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| What is your best kept secret in mid-fi? A well kept secret appears to be the fact that a CD straight out of the box is an unfinished product. Yes, it will play but any CD can be greatly improved:step 1: bevel the outer edge of the CD using the Gläss CD - SOUND - IMPROVER.step 2: color t... | |
| New Guy asking for help Now that the Society for Putting Things on Top of Other Things is no longer, you should found the Society for Using This with That or That with This. Should make for some very silly annual meetings. | |
| Tweeter height - how to compensate? Something doesn't add up here: if you are of average height, sitting on a standard sofa and your ear is 6 to 8" below the tweeter, then either the designer of the speaker is somewhat detached from the real world or she intentionally put the tweete... | |
| Tweeter height - how to compensate? You did not describe what is wrong with the sound. It's just a rule of thumb that the tweeter should be at ear height but ultimately the distance from the speaker, the speakers dispersion characteristics and whether the speaker is used as the desi... | |
| help me get into gospel Ony of my all time gospel favorites is "Spirituals & Gospel: Dedicated to Mahalia Jackson" by Mavis Staples and Lucky Peterson. Glorious Hammond B3 on every other track, vocals that send a child down your spine and, icing on the cake, excellen... | |
| Latin Music Start with some older Celia Cruz albums. As far as I remember, salsa was mainly developed in the U.S., by Latin American immigrants, but it's spread. Buena Vista Social Club is not Salsa but various other Cuban styles. | |
| 1s are 1s, 0s are 0s, right? Check the archives here at Audiogon and Audio Asylum. This topic has been discussed to death over the last dozen years.And I agree, transports and cables have an impact on the sound. | |
| Technics SL-10 Linear Tracking If found this site (http://www.agtannenbaum.com) which appears to be selling copies of manuals. The SL-10 manual sets you back 20 bucks. | |
| Why can't I hear 20 years of phono 'progress'?? Or become a DJ. Two 'tables is all you need :) | |
| Why can't I hear 20 years of phono 'progress'?? Twl said it all. My experience: old rigs can still sound great. My Audiomeca J1 which has at least fifteen years of age (I don't know precisely because I bought it used ten years ago) with a Benz Glider (not fifteen years old ;) still sounds phant... | |
| Female Vocalist like Diana Krall, Jacintha. Try Lizz Wrigth, her album Salt is out on Verve. | |
| Compare Proceed PRE & PAV Are you sure you want to go with Proceed now that the brand is being phased out and merged into Mark Levinson? | |
| Audiophile or quality recordings Talking Book, Inner Visions and Songs in the Key of Life (and possibly others that I do not have) were reissued by Motown/Universal in 2000 as nice sounding 24 bit remasterings. Naturally, I still prefer my original vinyl copies, but these remaste... | |
| Ray Brown, Monty Alexander, Russell Malone CD I bought it when it came out and I remember that I thoroughly enjoyed it. I will dig it up tomorrow and give it a spin. Thanks for reminding me :) | |
| What LP shows what analog can do? The Heifetz box containing nine Living Stereo reissues on 200g vinylNorah Jones on 200g vinyl |