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| Hobbies other than Audiophiliac? audio izz ? but, if you truly "grok" what's on the stereo, then that can really lift you up and out of your rut. not in a rut you say? well, good, then i speak for myself. sometimes.like what's for dinner tonite? nothing spectacular, that's for su... | |
| Hobbies other than Audiophiliac? learning how to better use this computer... | |
| New Rowland Criterion 2-chassis battery pre rowland gear is two things- really really excellent (tube sound without the tubes), but also, JRDG is a line of products that is in constant evolution. if you're disappointed that your very-expensive Model-8 amp has been dropped from the line, i s... | |
| New Rowland Criterion 2-chassis battery pre the capri is the low man on the totem pole according to JRDG own product descriptions. the synergy was the std. preamp after the coherence "mysteriously" stopped being made (frankly my guess is that there was very little interest in the product). ... | |
| New Rowland Criterion 2-chassis battery pre i love jeff rowland's products starting from way back. my 1st "real" preamp was a consonance with phono built in. the phono stage was, for an extra $300, dead silent with MC. i "complained" to the dealer that it should not have sounded nearly so g... | |
| Review: Da Vinci Grandezza Reference Tonearm it's nice to see someone who really knows what THEY want in an audio system, although how all of your components work together would make a nice article in itself. | |
| Next upgrade, DartZeel or Ayre when it comes to high-end audio, "I" now have "The Latest and The Greatest"- LOL, well who can really claim to know what that is...? anyway, i humbly submit the following:i recently upgraded my wires to transparent MM2, got an EMM-Lab CDSA cd play... | |
| Pass Labs amps. Help me choose. i had an e-mail exchange with a gentleman at pass labs about the xa.5 amps. and he "really" liked the xa100.5, so that would probably be something to save up for. BUT IMHO your levinson should sound (overall) as good as any of the non-XA amps you ... | |
| analog vs. digital better ? or just different the only reason i even responded to this redundant subject is that i have the "same problem"- my turntable sounds great (a vpi aries) and my cd player sounds great, too (EMM lab).i have some terrific records (some are ancient but they sound very a... | |
| analog vs. digital better ? or just different just get the music that you really like, now that you have the choice of either format. one box doesn't HAVE to sound better than the other. one guy i know was selling used vinyl for $3-$5 a record. the sleeves weren't all perfect, but i picked up... | |
| what is the best amp you've ever heard Pass Aleph 1.2 monoblocks. they converted a pair of the somewhat forward-sounding B&W-801S3 Matrix speakers to near state-of-the-art. they always said the 801's wouldn't reach their full potential without the right electronics. the 1.2's may n... | |
| Tape Project Tapes admittedly, the other people here have better sources than i do by light years, but i still think it would be a serious kick to try to dub an LP onto a tape running at 7 or 15, quarter or half track, just to see if the results are enjoyable. that'... | |
| Mark Levinson 326S or Audio Research Ref 3 ? gee, i love jeff rowland gear- i have a JRDG-consummate preamp sitting in the closet right now. having said that, i just replaced an EMM-Lab DCC2-SE with a levinson 326S. the EMM pre-dac sounded just a bit sterile to MY ears- but this could have b... | |
| If money is not a problem unless the notion of near-limitless SPL's is the reason for the question, the answer for me is simple- the same speakers i already have. money is not the problem- it's the software- both variety and format- which is always changing, and not always... | |
| Tape Project Tapes Mr. Jsman, several of the aforementioned tape recorders can playback the tpt's. only 2 of them lack the ability (via a simple switch) to play IEC equalized tapes-the prosumer teacs, and only ONE lacks the ability to play at 15ips. plus i could alw... |