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| Has anyone used a full-system battery power supply? Perfect: defense industry contractors make the best. Used in submarines & the like. As you note, you plug them in & the equip in them. The amperage is not always very high, though. The ones I've seen are HUGE, ugly, best left hidden somewh... | |
| Amazing Solo Piano Recordings I second (or 3rd 4th?) ECM and Keith Jarrett. Also G Gould Beethoven box on CBS (LP, cd-Sony Classical). Hey, Kubla, good to see you! | |
| Timbrel Accuracy Aesthetix with as many PS you can fit in the room, FM Acoustics (ze big model), Pass X0. All three, cheapo. | |
| Are you Guys Rich or What!? As p1s1, we too are music junkies. Also, on the long path to riches which we will have crossed by the yr. 2099. A large prtion of our money goes to music, live & s/w and the equip to listen to what we cannot hear live (Heifetz? Oistrakh? Giese... | |
| "Fast sounding tube amp" with plenty of power? any? May I second Mes' suggestions & comments, on all accounts. I lately listened to Tenors & have heard Atmas (come on, the MA2 for the 3.6) and ARC. In that order, IMHO. Your ears (not mine) rule, however.Cheers! | |
| What would you do differently? Nothing (fortunately). I'm in Avguy's "haves" category -- but lucky: my partner loves music and we go to many live concerts. So, resolution, clarity & natural timbres are a must. She loves the likes of Rachmaninoff, Orff, Brahms or Jamiroquai ... | |
| What music is best for an Audiophile Society Meeting? Let me add Mahler 5 with Basbirolli on EMI: great recordings of the century. Nice dynamics to test cones, ribbons et alia within reason: brother compressor has hit it too, with little pity. But still.For speed & rythm, Jamiroquai: Synkronized ... | |
| Preamps - Active, passive...??? Bob, aren't dynamics a matter of impedance matching? (output, pre vs. input, power: ratio of 1:10 at least?) | |
| Is Genesis out of business? As Albert Porter intimated, Genesis --the speaker people-- are invisible / inaudible / inaccessible. I have e-mailed them repeatedly. No answer. They *did* (do?) make great speakers. If they do sell speakers, I'm not sure they have customer servic... | |
| What does one do with old outdated audio equipment? With all due respect to suggestions above, I would second Hello's & Sd's: one simple, kind gesture can bring unbeleivable happiness to many others!Cheers. | |
| Audio Museum...what would you want? In line with the idea of a museum, most of this stuff has historical value. TT: Goldmund Reference w/arm /Ortofon 3000, Linn LP12/Valhalla, S. Yorke S4 "Zarathustra"/pluto 5 (long) arm/transfiguration. Speakers: original Klipch with central unit/Q... | |
| This is bugging me Another scenario: make your own. Buy a long run of 8 or so AWG, double-shielded, Belden (or whatever the local rat-shack can propose). Buy a hospital grade IEC and wall plug. Looking at the IEC with the ground on top (apex of the triangle, so to s... | |
| best preamp under 500 for cheap, poor student Subdoofus: are you looking for a video/audio pre? If so, you'll need one that supports multichannel (pass through feature) -- for surround. But what exactly is wrong, to your ears or eyes, w/ your system that a pre would solve? Assuming it's the s... | |
| Cable options for Sonus Faber EA II speakers? I beleive you need a fast and tonally accurate cable with top end extension. You may want to add Bearlabs to your list. Nordost Valhalla sounded good -- with ss gear -- but the cost is very high.Pls try before you buy: others' sonic taste may diff... | |
| Market Research in High End Market I think I remember Linn's annual T-O was USD: c. 20 mill. in 1998. But this would include their low-end gear, ofcourse. Although published b-sheets of the companies you mention could be a route to follow, there would be no way of knowing which par... |