jim204
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| Do classical CDs made from early analog tapes sound better on your system than new CDs? I have really been taken aback by some of the retorts given here and have to say that I am greately pleased by some of the reissues from old analogue recordings. Early last year I purchased Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde in the EMI recording with ... | |
| Isotek EVO3 Sigmas I don't know if you have thought of this before but is your elctric supply to your system from your ring main or a dedicated supply from your box to your system alone . I have made myself a new spur with Neotech 3001 mains cable, it's fantastic st... | |
| How does one (grow) as a music listener/lover? I find as I grow older that I am now willing to experience new for me composers that I would never have thought of before . When I was young I only listened to a very small spectrum of music from the so called Great Composers and even that was qui... | |
| The MP3 is finally...dead! Well not to tread on anyones toes as I am a relative newcomer here and maybe my rough Scottish manners maybe taken as being a bit all knowing but I also think would anyone like to tell me if flac is as good as uncompressed wav files. I have heard ... | |
| What is your favorite budget audio component? Made up two mains cables for myself with SR blue fuses in each at half the cost of my JPS Kaptovator and can't tell the difference between them. | |
| The MP3 is finally...dead! Not to put too fine a point on it but there are MP3s and MP3s of which I class the BBC Radio 3 broadcasts as some of the finest out there. They have always been famed for simple microphone techniques of which I have seen at many of the concerts I ... | |
| Who makes budget speaker cables which are truly “good” or “exceptional” in quality? Not to malign Peter Walker but he also used the absolute worst audio contact ever namely the DIN plug and sockets. The level of hum these things gave drove people to distraction and anyway one could not use any thicker cables in those other than t... | |
| Which one is the best INTEGRATED!! I would definitely say the Gryphon Diablo, I know it well and will say that it would be a great middle for your source and speakers. I have heard it with the Esoteric 3 box system and Gryphon Pantheon speakers awesome is the only word I can come u... | |
| Headphones for ~$1k Hi there I would heartily endorse The Senheiser HD800 as I have them and would not use anything else. You say they were a touch analytical but I would say accurate is the word for them. Once you experience them and also Stax phones you will be spo... | |
| Newbie Looking for Advice on Streaming Music I would heartily recomend the Oppo Sonica DAC, I use one from my main Computer / DAW to my Head Amp from USB when mastering CD's and can say I have only good things to say about it. I don't use anything else on it but the USB straight in to the He... | |
| high-efficiency loudspeakers @kqvkq with regard to Quad ESL 57s the recomended maximum amp size was 45 wpc as I had them and when Quad brought out their 405 current dumping amplifier they stipulated that you had to put current limiting resistors in it to limit the amp to 45wp... | |
| Zerostat: Old is Gold? I bought a Zerostat blue which I presume to be made in China over here in the UK a few months ago and it works just as well as the one I first bought 40 odd years ago. Oh and the price was just 42 pounds so I think someone is making a killing some... | |
| Upgrading form Pass integrated amplifier to a better one I must agree also that the Gryphon is anything but thin sounding, I think it is one of the best amps made at any price today. If you are a lover of classical music this is what the 300 was made for ,the treble is extended and so smooth. I have hea... | |
| What music or equipment gifts did you get for Christmas this year? my wife bought me two SR Blue fuses. Very impressed !!! | |
| Throughly disappointed with my new Yamaha A-3000 Integrated....... My friend has the exact same problem which is very annoying as in all other areas it is a superb amp. He uses large Zingalli speakers which are very efficient and an easy load. It goes off for no apparent reason even when not playing music at all.... |