jbecker
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| Robert & Alison-Raising Sand I was disappointed with this album. It is very laid back, which is not a bad thing (although I was hoping Plant might let his voice rip at least in a few tracks), but, to me, it is a very uninspiring 'laid back', almost boring.And I don't like the... | |
| Applications for Shunyata Hydra ? Hello,I have a Hydra 4 which I plug my mono blocks and Vandersteen Quatros. Recently my house experienced a power surge from the Electric Co. It was substantial. It took out the Hydra and one of the Quatro amps. The monoblocks suffered a blown fus... | |
| Eastern Electric Tubed CD player: Good Value?? I've owned the Eastern player for a year now and have had no problems with it. I find it to be very musical. It does not have an 'aggressive' sound which I find so many players under 1K possess. My main love is still vinyl playback but I find I ca... | |
| what amp. to power areial 10-t speakers Hi, I've owned the 10T's for 10 years now. They love (and need) a lot of power. I mean ALOT. I was using a CA300 which gave me years of great listening, but when I splurged on a pair of Classe monoblocks (CAM350) the magic just poured out of the A... | |
| Nordost Blue Heaven to SPM Reference I am using the SPM's in my system and I have no problem with the bass response. It's there, it's deep, and it's tight. I have not heard the Blue Heavens.The SPM's are fast, and this 'quickness' could, I suspect, be heard as somewhat 'lean'. In oth... | |
| Help please with AC line voltage problems...... I use the Hydra (not the new model) and find it "opens" up the sound and creates an amazing soundstage. Highly recommended and built beautifully.Good luck--sorry to hear about your firework display. | |
| How do you troubleshoot a pair of Aerial 10Ts? My Aerials did not come alive until I upgraded from 150 watts to 300--solid state. These speakers are not boomy--they, like so many have stated, have a real appetite for power. When they are well fed, the bass is fantastic. I also found the bass i... | |
| Why do we listen to music? My system was down for six weeks, and I felt the absence of music in my home. Even though I used my computer 'system' during that time, it could not fill the void. Which makes me wonder about your two-fold question--if music was all that mattered,... | |
| Best CCR album? Thanks all for the recommendations. This is the kind of feedback that makes Audiogon one of my favorites to visit at least once daily. | |
| NOS Tubes inferior? Well, I would like to thank all of you for the time taken to address this topic. It has been helpful and insightful. I do believe that this hobby has a real potential for crossing the 'fun' line. It can be thrilling to experiment with components a... | |
| Hydra-what cords do you use to your components? Sidewinders for amp, pre-amp, cd/dvd, and turntable. Just purchased a used Mamba for the DAC. Totally musical. | |
| Aerial 6's lighter in the low end than the 7b's... I agree with the previous remarks. I own the 10T's and find the bass to be defined but never bloaty. They are very amp sensitive, meaning, they need a lot of power to show off what they can do; some very nice tube amps were auditioned and I found ... | |
| FMS Cables?? I owned a pair of Microwave balanced interconnects and found them to be very neutral, detailed (without becoming dry), and transparent. I put them in and forgot about em.I'd still own them but the preamp I bought was not balanced and so I traded t... | |
| VansEvers Clean Line I used The Unlimiter for three years and was completely happy with its effects. It was the only pc conditioner I found which didn't change the tonal quality of the system. I recently replaced it with the Hydra, an exceptional, but expensive condit... | |
| suggestions for DVD player as transport You don't specify a price range; I was in the same boat and bought a Denon 2800 DVD player. I use it as a transport with my MSB (The plate) DAC and it is sweet sounding (for CD's). My main love remains analog (read: that's where the big money goes... |