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| What is the most challenging music to play on a stereo? Something I know and like that is well recorded. | |
| Only two tracks to test your system, forever! Out All Night, The Pietasters Never Be, Mustard Plug | |
| Looking for good recordings of female vocals I have not yet tried... Linda Ronstadt (no doubt mentioned earlier) Not sure if these have too much background: Dancehall Crashers (Honey, I'm Homely) and Suspect Bill (Bill Me Later) - neo swing. I use a couple of these to test audio Courtney Love (if you can ignore... | |
| How many of you are digital only systems? I have been all digital for over 20 years. The reason: my laziness > the nice warmth of analog. Since my initial switch to CD's the servers had made this that much more attractive. I currently use a Melco (via ethernet, UPnP) into a dCS Bart... | |
| What Are Your Reference Discs? or Specific Reference Tracks My "testing" playlist is really just tracks that I enjoy and know well in my system. So, if I stop by a hif-fi store I'll bring a thumb drive with a few such tracks. After I break in a new wire, say, I'll play these and listen for certain things... | |
| looking for a Integrated amp $6,000 range I've used a BAT 3000SE for the last 3+ years. Built like a tank. 150 watts per side. Hybrid, so two tubes in the pre-ampstage. It lists at $8000, but I believe cosmetics will change soon to be in line with new BAT look, so you may be able to g... | |
| About to invest in room treatments; GIK, RealTraps, DIY -- what is your experience? I have a similar ceiling height. I got Vicoustic bass traps and ceiling panels at first. I was ready to get some wall panels, but Vicoustic kept changing their design for hanging/adhering to the wall. After 4 months of waiting my dealer gave me... | |
| DAC volume controls Many thanks, three_easy_payments. You are correct, the A10 does not have an analog volume control. | |
| BAT VK-3000SE owners, what else is in your chain? BAT 3000-SE +Streamer / DAC: Aurender A10Sub: REL T-1Speakers: Raidho D-1Love the BAT. Enough power, sweet sound. Solid build, great remote. Also a lot of steps in the attenuation. A quality that is sometimes overlooked, I think. |