garfish
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| Tinnitus anyone? Yes, right ear, mostly continuous. I grew up on a farm in N.D. and routinely operated all sorts of REALLY LOUD farm machinery-- all day long. Later, electric guitars, chain saws, dirt bikes, dune buggies, firearms-- both army and recreationally, a... | |
| Soul Recommendations Hi Redkiwi; Uncontop mentioned Mighty Sam McClain (very good), which reminded me of Terry Evans. You're maybe familiar with T. Evans as Stereophile has always highly recommended him as a blues singer-- But, I have all of his CDs and there is a gre... | |
| Do CD-R's sound the same as originals Many respect the opinions of M. Fremer of Sterophile. In the Jan. 2001 issue, Fremer compares a "consumer grade" (list $600.) JVC CD Recorder, and a more high end Marantz ($1600.-- I think). When copying CDs at 1X speed with either of these CD-Rs,... | |
| Favorite Christmas Song & Album. I've collected a dozen or so Christmas CDs by different artists over the years, but the one we keep coming back to year after year for sheer pleasure is Anne Murray's "Christmas Wishes". Originally released by Capitol records, 1981. She has a pure... | |
| Wrong direction? Cornfedboy--- thanks for the tip that Sound and Vision (deaf & blind) is picking up the Equipment Buyers Guide of the late Audio Mag.-- that would be the only reason to carry a subscription, IMO-- except that a sub. is only about $10. Do you h... | |
| Digital vs Optical for DVD player Don't know if it makes any difference to you, but Madrigal Audio recommends XLR 110 ohm digital cables over ST optical for their transport to DAC connectors. And they provide both these outputs (and others) on transport and also as inputs on DAC. ... | |
| Wrong direction? Good post Elizabeth. I live out in the boondocks too, so I understand how difficult auditioning can be also. Another good example of a relatively low priced Stph. Class A product is Audible Illusions 3A pre-amp at about $2500. I would be a hypocri... | |
| "Burn in" Are you serious? Jostler; Read, reread, and reread Redkiwi's above post. I'm outta' here. Have fun. Craig. | |
| Wrong direction? Good post John-- my experience too. My McCormack DNA-2DX amps (I have 2) have never been reviewed by Stereophile. They list for $5000. each, but recently I saw two of them advertised used for $1750. each-- just about made me cry. FWIW, I am conten... | |
| CD Recorder that has decent sound? Ramstl; good posts. It seems Sony is late to the CD-R market, but maybe they're worth the wait. I'll try to check out both the pro and consumer models. Craig | |
| Tube Preamp Recommendations Need neutral, holographic, natural sound? Need features like remote and headphone? Need HQ construction and support. I can recommend Sonic Frontiers Line 1, but it's about $1200-1400. used. The older hybrid SFL-1 is also excellent for $600-750. us... | |
| The best Cdp that have volume control At the risk of disagreeing with my good buddy John_1 above, I owned a Sony XA7 for several years and much preferred to use it with my SF Line 2 pre-amp. I did try it direct to McCormack DNA-2DX amp and found it highly detailed, but thin, lightweig... | |
| "Burn in" Are you serious? Charlie.... that's heavy! Have you been nipping on the "cooking sherry"?...Hitting the egg nog a little early?.... listening to too much "Joshua Judges Ruth"? Forgot to turn the hounds out tonight? or what? I'll be ashamed to come back to "the For... | |
| Amp+Cords or New Amp, best bang for $$$ I agree with the gist of the above posts. I would not base my amp purchase decision(s) on power cords. If needed, they can come later, and they don't necessarily have to be expensive. Cheers, Craig. | |
| "Burn in" Are you serious? Hi Jostler; It took me several years to acquire "critical listening skills", and using these skills is quite a bit different than listening for pleasure IMO. Perhaps you haven't expended the time and effort necessary to learn these, but many audio... |