the sub truly a subwoofer. A 4” or 5” woofer usually cannot, so the “sub” is really covering a range into the midbass where its presence is more discernible... | |
| McIntosh Announces Mc451 Dual Mono Power Amplifier As a factory-indoctrinated Mac sales guy, to those complaining about the appearance, I will guarantee they will not change it. It is a BIG part of their brand identity…you can buy a new Mac and integrate it with an older system, and it looks like ... | |
| Are mcintosh rca and xlr cables any good. McIntosh turntables are indeed Clearaudio, and the cables are Tributaries. One should remember that McIntosh Labs is a bastion of objectivist engineering types. They make very good gear, but aren’t into magical thinking. The cables are well made,... | |
| Digital gain vs analog gain If your power amp has input level controls, as some vintage Crown amps did, I would suggest attenuating them to allow your analog preamp volume control to operate with normal listening at the noon mark or a bit above, and your DAC or source unatte... | |
| What am I missing? To me, it’s the recording, not the format. Dynamic, well rendered recordings can be heard in their glory in 16/44 Redbook CDA, whether streaming or from CD. Using more data may squeeze a bit more realism out, but mediocre recordings are far mor... | |
| Advice? Less than $4k, solid state preamp, neutral to gentle Just pointing out that 3 subwoofers is only an issue if the preamp has no monaural sub output. So a Parasound Halo P6 would be perfect with a Y connector to creat a 3rd output. No need to spend more of your tuition money on a backup pre. | |
| Only two tracks to test your system, forever! Only 2?? Waahhh! OK. “Walking On The Moon” by Yuri Honig Trio…open and dynamic Mahler 6th by the Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra on CD or Tidal…live. I was there and the recording nails it. Runners Up: “Kit Carson” by Bruce Cockburn on ... | |
| Counter weights on your turntable...another dirty little secret? Dadawada has it exactly. Talk to a tech at Fine Sounds and get the right counterweight. The other option is to add weight to the headshell. A half gram of Bluetack will also damp any resonance. | |
| Newbie want to improve what I have Sopra No.1s are one of my favorite 2ways ever. Congratulations on your purchase! The key with this sport is fitting the system to the room in terms of proximity to adjacent room boundaries, overall room volume, etc. The normally rational Erik Squ... |