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| Build a new system around pair of Snell Alll's? Tccaux, listening to your Snells with a variety of amps is a fantastic opportunity. If the Snells are keepers (I think they should be), you are doing exactly the right thing. I would only encourage you to approach it with an open mind. "Neutrality... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Dover, very interesting. The ET2 manual states that overhang should be set in such a way that the stylus lands on a perpendicular line which intersects the platter spindle. I have always found that I get better image stability (particularly with c... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Dear Nandric, I do hope that you know that my comments are merely in jest, and for fun. I hold no bias towards your esteemed profession. In fact, I owe a debt of gratitude to at least two of the lawyers who I have had to employ over the years. On ... | |
| Music that everyone else loves but you just don't Let's see, you like Grand Funk Railroad but you dislike Johnny Winter. Man, I know this is just for fun, but it's amazing how two people can live in different musical universes. Agree about boy bands; 'though. | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Dear Nandric,****Well I expressed my indebtedness to you already but I had no idea that you are also a lawyer.****Lawyer? Heavens no! A mere musician. Although, truth be told, it may come as a surprise just how many similarities (in a way) and par... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners I agree with Dg. I would only add that I would use the shim only if absolutely necessary. With my 420 on the magnesium arm wand and with Cardas cart clips on the VDH wire, I can just about fit the clips in a way that does not stress the wires/clip... | |
| Build a new system around pair of Snell Alll's? BTW, which integrated did you listen to? All three amps you mention are power amps. Also, which amp was too warm you? | |
| Build a new system around pair of Snell Alll's? Great that you are getting to hear different things, but be very careful about conclusions based on listening to other speakers; especially as different as the 801's are from the Snells. I thought you were taking the Snells to the dealer? | |
| Choral Music Suggestions Hi Learsfool, Les Arts Florissants, William Christie"Madrigals In Five Parts"Includes several madrigals from his last three books of madrigals which is, as you know, when things got really interesting. Amazing to think this music was written four ... | |
| Choral Music Suggestions Also check out the Harmonia Mundi recordings of the music of Carlo Gesualdo; one of the most interesting personalities in all of musical history. His madrigals, composed in the late Rennaisance period are stunningly beautiful, and are literally ce... | |
| Choral Music Suggestions For something really different try the Kodaly Girls Choir of Budapest recordings. A favorite is "Hungarian Songs" on Angel Records, the music of Zoltan Kodaly and Bela Bartok. Unusual music that is beautiful and at times very haunting. | |
| Build a new system around pair of Snell Alll's? Tccaux, the B&K gear is not bad. And sure, upgrade your amp and keep your preamp and you would probably have an improvement. But, IMO you are really limiting what that speaker can do using the receiver's preamp section. And how can you be sure... | |
| Build a new system around pair of Snell Alll's? Ohnwy61 makes some good points, and I like the idea of Rowland amps. | |
| Audible Illusions vs CJ preamps: sonic difference? The M3 is a fine preamp. I know it's sound well and I have used two different AI preamps over the years. My comments are not meant to suggest that the preamp is anything but very good; it obviously is, given it's success. But, to answer the OP's q... | |
| Build a new system around pair of Snell Alll's? When a speaker does as many things well as the Type A's do, a relative shortcoming becomes that much more pronounced. As already mentioned, soundstage depth is probably their biggest shortcoming. But, that does not mean that there is NO depth; the... |