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| Favorite Concierto de Aranjuez Version? The Best version I have is the Marriner/Romeros on Phillips 6500 or 9500 series LP | |
| How does the Phase Linear 400 compare? Hey, at the very least my Phase 400 and 700B had a personality. The faceplates and design aesthetics were typical of the 1970s wonderful creativity. The sound was not bad if you needed gobs of power. The amps were better than the 4000 Preamp. I st... | |
| My Next Miles Davis Disc? In my opinion, Sketches, never deserved all of the fanfare it received. The very next Miles record that you should purchase is "Someday My Prince Will Come", It really has the magic sound I think you are after. "Porgy and Bess", is far beter music... | |
| What tube amps for the Quad ELS 63 Greg, the D-150 I use is the 1975 all tube model, not to be confused with the classic 150 monoblocks, which most definitely lack emotion. You know, the "better" this stuff gets, the WORSE it gets.............Frank | |
| What tube amps for the Quad ELS 63 I have owned ESL 63s since 1981, 1984, 1992, three different runs. The very best amps I have used on them wereARC D-90BARC D-79ARC D-150ARC D-115 IIJADIS JA-80 (When they sold for $5500.00 New)Conrad Johnson MV-75ALEAK Stereo 50Try any of thes amp... | |
| What is a good intro to "Mahler"? I can confidently second Rcprince"s Solti Mahler 1 on analog Decca as possibly the best ever Mahler 1 (but not 2).It easily outclasses Horenstein's 1 (but no one beats his 3rd) and both Bernstein Columbia and DG cycles. The bumped up bass on the r... | |
| Why Expensive power Cables when Romex behind Wall? In my own experiments, the introduction of 2 feet of stranded 16/3 extention cord onto the end of my preamp, turntable or power amp was enough to influence the sound negatively. Keep in mind, the typical 18 awg cord supplied on equipment, has a up... | |
| What's better: RCA or XLR? Very good clarification by bear regarding the XLR vs RCA connector. I would further clarify that XLR I/Os could be installed on the chassis of any component that was unbalanced in nature, and simply bridge the pin configurations for true unbalance... | |
| Okay, the gloves are off. Let the fur fly In reality, most single driver systems are compromised in dealing with the real world business of playing a full orchestra. It is my opinion, that the quality of the bass, can in a large sense determine the quality of the upper ranges on a loudspe... | |
| Lyrita Catalog It is astounding to me that this label has all but disappeaered. The above mentioned Arnold CD, was a pretty good effort, but at $23.00 US, a bit pricey. There is no question the leader in Brit fare, was Lyrita (try the Holst "A Sommerset Rhapsody... | |
| Acoustic Guitar CD Recording/track to test Spkrs? No question about it, CFB's above recommendation of Steven Stills, "Stills Alone" CD and the "Treetop Flier" track in particular, is one of the most amazingly real CDs out there. Being a huge Stills fan, I purchased it as soon as it was released, ... | |
| LINN LVII in comparison with modern tonearm ?? I have a lot of respect for the LV-II tonearm. To me it sounds lively and musical. I wish they still made it. The Arm is dynamically balanced and the offset angle is right on the money. The bearings are superb ,the finish outstanding. | |
| ARC...D-90B or D-115MKII? - Driving Maggie 1.6s I have owned and still own ARC D-90B amps. The original D-90, used the 6550 output tube, as correctly stated by baddlci above, and based its inputs on the 12AX7 tube. The sound of the D-90B was vastly improved over the D-90. A complete change to 6... | |
| Old ARC tube amps McIntosh Has never made an amplifier, including the very good MC-60 and MC-225, that was in the same class as the D-76 or D-150 Vintage from a sonic standpoint. Construction wise, though, MAC is hard to beat. | |
| Turntable suggestions? The 598 and 698, were beautiful belt drive tables produced by EMPIRE Scientific, in Kew Gardens NY. Build quality was superb and yes lucishow, I hear you and do indeed know what it is you are referring to........Frank |