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| New Rowland Criterion 2-chassis battery pre Claude, it's quite possible that the Esoteric sound may simply be not what you are after. DCS seems to me sweeter sounding than Esoteric. G. | |
| difficulty finding CD player match for Magneplanar Ah yes, Spectron Musician is another excellent suggestion for Maggies. . . Besides the series 2, there is a Spectron Mus 3 being offered on Agon. . . if in good shape, at $3.1K it may be a steal. I understand that the series 3 may be sweeter / mor... | |
| difficulty finding CD player match for Magneplanar Timoteo, like most previous answer suggest, you have a very serious bottleneck in your amplifier. I have used your very Maggies 3As for 20 years. . . All Magnepan speakers are major serious power hogs! Not even my original Aragon 4004 was making t... | |
| New Rowland Criterion 2-chassis battery pre Clavil and Brazcole, all of these seem to be worthy comparison projects. . . Let us know your impressions if you have the opportunity of conducting some of them. G. | |
| New Rowland Criterion 2-chassis battery pre "you seem happy and convinced but not so crazily enthousiastic about the change from Capri to Criterion ... am I right ?" Hi Claude. . .the answer is an emphatic NO, that is not correct. I am extremely enthusiastic about the differences between Cr... | |
| New Rowland Criterion 2-chassis battery pre Claude, DCS does make splendid stuff, while up to now I have tended to prefer the TEAC Esoteric sound, I freely admit that DCS is excellentAnd who knows. . . my preference may change in the future. . I'll give a careful listen at DCS at RMAF in Oc... | |
| New Rowland Criterion 2-chassis battery pre Hi Claude, do you happen to know if the Esoteric combo was fully broken in? It takes about 1200 hours for Esoteric gear to sound at its best. . . and when it is not broken in, Esoteric products sound. . . extremely harsh, digital, unemotional, and... | |
| New Rowland Criterion 2-chassis battery pre Thank you so much Brazcole, the reaction of the gentleman in question is sadly typical of some people who have not even listened to a device: dismiss it outright as 'obviously' inferior!On the subject of CD players, my personal favorite is the Eso... | |
| New Rowland Criterion 2-chassis battery pre "old Brazcole and I was just about startin' to get lonesome 'round here. . . wasn't we Braz? (grins!)"Brazcole, that was an attempt to write something in Texas slang/dialect. . . It means kind of:Brazcole and I were starting to feel lonely. . . be... | |
| How many versions do you have? ON Dvorak's 9th Symphony, I highly suggest Bernstein with the Israel Phylharmonic. The 2nd movement is the most lyrically intense performance that I have heard. . . just do not expect an 'audiophile-grade' recording. . . get this for the music, no... | |
| New Rowland Criterion 2-chassis battery pre David, if my understanding is correct that each input may have its own equalization/isolation transformer, your observation that every input needs to be broken in separately would not be surprising. That is why I ended up converting the unbalanced... | |
| How many versions do you have? Gawdbless, Do you have Mutter playing the Sibelius violin concerto under Previn? . . . the opening section where she essentially starts 'sul ponticello' without any vibrato glassy as can be, then slowly moves to her signature full throated passion... | |
| New Rowland Criterion 2-chassis battery pre Good stuff David. . . keep us posted on your Criterion. . . old Brazcole and I was just about startin' to get lonesome 'round here. . . wasn't we Braz? (grins!) G. | |
| New Rowland Criterion 2-chassis battery pre Thanks to Brazcole, I have just received today a copy of Audio&Video magazine from Brazil featuring a professional review of Criterion by Mr. Andrette. I'll scan the article and will attempt to submit a Google translation. If the translation r... | |
| Which power cord more important? As there are obviously several schools of thought. . . SR, MIT, Furutech, Shunyata just to name a few, it becomes somewhat evident that there may be no such thing as a universally recognized 'best' per se. Rather, there are a number of well respec... |