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| Sviatoslav Richter. Greatest pianist of the last century? ... and almost forgot Argerich. | |
| Sviatoslav Richter. Greatest pianist of the last century? I never enjoyed Richter. For me, he seemed too mechanical. Perhaps it is time to try again... I prefer Kempff for Beethoven and Gould for Bach. After them, there are many great 'all-round pianists' from the last century. - including include As... | |
| That Transformational piece of Gear We All Wish For 1st 'wow' - upgrading from a mid-fi integrated (B&K) to Class A separates (Ayer). 2nd, but smaller 'wow' - upgrading the caps in the Ayre amp (to higher end Ayre caps) 3rd 'wow' - upgraded my Ayre preamp to a tube-based Audio Research Ref ... | |
| Power Cord for Accuphase Amplifier If you are trying to stay under $500 - For the past few years, I have been using ANTICABLES Level-3 Power Chords and am quite pleased with them. They sound better than stock chords and start at a sensible $330 (more $ for longer lengths). I hav... | |
| Power Cord for Accuphase Amplifier jfrmusic @lalitk stated "I will check out Audio Envy and Zavfino." FYI - I do not have experience with Zafino, but I have owned a couple of Audio Envy power chords. IMO, the AE power chords were poorly designed, poorly constructed and actuall... | |
| Mainstream Phono Stages Incorporating Premium Branded PCB Parts - Do They Exist? @ lewm Thanks for the thoughts, but it seems odd to me that you would jump to such conclusions with so little information. To address each point: 1st - Yes, I do know exactly which Caps were installed. 2nd - Yes, I do. The difference in SQ cr... | |
| Mainstream Phono Stages Incorporating Premium Branded PCB Parts - Do They Exist? I recently had the Caps replaced in my SS Amp by the Manufacturer. Knowing the shipping costs was the larger-half, I decided to have 'upgraded' caps installed. They are Great! quicker attack (but not analytical), better tone, clearer decay. ... | |
| Do You Have to Play a Component to Warm it Up? Warming up speakers, for a few minutes, may also help increase the plasticity of the surrounds. That being said, the improvement may be difficult to hear. Also, the manufacturer of my new preamp suggested breaking-in the unit by playing music... | |
| Half-Speed Masters - are they worth double dipping? @ mahler123 "Vinyl adoration is a religion. Like all religions its worshippers are impervious to reason." Sadly, it seems that you have exhausted the facts of your assertion (that CDs have, in practice, a higher DR than LPs) and retreated to ri... | |
| McIntosh 2105 pairing with Klipsch Cronwall’s? Congratulations on your new Amps! Even though you already placed the order, it is great to read/learn from all of the responses. I hope they meet your hopes and expectations. | |
| Ebay selling my missing amplifier Snook2 - sorry for your situation, but please keep us aware of the developments. Moreover, but I am so impressed with the help/advice from the AG respondents. Kudos to all! | |
| Vibration Control jasonbourne71 "Hearsay belief not scientifically validated." Not so fast... At CAF many years ago, I passed by a vendor demonstrating arched-wood isolation devices that were sold to fit under stereo component's feet. These devices were the ... | |
| Looking for RCA cables from preamp to amp? I have also been researching OCC XLR cables, and I found a new manufacturer (to me, at least): Artic Cables, supposedly are "Handcrafted in Florida, USA". FYI - From their website (below) it appears that they have invested in new OCC production e... | |
| Looking for RCA cables from preamp to amp? I recently purchased a pair of Mogami XLR cables (~$60) a month ago to help with troubleshooting a connection issue. They worked fine for troubleshooting, but IMO, they are definitely not for high SQ musical reproduction. They are going into a... | |
| Half-Speed Masters - are they worth double dipping? P.S. - going full circle, many Half-Speed Mastered, uber-vinyl pressed LPs have a noise-floor that is below (my) hearing at elevated SP levels. This could/should also be considered when comparing CDs to LPs. Best, |