eujin
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| Mac with USB Dac I made the move to a dedicated iMac + Wavelength Brick V.3. Haven't missed having a CD player--my old player was a VSEI Level 5+ SCD-777ES--and I listen to way more music now than I used to. That last fact alone is a compelling reason to switch. | |
| Grand Prix Formula vs BDR shelf for source Get an appropriately sized Gingko Cloud. I have one sitting on my Monaco under my Scout. It's very reasonably priced. | |
| New Speakers Coming My Way. Hot Dog Johnnyb, funny you should mention it but the speakers I currently use are the Gallo 3.1. They're very capable of creating a very open, natural sound. They do, however, take a very long time to break in. The treble should not be dark or edgy if the... | |
| New Speakers Coming My Way. Hot Dog I'm interested in how your Mirages sound too. I'm a long time user of Omnisats in my home theater set-up and I think they are amazingly natural sounding as well. For HT, I can't imagine needing to spend more money. I've always been curious as to h... | |
| Gallo Reference 3.1 questions... The bass hump or lack thereof depends on both the room and the orientation of the speaker. In my room, I use a long wall placement and have the woofers firing outwards and they are spaced very wide apart--maybe as much as 10 feet apart. This gives... | |
| Sony SCD-1 through headphones novice question just connect the SCD-1 the same way you did your old player. | |
| Wilson Maxx2 or Aerial 20T The Maxx2 isn't a particularly forward sounding speaker, although it has tremendous bass authority and punch. Of the current Wilsons, the WP8 is more forward sounding. The Maxx2 is, of course, a better all-around speaker, but if you want a more fo... | |
| Revel Salon 2 versus WP 8 I've spent some time with both speakers at a dealer's. The Salon 2 is more laid back than the WP8 and a tad warmer sounding. Very dynamic with a lot of low-end punch. It also does an amazing job of disappearing in the room--no mean feat for such a... | |
| Krell KAV-400xi vs KAV-150a vs Outlaw Audio vs ? The Ayre AX-7e for $3000 retail is a great integrated. I used to own it and thought it better than the 400xi if you don't need gobs of power. But it's a very different sound and not the type that will "blow you away"--its charms are much more subt... | |
| Krell KAV-400xi vs KAV-150a vs Outlaw Audio vs ? Get the 400xi. I reviewed it a couple of years ago for Stereo Times and still think very highly of it. It's one of the best things Krell makes and the price is absurdly reasonable. | |
| 2006 BEST Female Vocal CD/SACD/XRCD We both went to school in the US, but this was before that in Singapore. She's a really sweet person and I'm really glad that she's found success. Everyone who heard her sing in school thought that she had a fantastic voice! | |
| 2006 BEST Female Vocal CD/SACD/XRCD Nice choice with Eleanor McEvoy. I actually went to school with Corinne May! But don't currently own any of her music. | |
| Live at the Blackhawk??? Mark, I have an interesting follow-up to your story. I moved to San Francisco almost two years ago, to a nice apartment building with a building manager. One day, I came home to find an LP Id purchased off ebay for my wife (Dave Grismans Svingin... | |
| Sony SCD XA9000ES vs SCD-1 or XA-777ES The XA777ES and SCD-1 both play CDRs. Don't know about the XA9000ES, but I expect that it will. | |
| Best sounding SACD's to show-off system I second the nomination of MTT's recordings of the Mahler symphonies. These discs really take advantage of the huge dynamic range available on SACD/DSD. I'd also add "Blue Country Heart" by Jorma Kaukonen (Columbia) if you like folksy/bluesy/count... |