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| Rock: well recorded bass...60s/70s Hey Loomis - Why was Yes very uncool? Have never before heard that directed at them. Guessing that was something you associated with all of prog rock? | |
| Best Option In A Silver CD/SACD Player $1k Or Less No way I can tell you this is a "BEST OPTION" silver SACD, however a TEAC Distinction Series CD-1000 is available for well under $1000 new right now (see Amazon Prime). Sound quality and build are excellent. It is built like a tank and looks great... | |
| Keith Richards Interview Hmmm...sounds interesting but I got a message "iPlayer TV programmes only available in the UK" (or words to that effect) when I clicked on the link. Being US-based, could not watch. | |
| Rock: well recorded bass...60s/70s Listened recently to The Strawb's "Grave New World" 1998 A&M remastered CD (album first released 1972). This CD sounds great (music and sound quality; NOT hot and harsh as for many re-masters)). In particular very much enjoyed John Ford's bass... | |
| How much am I missing with SL1200 mk2? Uncle - Thanks for looking at the system. It's modest compared to some...mid-fi, even - but gives me a lot of enjoyment. Posting it helps anyone reading my comments get an idea where I'm coming from (for better or worse). I do need to update thing... | |
| How much am I missing with SL1200 mk2? Uncle- Your "was just thinking" comments are probably some of the sanest I've read on this forum. The dark side of this hobby touches on addiction...enough is never enough; there's always something better out there for just another $1000 - that is... | |
| Passive & Tubed pre-amps to power amp at same time? Al - thanks for the follow up. I did some on-line reading after posting and found similar info as in your explanations for interpreting the measured impedance values and scale upper limits being multiples of 2. I can indeed take some further readi... | |
| Passive & Tubed pre-amps to power amp at same time? Al - thanks for the reply. I meant to specify the meter used in my earlier note but it slipped my mind. It is a Craftsman Model 82015. I'm thinking the 20K setting I used is good for measuring resistances in the range of 20-200K ohms. The next low... | |
| Passive & Tubed pre-amps to power amp at same time? Al - Results (all as read) of the measurements you suggested making for the Harrison Labs 12dB attenuators:Across input/output pins#1 attenuator 6.77 ohms #2 attenuator 6.75 ohms Across ground sleeve & output pin#1 2.19#2 2.18all measurements ... | |
| Music and politics Mapman - I generally appreciate your posts but did ya really feel compelled to resurrect a thread from 2009 in order to favor us with that bit of witticism??? Guess so - but wish you hadn't. (Here we go again). | |
| What's the greatest bargain in DAC's these days? Hi Rebbi - good luck in your search. Can't give you a direct comparison vs all your options. Previously I was using a Gen 1 V-DAC w/V-Link. I went to a Gungnir with V-Link 192. I was playing some CDs I'd copied to hard drive yesterday and was marv... | |
| Need Help buying headphones and head amps Running Senn 600 from Schiit Asgard 2 using Dragonfly2 USB DAC out of my Macbook Air. Definitely well within the budget and sounds pretty good to me. I'd recommend upgrading the Senn 600 cable, however. Cable Company, as Zd mentions, will lend hea... | |
| How much am I missing with SL1200 mk2? I've owned an SL1210M5G from KAB for a going on10 years now. I've done a number of the same tweaks that Johnny b53 recommends (have not wrapped the tonearm, however). Independent of his suggestions, I ordered my TT from KAB with the fluid damper i... | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report Have enjoyed John Butler Trio's "Sunrise Over Sea" for years but, to me, based on a quick listen of some of his other releases - they sound very similar. Happy to hear otherwise if you have a different opinion, Jafant.Don't know Mike Zito at all b... | |
| Hendrix : Freedom/ATL pop festival Phasecorrect - Thanks for taking the time to write this. Appreciate your observations and comparisons. |