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| ESOTERIC X-03 VS. AYRE C5XE Phous, at least from what I can see from the review, the build quality of the Lexicon seems to be on a very high level. Besides, Lexicon is no small company, but belongs to Harmon, as do Mark Levinson and Revel. In all fairness to the Esoteric, it... | |
| MC352 owners Lesvan, is the amp always that warm or only after a real work-out at high volumes? I do have the 402, but when not listening or only at low levels, it does not even get warm to the touch, only when I run it at 40 watts on large symphonies or rock ... | |
| ESOTERIC X-03 VS. AYRE C5XE Sorry, I thought that was obvious - it was the X-03. | |
| ESOTERIC X-03 VS. AYRE C5XE Kjl, another player you might want to consider is Lexicon´s new RT 20 CD/SACD-player. In Germany, two magazines tested the unit to sound as good, or even slightly better, than the Ayre and the Esoteric. Reinhold Martin of HiFi&Records, who own... | |
| Record Cleaning Machine I wonder where the myth of alcohol damaging vinyl came from. I have never seen, read about, or experienced anything of the sort. I still, in addition to using a Nitty Gritty, play my records wet, with the Swiss-made Lencoclean system, and I have d... | |
| SPEAKERS WITH ARCAM CD AND MCINTOSH6900 INTEGRATED Take a listen to Revel´s M22, which you will find used, too. Another listen should be the new Dynaudio 140, which, according to a review in Stereophile, is as good as the Special 25, for half the money. | |
| Recommendation for best Joe Jackson records? Thanks everyone, I just ordered five of his LPs from my trusted vinyl-dealer in Germany, according to your recommendations. | |
| Living Voice Mystic Mat Experiences The Mystic Mat is NOT the same as the german Carbon Mat - which I saw in a German store. The Mystic Mat definitely does not soften dynamics - just the opposite. There is another new review of the Mystic Mat by Edward Barker on sixmoons.com, I thin... | |
| Living Voice Mystic Mat Experiences I use it together with Rudolf Bruil´s Outer Record Ring and a record weight on my Scheu Premier (Eurolab in the US), and was flabbergasted by the improvement: better defined bass and voices, better soundstaging. The improvement was greater, in fac... | |
| Best John Lee Hooker vinyl old and re-issue By the way, I just came upon a new reissue by Speaker´s Corner:John Lee Hooker - Get Back Home in the USA (2LPs) | |
| any comments on demagnitizing cds ? I am a RD-2 owner for two years. In my highly revealing system, the improvement with every disc - better and more bass, better soundstaging, less harsh sound, better defined voices - is often so startingly that a high end-loving friend of mine, wh... | |
| Time for a "massive" turntable: Spacedeck vs Scheu Restock,I was on the same way, choosing between a Nottingham and a Scheu, I ended up with a Scheu Premier, partnered with a Scheu-Tacco-arm. I think that the Scheu is without competition not only in his price bracket, but much above. You will get ... | |
| SCHEU Premier substitution RWD,sorry I forgot, Soundscape is a dealer specialised in analogue audio, based in Singapore, who has one of the best sites on the net on a lot of vinyl (soundscapehifi.com). He usually posts over on the vinyl-asylum, carries Scheu among others, a... | |
| SCHEU Premier substitution Darkmoebius, Rwd,no, I myself do have a Tacco, but I have never compared the Tacco to any Schroeder. Over on the German www.analog-forum.de, member "Tom" compared the first version of the Tacco to his Schroeder, and found the Tacco to be close to ... | |
| Grace Design m902 vs. Benchmark DAC1? Kerimf,you might want to check John Mark´s columns on the Stereophile -site. He has compared both units, and prefers the Grace, especially as a DAC |