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| More good news for SACD.... Awesome! I hope they do Animals and Wish You Were Here soon too... | |
| Reference quality sacd discs I'll go ahead and say it, I'm sure others will agree, the Jacintha "Autumn Leaves" disc on Groove Note is amazing--one of my personal reference discs. | |
| Who is your overall favorite guitarist? GarciaFrippKnopfler, andZappa are all favorites, and how about Leo Kottke for sheer innovation.Favorite is probably Garcia for his ability to intuitively integrate venue acoustics into his sound and thus "play" the whole damn place, not just the i... | |
| Audio Physic Virgo 3 vs. Usher's Compass 8571?? Haven't heard the Ushers, but I have spent some time with the Virgo IIIs connected to various tube and SS rigs. In all cases sources were the same (Linn Ikemi, Sony 500V on SACD) and my impression was that they're a little on the dry side, I woudn... | |
| Help me tame the brightness of my Triangles I have Cometes and have found the speed and detail addicting, but I do believe they require tremendous attention to tweakage to sound their best, and not take your head off. I found that putting them on truly massive stands helped. Not a factor wi... | |
| Opinions of Creek Integrated 5350se Hey Stephen,If you're going to keep the NHTs, get something with a LOT more juice than the Creek. I used to have a pair, and after trying many amps concluded that they don't really open up until you feed 'em some serious high-current power. Somebo... | |
| Auctions - why bid early? Another theory I have about this is that it's kind of like bluffing with poker. If somebody sees something (this is more applicable to Ebay than the 'gon, but anyway) they want, they may be reluctant to bid on it if there's already a bid, 'cause w... | |
| Death of Vinyl? Nah I was thinking about this today, my analog setup cost me $700 including table/arm, cartridge, phono stage, tweaks AND interconnects to my integrated amp. In other words, practically nothing for most folks around here. And it sounds absolutely AMAZ... | |
| Anybody heard the new Meadowlark Swifts? Thanks for the response, unsound. I'll just have to mosey down to the dealers and check 'em out myself, I guess. The Kestrels were right on time basswise IMHO, so if the Swifts are hurting there maybe I'll wander back to the old product line (and ... | |
| What's everybody listening to this evening? Robyn Hitchcock's Jewels for Sophia (the mellower tunes) and Nick Drake's compilation "Way to Blue." Was very pleased to hear people still listen to Dali's Car and Big Country... | |
| High quality DPL preamp? Hey Dan,Thanks a lot, I suspect these are both great suggestions. I was looking at an Angstrom a while back but passed it over for a Sherwood Newcastle with DD/DTS. It was actually quite decent sounding but probably not in the same league as the C... | |
| Are Meadowlark Kestrels shielded? Moving the Kestrels within about a foot of the screen caused discoloration on my direct-view TV, so it's my impression that the Kestrels are NOT shielded. YMMV (your magnets may vary). The Vireos and the Petrel are for sure, though. | |
| Quality bulk speaker cable? Thanks for the responses guys. I am considering going for a cheaper HT oriented system in which case I'd investigate these options, or I may stick with my two channel setup in which case I'll probably keep boutique cables. I am biwiring now with H... | |
| Do "Cardas Caps" make a difference? Zaikesman, I agree totally with your comments. That having been said, I own a set of them and when I reach behing my amp to change cables, my fingers love their cool reassuring metallic feel. My other favorite thing about them is that they came in... | |
| Benefits and Drawbacks to Shotgun Speaker Cables My experience with biwiring my Triangle Cometes (two seperate sets of cable on each side, I think this qualifies as shotgun but I'm still a little confused) produced exactly the same results Buckingham described. An audiophile buddy and myself imm... |