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| Subwoofer for Harbeth M30? I just hooked up an Essex sub this afternoon for use with my Harbeth M30's. I haven't figured out how to get it integrated with the M30's yet, but I'm having fun trying. It clearly will add something. As Uomaragno says, however, it will clearly ta... | |
| Frank Sinatra CD's with Great Sound? The 50's material with Capitol (my favorite, by far) was digitally remastered I think in the late 80s and released on both CD and Lp. I bought Only the Lonely, In the Wee Small Hours (mono), Songs for Young Lovers (mono), and several others on CD.... | |
| Audio Research amp's retubing experiences I didn't like doing it, because it was expensive, but I worked through my dealer and re-tubed via ARC for my VT-100 MkIII. I'm glad I did. In the process, they found a bias adjustment problem, and did a minor repair that will prevent unpleasant oc... | |
| LP -12 Felt Plater Mat I just restored my LP12, and am still using the felt mat. A number of poster's are saying various alternatives are "better" than the felt mat. Can somebody describe the effects of a different mat? Is it "better" or just a different "flavor", so to... | |
| Koetsu Restoration Many thanks for this post. I have a 20 year old Koetsu Black that is still quite functional, but some theorize that age alone ought to point me toward replacement or restoration. My only concern about any of the restorers is that I get the impress... | |
| columbia sony 180 gram Lps - where from? Many thanks, Jaybo. Would the same be true for the Impulse 180 gram pressings? Just got a couple of those (haven't even listened yet) and note they have the same "180 gram" "audiophile quality" sticker. Hope they're not so-so also.The way these ar... | |
| Improve your ear with these. 834p Steve Huntley at Great Northern Sound thinks the 834p benefits from some mods (which he does). I'm thinking about sending mine there. I've found his Wadia and ARC mods to be pretty impressive. I don't know what he does, but I know he admires the s... | |
| Best Source For Quality Jazz CDs? You might look at a thread I did on Miles Davis recordings, LP vs. CD. I compared Bitches Brew and Bags Groove CDs and Lps. Bottom line is, the more recent Blue Note remasterings are very good, either the Rudy van Gelder series or the 20 bit K2 se... | |
| Miles Davis - CD, Lp, pressings comparisons Has anyone compared the Mosaic vinyl with the Mosaic CDs? The presumption, of course, is that the vinyl is better, though I'm curious if anyone has checked it out. I've also heard conflicting stories about whether the vinyl comes from analog or di... | |
| Frank Sinatra Capitol Years Lps vs CDs etc. Many thanks to all of you recommenders. I was staring at the ceiling last night trying to go to sleep thinking, "you just spent $350 on a small stack of 25-year-old RECORDS??" But I'm sure there will be no regrets, in the end. (Compared to what I'... | |
| Miles Davis - CD, Lp, pressings comparisons More comparisons to report on my end: I compared an early Bitches Brew Lp to the recent version of Bitches Brew on CD (from the Complete Bitches Brew sessions set). Both were very good, very listenable. The Lp had a bit less bass, and the treble w... | |
| Frank Sinatra Capitol Years Lps vs CDs etc. I found it and bought it.This is what Audiogon is for. I had no idea this set existed. (It's 25 years old, after all!) And one would have every reason to think it would be as good as it gets.Many thanks. | |
| Miles Davis - CD, Lp, pressings comparisons Oops! Made an interesting mistake. What I called the "RVG remaster" of Bag's Groove was NOT an RVG remaster, but was a 2001 Fantasy "20 Bit K2" remaster, not unlike the XRCD, BUT, the XRCD was remastered by Akira Taguchi and shows a 1987 copyright... | |
| Miles Davis - CD, Lp, pressings comparisons After I wrote the above, I dug some records and CDs out and was able to some modest comparisons myself. I compared 2 of the 70's Prestige Two-fers (Lps of course) with CDs from the Miles Davis Chronicle box (Prestige 1987)and (in the case of Bag's... | |
| Compromises (recording quality) Agree with Albertporter completely...particularly on the issue of distortion, and, next, on the issue of "forgiving" speakers. This is not "dumbing down" a system. In fact, it seems kind of simple (in the end, though getting there is hard work): I... |