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| Best all around speakers Dcstep - To your question about my digital sources: As I may have reported above, I used multiple digital players in order to deal with differently-engineered sources. My primary source now is an EMM CDSA. I use it for a lot of things, but particu... | |
| Harbeth compact 7es3 vs. ProAc Response 2 I can help maybe just a bit. I went on a Great Speaker Hunt last year and listen to some floor-standing ProAc's. I was somewhat attracted to them, because they seemed darker sounding than everything else I was hearing (which included Spendors), an... | |
| Best all around speakers "A speaker that will not let you hear a bad recording is a poor investment."It's all a question of degree. I've had systems in my house on which about 10% of the CDs I played sounded great. The rest ranged from tolerable to "run screaming from the... | |
| Best all around speakers I hate to think you're right, Mapman, but I can sure think of a number of times after adding a new piece of gear when I've thought "Ah, this is what I needed" and yet a few months later I've figured out that there is this or that problem with the ... | |
| Scratchy distortion on last tracks of CD Many thanks. But what is CD rot. Anything you can do to prevent it? I'm surprised that I've logged many, many 1,000's of hours of classical CD listening and haven't had to face it before...except for the specific pressing incident I mentioned in m... | |
| Best all around speakers Mapman, you're quite right, an awful lot of this is personal preference. I noted my own preference for Harbeths above, but (as also noted), I find that I'm happiest with several diffent sources, each of which has a bit different voice. I guess I'v... | |
| Best all around speakers Agree with Shadhorne completely. I have never heard a speaker that does everything right. Further, I don't believe that there is any such thing as a completely "accurate" speaker. I certainly haven't heard such a speaker, and I think limitations o... | |
| is getting a tube pre a valid option with ss amp? Larryi's description of "tube magic" comes about as close as I can imagine in relatively few words. And I agree that tube amp and tube pre-amp combinations present the best version of that sound. But it is worth keeping in mind that various tube e... | |
| Audio Physic Scorpio or Vandersteen Signature 3A Agree with Krisjan 100%. The 3A sigs are not rolled off at all. In fact, for me, they tended to reveal a bit more than I wanted to know about certain recordings, and I ultimately went with some Harbeths (which others would describe as being "rolle... | |
| is getting a tube pre a valid option with ss amp? The only real problem with running a tube pre with ss amp is that, sooner or later, the seductiveness of the tube sound is going to cause you to start wondering what a tube amp would sound like. (And the answer is, pretty swell!) Subject to the im... | |
| help with full system cable overhaul Having gone through something like this a couple of years ago, I'd be careful taking recommendations without listening. I sure lost some money in the process of doing that. I eventually made my way to The Cable Company and worked through their lib... | |
| Chopin Fantasie Impromptu, Opus 66 2nd for Rubinstein. Romantic period stuff doesn't come easily for me, usually, and I didn't "get" Chopin until I heard Rubinstein. Kind of like Segovia with classical guitar. There are other great classical guitarists, but Segovia was special. | |
| Best all around speakers I'm coming to a tentative conclusion that you might have to have some variable in the system in order to happily listen to electric music one moment and a string quartet then next. But I don't think it has to be speakers. I've been pretty happy wi... | |
| Warm Preamp I've been on the same search myself for a couple of years...but I want warmth AND detail, and finding the right mix hasn't been all that easy. I would say ARC's are generally out, except for older ones, like the SP8. Years ago I had CJ gear, and I... | |
| Emm Labs SE combo versus Wadia 581-SE Agree that Wadias in general take some break-in time, and also that they sound best after they've been plugged in and turned on for a good 24 hours or so. |