fly_fish_nz
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| What to do when seller does not send item paid for M,As others have mentioned, I have had a number of transaction segments take longer than expected here and at ebay, for example a money order that took 13 days to reach its destination in first class mail. If the seller has good feedback from othe... | |
| Toslink vs. RCA Gthrush1 is right that there is a lot of music worth a listen, but this is one area where I think a little effort is well spent. While I often do not hear the significant differences between specific cables or tweaks that others do, the difference... | |
| Qualitative test of Auric Illuminator Somewhere, I think on AA, a writer mentioned that he prefered results using the AI when he rubbed and buffed with firm pressure, not simply wiping and very lightly buffing. I tried on a few discs where I have two copies, and my initial impressions... | |
| 5 most overrated movies ever...... Now wait a minute, over 20 posts and no one mentions Bored of the Rings??? For those of you fortunate enough to have spent your time doing anything else, say lancing boils at the old folks home, allow me to summarize: uninspired dialogue, swordfig... | |
| Audiogoners-some musical recommendations his second CD, Second Nature, with which I am most familiar and combines a number of influences, Classical, South American, Jazz. Picked up a copy when I saw Dominic play at our old high school, and it has rewarded repeated listenings. Much of wha... | |
| Transport - will it really make an improvement I have not used the DV-5, but using a Proceed CDD transport ($900-1000 used) was a huge improvement over a pioneer DVD 525 in my system. Another I liked for somewhat less was the Theta Pearl. | |
| consensus on passive preamps? Tim,I like them both, but held off on a more critical audition and decision on which to keep until I received some room treatment from auralex, which I put in today. Sometime in the next week a friend and I will be doing an extended listening to t... | |
| consensus on passive preamps? I recently purchased a Placette passive to compare to my BC21 tube pre and a solid state. I paired the Placette with a Pass Aleph 3, as did Tom above, which does not have particularly high input impedance or sensitivity, and with Dunlavy SM1, whic... | |
| Tango Recommendation Tango Zero Hour is great in my opinion, one of the cd's i use as reference for testing new equipment. Really hard to go wrong with this one.Also, Yo Yo Ma made a recording of Piazzolla's music that I think is quite good, but I like YYM and cello, ... | |
| Looking for speaker to match with pass lab aleph3 X,I auditioned the B&W 805's with my Aleph 3, and thought they were well matched, but in the end I purchased the Dunlavy SM1s to pair with the Aleph 3, primarily because of the SM1's flat freq. response throughout their range. Having owned the... | |
| Is anyone else getting annoyed with... Brian,You made a number of good points. Here are a few observations:-a single ad per line, listing models carried would seem to suffice for a retailer. -perhaps others find the new "new" designation useful, but personally I hope it does not lead t... | |
| Leaving CD in Transport? On the contrary, seems to me that leaving CDs in the transport is a good idea, significanlty reducing wear and tear on the drawer mechanism. Think of it this way, if you may listen yo the same CD in your next session, you save two drawer openings ... | |
| DVD player as the best transport to use with DAC? Here is my response to a similar question that was recently posted on AA (you may want to do a search on the AA Digital Drive, since one member called BC and had some interesting comments):"I originally paired the Bel Canto with a Pioneer 525 DVD ... | |
| I'm looking for a good tube preamp under I k. Make that four for the BC21. I just purchased one to audition against a Placette passive, which I like very, very much, and it is going to be a hard decision on which one to keep. Really a nice unit for the $. | |
| Best sound-using passive or active pre-amp? I recently purchased a Placette Passive and a Blue Circle BC21 to compare a passive and tube pre with the SS I had been using. While, I am not really in a position to compare it to the best of the active pre's (one of which is certainly Placette's... |