garfish
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| Is the Cassette Recorder Dead? I have both and still occasionally make tapes for my walkman, and for my trucks cassette player. But, the CD recorder is the way to go because of the versatility and sound quality of CDs. And CD players are (rapidly?) replacing both portable and v... | |
| Shelf Material Hi Redkiwi; Are you calling me Garfield? Recently, to audition a tube amp, I pulled my McCormack DNA-2DX amp out of its usual position on the bottom shelf of my large, heavy, all welded steel stereo stand. It has Melamine MDF shelves. After finish... | |
| Magnepan 1.6 OR Vandersteen 2CE .......I've GOTTA have the bass so I went with the 2ces several years ago-- also auditioned MGs. I'm up to Vand. 3As now and lusting after their 5s. Cheers. Craig. | |
| Digital RCA vs AES/EBU connections It needs to be pointed out that some components have balanced outputs but DO NOT have fully balanced circuitry. And in this case may actually degrade sound if XLRs are used. Components with fully balanced circuitry are more expensive, and the only... | |
| Shelf Material Redkiwi; I love this kind of gritty obsseviness-- makes me feel right at home. But my therapist thinks.......! What kind of shelves/rack do you actually use in your present system? Also what kind of floor do you have, and anything else relavant to... | |
| Do CD-R's sound the same as originals My experience has been much different than Mfgreps above post. When a good source component, good CD, good blanks, and good recorder are used at 1X speed, I've made many excellent CD-Rs using Pioneer W-739 and 509 recorders at 1X speed. I would ex... | |
| The fallacy of ac treatment Brulee; got to admit to being very curious about the high bucks Pcs, and if I can get a few "on trial", I'd like to hear them. Cheers. Craig. | |
| The fallacy of ac treatment Early last summer I had 4 dedicated outlets put in for my stereo system and also a dedicated ground-- one ground system for the 4 outlets. It cost $850. for parts and installation by an electrician. After doing this, music in my system became brig... | |
| Favorite Romantic Female Vocal Song(s)? Roberta Flack "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"-- from Roberta Flack CD "Softly". | |
| Musicality v. Resolution -- Extremes? Levinson M37 transport and M 360S DAC, when connected with Madrigal's MDC-1 AES/EBU dig. cable is TOO resolved, ie analytical to the point of distraction. BUT, when connected with Cardas Lightning AES/EBU cable, mucicality-- including PRT are exce... | |
| 6550 vs KT88 vs KT90 There is so much good information on this thread that I made a hard copy of it-- thanks everyone. Craig. | |
| What makes / defines an audiophile ? Arcmania, Ljgj, Hifinut; You guys are great-- I now know where I belong-- and why:-). One addition: a true audiophile also has a closet full of various spare ICs, PCs, cables etc., and a full set of "back-up components", each of which costs more t... | |
| Analog vs Digital Good post Carl-- glad to see someone weigh in on the digital side as well as analog. I really like my Levinson digital front end (M37 transport, M360S DAC) too, but have limited experience with (good) analog. I do have a good vinyl junkie friend a... | |
| The fallacy of ac treatment Even if component manufacturers put HQ AC cords on their equipment, audiophiles would want to change them-- now that the genie is out of the bottle, ie power cords have become an industry, and there many flavors. Steve McCormack once told me that ... | |
| The fallacy of ac treatment .....put in dedicated AC and ground last spring and stereo system became so bright the treble would "take your head off"-- NOT subtle. Then installed good quality power cords (SR Master Couplers) on all major components and experienced listening b... |