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| Will VPI scout or Michell Tecnodec beat my emmlabs Depends on your listening priorities. If you like the vinyl sound--and some of us actually don't--buy a turntable. If you prefer digital, then put your money into fine-tuning that. As far as I'm concerned, the EMM stuff is the best source I've eve... | |
| Beautiful Equipment Stands? Silent Running Audio Craz-4 or Craz-8. In my experience, the best-performing and best-built racks out there. I've tried a few. | |
| Jena Labs owners- Speaker cable +/- spacing? I use cable elevators, and try to space the cables as much as is practical, but I don't hear any difference when I put them on top of or alongside each other. I think you'll be OK either way. The elevators help remove the cables from the carpet, w... | |
| Your 3 favorite serious low end recordings Check out Bettye Lavette's "I've Got My Own Hell to Raise." My left kidney stopped working for a minute from all the pounding. :) | |
| What song best sums up the previous year? "Heroes"--the world is full of them, both sung and unsung. | |
| Spendor vs. Von Schweikert? I've owned a number of Von Schweikert speakers over the years, and have loved each of them. They're very musical speakers that keep getting better with better components. They're one of the very few speakers in my experience that don't have a "cei... | |
| Calling all Von Schweikert VR-9 owners Problem solved!!! In my attempt to isolate the problem, I discovered that the issue was with internal grounding, not with the speakers at all. I've started to experiment with using different grounding schemes inside my DarTZeel amps--the amps allo... | |
| Calling all Von Schweikert VR-9 owners Thanks for the input, everyone. I'll contact B&O to see what they have to say, but I'm starting to think that the buzz is just normal transformer noise. I'm just over 7' away, and combined with the speaker's high sensitivity and my bat ears, m... | |
| Best Isolation HRS? SRA? Zoethecus? Symposium? Jtinn: Good question. At the time I was making my isolation decisions you handled both GPA & SRA (you already had the GPA line). Any way, you were the one that so strongly suggested I get the SRA products, and told me they were better! As you ... | |
| Which CD/r are best for audio recording? Try the Verbatim Super Azos. You can buy them in a special, "Digital Vinyl" edition, which mimics the appearance of an LP. I did an extensive test of numerous CD-Rs, and to me these sounded the best. The next-best option would be a high-quality bl... | |
| custom built rack's. I agree wholeheartdely with Fmpnd. The Silent Running Audio Craz rack is, IMHO, the way to go. It can be custom built to your EXACT specifications, and will probably survive a direct hit from a tactical nuke! It's overbuilt to an absolutely absurd... | |
| Best Isolation HRS? SRA? Zoethecus? Symposium? For me, the choice wasn't even close. I opted for Silent Running Audio's Craz rack and Ohio Class XL+ isolation platforms, and haven't looked back. IMHO, there's nothing better on the market, and that includes Grand Prix Audio. The secret is that ... | |
| Have EMM cdp and DCC2 - what turntable to buy I'm in the decided minority on this one, but in my experience the EMM CDSD/DCC2 combo is simply the best source I've ever heard, period. And I've heard a number of SOTA turntables--in my home, in other people's homes, and at shows. Sure, top-notch... | |
| best high sensitivity full range speak under 15k VSA DB-99 or Zu Definition. Both great speakers, but I'd probably give the overall edge to the Von Schweikert. | |
| Dartzeel amp lives up to hype Congrats, Snook. The DartZeel amp is one of the best audio purchases I've ever made--albeit an expensive one. I've heard and owned some of the best amps out there, regardless of price, and the Dart is the best I've heard. I was scared that there w... |