garfish
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| Burn-in time Vs. Getting used to a sound IMO G13 is right and both occur simultaneously. Cheers. Craig. | |
| POWER: conditioners vs filters vs cords I pretty much agree with Redkiwi's post above. I have two name brand AC conditioners, but after installing dedicated AC and ground systems, and going to good quality power cords, the power conditioners actually degraded music quality, and I no lon... | |
| Album of the year? For me its got to be Cowboy Junkies recently released CD "Waltz Across America". Note: this CD is only available on their website www.cowboyjunkies.com Cheers. Craig. | |
| Vinyl vs. CD ........forgot to mention all the room acoustic treatments I've done-- spent much time and money doing it too. I do not intend to get involved in a long unresolvable disagreement between the virtues of vinyl and digital-- and I don't think Albert ... | |
| Vinyl vs. CD Hi Albert; We were posting at the same time so I missed your well written statement above. I respect your views as much as anyone on this forum, and I have no doubt that your state of the art analog rig sounds better than my "quite good" digital o... | |
| Vinyl vs. CD Hi Blzbub; I appreciate your above post as it agrees 100% with my recent attempt at trying to get back into vinyl. You probably read this whole thread, and know that I had quite a bit of input early in the thread. As with your experience, the main... | |
| Why does it sound less dynamic? ......re: AC power supply. Later on if you feel your power supply is not good, you could add a PS Audio P300 at least to your source components and pre-amp. They have a 30 day try out policy. I do have a dedicated AC system and ground, but still p... | |
| Why does it sound less dynamic? Hi Bemoptil23; The SFL-2 is the best pre-amp SF ever made IMO. I auditioned one for a week, but didn't keep it because of excess transformer hum. I liked it's sound even better than the Line 3 (I use a Line 2 though). I just suggest not using your... | |
| Why does it sound less dynamic? Hi Bemoptil23; You've essentially thrown out your "old" system and started a whole new one sort of "all at once"-- and without any auditioning? As you need a base to start from, I'd suggest building your system around your SFL-1 pre-amp (is it sti... | |
| Which track do you demo to your friends? ......I played a particularily well recorded Patsy Cline CD for my brother-in-law (because she's a favorite of his), and after about 1/2 the CD he said "it sounds like she's in the room with us"-- high praise indeed. OTOH, he can't believe that I ... | |
| Best DAC Under $5000 - Opinions Please Hi Mriggs. The Levinson 360 @ $4000. new has to be one of the best. I recently purchased the Levinson 360S (used $3500.-4000.) and it is fantastic-- very versatile with inputs for just about any format. In fact, I didn't think CDs could actually s... | |
| Relief? The New Digital Players Got to agree with Robert, Mfgrep, and Carl above-- buy the best 16 bit rig you can afford NOW. In fact I did exactly that based on the fact(s) that I'm 57 years old and have over 1000 CDs-- and those are just the "keepers". I get rid of CDs I don'... | |
| Which track do you demo to your friends? I agree with Doug in that I think it's best to play them music that they like and are familiar with on probably mid-fi equipment at best. That said, I personally like Lucinda Williams "Car Wheels on a Gravel Road"-- tracks #7 and #12 for dynamics,... | |
| Bananas vs. Spades P.S. If your banana plugs don't fit tight, use a small screw driver to pry out the plug sections so it is a little bigger in diameter-- I had to do this on a couple of plugs. Good Luck. Craig. | |
| Bananas vs. Spades Hi Swampwalker; I have used Kimber 8VS (heavy) speaker cables biwired into Vandersteen 2Ces banana plugs for years with no problem. At one time I tried a banana to spade adaptor and did not like it as it was "loose and floppy", but name brand and ... |