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| New turntable: TW or Obama? @bobbydd From a performance point of view, i.e. extracting infomration from the vinyl, the Kuzma 4point + nig Kuzma would do the job.This said, there mey be other factors influencing your purchase decision. I also hope that the new table will soun... | |
| For Your Edification and Enjoyment re "Burn In", etc. @douglas_schroeder interesting article (with due respect to other, somewhat critical, responders above). Going slightly against the grain, I have experienced change in the sound of cables on one -- unique -- instance: when a cable is newly produce... | |
| ARE WILSON AUDIO WATT PUPPY 8 FOR 6 GRAND A GOOD DEAL? Addressing your original question(s), a) yes it is a good deal for Watt+Puppy 8sb) current stuff at this level are generally better but they come at a HUGE premium -- +26k is more like it:)! | |
| Need a power amp for a pair of ATC SCM 11's Presumably, you're looking for something good and reasonably priced.I have not listened to the new Quads but certainly liked their older models. Alternatively, how about considering one of ATC's own amps? They are quite good and not very expensive... | |
| Are your current amps and other gear the best you've ever had? Not even close, even though some of the devices I still have perform well enoughSoon to part with an MSB Select-2, parted with a Simon Yorke S4 TT / Clearaudio Praedikat - Insider / Goldmund Mimesis 7 pre / Genesis Technologies speakers / Symphoni... | |
| Neal Young and Tidal AFAIK, "MQA" is the brand name -- not a reference to the actual master. Somewhat tricky, eh:) | |
| Original Valab(modified) vs MHDT Orchid Nearly: I listened to the Orchid, but not your Valab. The sound was euphonic,, fluid, pleasant, "musical". However I happen to have a different R2R (MSB) and there is no comparison, not even on a different level, considering the amount of detail, ... | |
| Help - Opinions - Amp for Sonas Faber Olympica III Speakers If you want to go with NAD, I'd seriously consider the purifi equipped model instead (C something).Other low-cost alternatives are ATC's amps, and mid-range musical fidelity models.Of course, the Pass labs mentioned above are excellent IMO (but mo... | |
| will changing to solid-state make the bass in my wilson sophias better at low volume? Presumably you have optimised speaker placement -- if not, you could be losing some bass energy due to placement.Sophias output a reasonable amount of (upper) bass.Otherwise, missing bass at low amplitude also means your (all of our) ears are less... | |
| Neil Young calls out Tidal We are aware that MQA, or "master quality", is a brand name, not a description --- right?:) | |
| Blasphemy! I want an 1/3 octave EQ The only good (analog) equaliser I've experienced is from FM Acoustics, they call it a "harmonic lineariser", and empirically, it does not seem to degrade the original signal. However, it only offers a few corner frequencies and is very expensive.... | |
| Does Age Matter? I am 60 and I prefer top-end analogue to top-end digital, CD format coming last.HOWEVER, I listen to digital mostly (laziness) | |
| D'Agostino Progression pre-amp vs Audio Research Ref6SE As it happens, I did, recently. Empirically, I preferred the Progressionon all counts -- transients & dynamics, details, sense of phase correctness...They drove a 10kHz input impedance power amp and we played classical music, orchestral & ... | |
| Historic recordings- best audio on reissues Take a look at Pristine Classical (dot com). They offer excellent remasterings of historical recordings | |
| is Hi-Res all that? @chcook: Thanks, interesting and thorough test!While I'm not disputing what you heard (I myself have had similar experiences: try Pink Floyd Pulse, for example), OTOH, I have found that apples to apples, higher rez is better, BUT conditions appl... |