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| SHM Universal Japan SACDs I was going to check them out but the bank would not give me another mortgage. All kidding aside, I did buy a couple dozen of the red book SHMs and there's no doubt they are better than the standard red book issues (of the same title and mastering... | |
| anyone audiophiles/audioholics in Buffalo NY Yeah, we're out here. We're probably too whacked out to have any chance at integrating into civil society but we're here. I know at least three others in the region. We ought to have some sort of mutual support sytem. | |
| used SET amp under $1500 suggestion If you decide to sell the Prima and can move to the $2500 level you may want to look at the Tri (Try??) 845C integrated. I've heard one locally and it's awfully nice. Driving a pair of B&W 802 Diamonds...nice stuff indeedly. And cool as hell t... | |
| hardwood floors, area rugs, and spiked feet I really like the sheet metal and cork idea a lot...I like cheap fixes. Thanks SR!And I just went to the Herbie Labs site and those decoupling gliders look like they are perfect... positioning will be a breeze with those. I'll get four for my rack... | |
| Is Kind of Blue the Best Jazz Album Ever You da man, C1! Thank you for the extremely erudite response. From where I sit (and hear) I do not understand how an art form (jazz, generally) so reknown, and built upon, its pushing of boundaries can be criticized for doing just that, especially... | |
| hardwood floors, area rugs, and spiked feet Now that's a good idea. Two or three extra inches in each dimension (of the speaker's base) should give me enough room for fine tuning the position. Basic luaun (I think that's the spelling) carpet underlay is only about 3/16", and it's soft. That... | |
| How do you chose speakers based on room size? Gentlemen,Timely topic. I've got an open plan listening area--my my living room--that is roughly 15' long and 11'3" wide with a "mostly" open wall on the longer side (that is, from the back/listening end wall, the open wallspace extends about 11-1... | |
| Words From the Wise Read Blindjim 11-24-09. In the words of Adrian Belew... "this is a daaangerous place..." | |
| Rega p-5 cart upgrade No_money,I brought home my Rega with the Benz Micro Glider installed in it. I have been, in a phrase, blown away since.I accepted that analog was likely superior to digital, I just hadn't heard it in my own system. I have a Cambridge 840C cdp and ... | |
| Is Kind of Blue the Best Jazz Album Ever Lloydc: Jazz took a wrong turn with BeBop??? This suggests that everything that followed is errant in some way, I.e., not jazz...? or what? "Bad" jazz? I mean, really now, what sort of absurdity is that? Please explain!Coltrane? Wrong turn! Cliffo... | |
| Best Record Store In New York This is not a recommendation for everyone but if your jazz tastes run to free jazz, improvisational jazz, and modern jazz, as well as modern classical, and the late 60s and early 70s progressive scene, there is one place that is absolutely the bes... | |
| radical Rega plinth DIY upgrade Yeah, the P9's a nice table, so is the P5, but neither of them get close to the superb higher end tables out there.I'm just looking at (just for example) the VPI line. I'm not sure what that material is in their HRX ($8K plus, or somewhere around ... | |
| radical Rega plinth DIY upgrade G_m_c, The properties you refer to have to start and end with resonance, I.e. how the "natural" resonance relates to the other inherent resonances that affect the signal. If you look at the "better" turntables, they all tend to have high density (... | |
| Picture Thread Wow. You guys are too cool!! Great shots! As it happens, I just finished a posting DIY type thread under analog--look for the Rega plinth question and let me know what you think. I can't bring the bucks to a turntable/tonearm the way you high-flie... | |
| Best blues vocalist Although I am periodically guilty, I try to keep in mind Nick Hornby's dictum that lists are for people who don't want to think. Ouch. whadaya think? -) |