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| It is frustrating..... Excellent post! And I would add to that litany the rigidity of programming. Seems to me that either you get the warhorses, or new "difficult" music that I hate.I once suggested to the conductor he play more material from lesser known but very acce... | |
| best amp for Martin logan sl-3 Conflict alert! I helped provide feedback for design of this amp and am a junior partner in the company (although have not been active for last two years), BUTFor what it's worth, I believe our Clayton amps (S 40 or M100s or M70s) are a perfect ma... | |
| Why Don't More People Love Audio? Jsbail makes a very good point: Even if people know about the high end and even if they like the great sound, for 95% or more of the population convenience trumps quality anytime. People don't want to sit and listen. Heck my wife is so used to my ... | |
| Buidling a Classical Library - MUST HAVES! One way to get a handle on sound quality is to remember the names of top engineers. Not a guarantee, but usually indicates good sound. If performance is good, then you have what you want. Ex. RCA and Decca/London Kenneth Wilkinson EMI Christopher ... | |
| Hidden Audiophile Classics Original Showboat on early vinyl. Simply incredible. Matches and in some respects surpasses Sweeney Todd which is on the TAS list. | |
| REGA-VPI JR- LINN- OR ? UNDER $800 VPI. Lots of upgrades. Very stable platform. Used Linns are asking for heartaches (unless you have a friendly Linnie to help you out). Rega 3 best if brand new. | |
| Why Don't More People Love Audio? Followup: Why lack of interest in hifi I do think there has also been a shift in taste away from high fidelity. People have been trained to want BAD, electronic sound. By this I mean, that much of the high end is about correctly reproducing acoust... | |
| Why Don't More People Love Audio? Actually audio has real snob appeal in many countries in the Far East. Some buyers of expensive stuff love music, others want status. There is no status to hifi in the West. Why, I don't entirely understand. True story: when we first started selli... | |
| Best Audiophile Christmas Recordings You want good performances and great audio, go with the discs of Christmas arrangements for quartet on the John Marks record label. | |
| Best and worst of HP's TAS LP list The worst has to be Casino Royale! It's not really that bad, but to hype this processed, basically pop, studio-miked disc is ridiculous. This is no reference. On the other hand, the high quality classical picks are too many to list here. | |
| What kind of amplification for Martin Logan SL3 ? I am biased as a principal in the company, but Clayton Audio's S40 and M70 monos work extremely well with the SL3s. You need current and that's what you get -- pure class A (most so-called class A amps don't do full A till their rated output. Ours... | |
| Help! Linn, Sota, or Micro Seiki? SOTA is back in business. Tables and parts can be bought from them in Illinois. I'd say Linn and Sota are both good. Different sound. Linn is into that rhythm thang. Sota is more neutral, better for classical (IMHO). Linn is more widely available,... |