fleschler
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| Contemporary Classical Composers - new discoveries @mahgister You are correct. It’s only about the music. As an opera, it’s "stupid." Half the audience left in mid-opera. This was pre-Covid and a full house. The recording of the music sounds great. Compare Glass’s compositions to Newman’s. Which d... | |
| Contemporary Classical Composers - new discoveries @mahgister I listen overwhelmingly mostly to tonal music. I have now over 51,000 LPs/CDs/78s/R2R with 3,000+ piano CDs 10,000+ LPs alone. I agree with most of your comments. I also have over 70,000 classical vocal and opera recordings/tracks. ... | |
| Speakers - Your "Safest" Choice @wester17 You can go wrong with Wilson's. They've greatly improved from being super detailed and unlistenable to mellower (slightly). I've heard them since their first speaker (5 boxes - incoherent sound) to the prior Sabrina. It turns out thei... | |
| Tekton Open Baffle Speakers @ricevs I agree with your analysis. I've heard some similar priced full range open baffle speakers whose designers took into consideration time alignment through physical and/or electrical (crossover) design. Tekton apparently does neither. Som... | |
| Has buying and/or selling audio gear changed? I use US Audiomart and Audiogon for nearly all my sales with PP G&S payment preferred. Ebay used to be my go to but at 12.5% transaction fee, forget it. | |
| Tube preamp with Adcom amp I recommend an EAR 912 (or lesser versions 868 with or without phono pre-amp). If you play LPs, the 912 is great! It has dual LP inputs, mono switch, muting, 4 impedance and 3 gain settings, Change the fuse to an Acme treated for $22, a pair of ... | |
| Nearly all manufacturers do not advertise/exhibit their product measurements? Why? Read the ASR reviews of the Topping D70s (AKM) and D90 (ESS Sabre). 40 db quieter for the D90 BUT upon hearing these units-D70s sounds better. Bought one as a back-up to my COS D1v. Measurements don't tell all. | |
| Still looking for a new Moving Coil Cartridge With 28,500 LPs and 60 years experience, I prefer the Dynavector 20X2 L cartridge. It works great with my modified SME IV, with the Zesto Allesso SUT as well as EAR 864 and EAR 912. It is so highly valued by friends and myself because it permits u... | |
| Rumors of CD Demise Exagerated? New Hegel @audioman58 I thoroughly disagree concerning the current state of streaming. Like a radio in most cases, only about 15% of the currently available content is at CD level or above. That's 85% below and as I've experienced at audio shows, the str... | |
| Class D amplifiers. What's the future look like? As well as other new applications of technology such as Westminster Labs sliding bias voltage Class A cool running higher power solid state amps? They may well function superior to Class D amps. | |
| CD Transport I was going to purchase a Jays Audio CD3/MK3 and probably will but in the meantime, I am using a modified Arcam Delta 250 transport and 270 cd player. The power boards are rebuilt with massive power caps, filter caps, Sparkos regulators, etc. Co... | |
| Best Full-Function Preamplifier EAR 912 is excellent. Seconded observation (possibly in my future). Very spacious, open sound and excellent phono stage. Not too many tubes (Atmosphere using 16 tubes, mid-spec Mullard AT7s-that’s expensive and how many hours do they last in it, ... | |
| Curious Why Benz Micro Slid Into Obscurity @mulveling Thank you for your description. After my Benz Ruby 3 wore out, It was a little anemic dynamically but beautiful sounding and tracked perfectly. I replaced it with a Dynavector 20X2 L. The Zesto Allesso (and others) SUT works great with ... | |
| WHY CABLES MATTER! Sometimes zip cord is better than high end cables, certainly compared to the defunct High Fidelity Cables. Cables require system matching, especially interconnects. I’ve noted the vast differences between my friend GroverHuffman boutique patented ... | |
| Looking for a Warmer Sounding Phono Cartridge I also have a personal disfavor of rising high end cartridges. I went back to a more simple Dynavector 20X2 L although I did consider the Rosewood and Hana MC (red and now blue). I have hearing at least out to 16Khz (tested last year at 66). I ... |