gdnrbob
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| Saturday Afternoon at the Opera, often live, from The Metropolitan Opera I wish American audiences wouldn't cough so loudly during performances. I have a Jasha Horenstein performance for the Mahler 6th, and you didn't hear one sneeze.But, yes, I agree.Is WQXR broadcasting it in high definition?Bob | |
| Amps Atma-Sphere M-60 Mono blocks OTL design As an owner of 'vanilla' MA-1's, I can say they exceed all my expectations. I can hardly believe that he can 'improve transparancy' or 'smoothness'. But, now you got me thinking maybe I should....Bob | |
| Subwoofer cable question for those in the know... As they only need to relay lower frequencies, sub cables don't need to be as highly configured as regular speaker cables.Even Vandersteen supplies rather ordinary cable with his subs. I use Cable Solutions, as recommended by Almarg.http://www.cs1.... | |
| This is My Music on CBC FM, Saturday mornings I miss the old radio classical hosts.Robert J. Lurtsema, Steve Post, Duncan Pirnie et al.Classical music was so much more interesting when they hosted.Nice to know that CBC is offering something similar. I have to give it a listen.Bob | |
| What to add or change for my system? If it sounds good, why tempt fate? If not, then tell us what you are lacking or think you are lacking?Bob | |
| Wilson Audio Haters Nice post Dustin.I have only heard the Sabrina's, but their presentation got me interested in Wilson speakers. | |
| Agoners: Need Advice! Have 3K to spend on an Amp, what do I do with no way to audition? I would add McCormack to the list. | |
| Amps Atma-Sphere M-60 Mono blocks OTL design @ozzy The Atma-Sphere amps do get hot. In fact, they raise the temperature about a few degrees 2 feet away (I have to relocate my thermostat to the opposite side of the wall now). Though I have opted to mount them on the wall rather than a rack, s... | |
| Chord Dave or Ayre QX5 Twenty DAC??? My friend had the Chord Dave and Bricasti M1 SE. He said, "it's not even close, the Chord Dave is more musical, better separation, and better mids/highsFor that amount of money, I hope it is. | |
| Time for a new tube system. Cary is a respected manufacturer and offers repair as well as upgrades.Why don't you call them to see if your amp can be updated?Though if you get the B&W you probably need more power, especially with the 3ohm minimum.If you are looking for so... | |
| stats I think the only person to make that decision is you.All three are respected companies. All three have different sound qualities. Time for you to do some auditions...Bob | |
| Time to upgrade the old Dual turntable, looking for opinions. You should be able to get a Linn turntable with tonearm and cartridge used for less than what you mention. Even a Linn Basik would be a significant upgrade from your Dual. | |
| Old Amp vs. New Amp Also, some manufacturers like SMc Audio (McCormack), Atma-Sphere (tubes)and Ayre update their older models. So, you wouldn't have to worry about not being able to get either repairs or getting the most up to date version.Regarding cables, it would... | |
| Balancing time for music: Discovery/acquisition vs. listening Though Spotify isn't on the cutting edge of fidelity, I do not find it significantly worse than Tidal. In fact, I hardly notice the difference.Bob | |
| Tube vs Solid State Would this be a good time to add those Zero autoformers that Ralph advocates?Bob |