john_l
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| When Traveling, Best Way to Hear CDs... I used to fly quite a bit and portability was king. I found my best solution was a set of Sony NC-20 noise reduction headphones and a Sony D-335 CD player (an old $300+ model). The noice cancellation could have been more powerful but at it allowed... | |
| BAT VK 3i vs Audible illusions mod3a ?? I tried a modulus 3a & I didn't care for it. I only ran it with my mccormack amp/virgos/nordost. It was a mid year 2000 unit that had some telefunken NOS tube in it & the new stepped attenuators. I found it to be warmer but significantly n... | |
| Music trivia anyone? Hey Undertaker ! Great going! You got all four correct!1) SRV and Double Trouble had actually set up an interview promo/play date to support their new album 'Texas Flood'. It was to be on a day that Bowie's tour was not playing. Bowie heard about ... | |
| BAT VK 3i vs Audible illusions mod3a ?? The bat VK30Se is the second best preamp I have heard with my vt100m2. The best is the vk50SE. My old ARC Ref1 was very good too. Does Anyone have any feedback on how good/bad the vk30Se optional phono stage is ? | |
| Best Tube Amp under 10K? Tough question. Tube amps are different enough that you really have to buy according to your tastes. Some of my favorites are: vt100m2 (which I own)(transparent, full sounding and very natural), BAT 150SE's (even more transparent with amazing prec... | |
| Best CD Trans. under 1,500 My money would go to a sony 777 SACD. Those have digital outputs but also a good quality dac. new for 1600ish. | |
| Music trivia anyone? Hey Albert. SRV was far more important than Bowie in making Let's Dance a good album. I used to be a concert security drone and of the performers I've seen Bowie definitely won the God Complex Crown.Here are some trivia questions on the Bowie/SRV:... | |
| Please Help: High-End car audio Buy a used Lexus ! They have awesome stock stereos. I've never heard a really good 'custom' car stereo implementation. | |
| LP playback is lacking - any ideas? The retube on a ph-3 is dirt cheap - $40-50 or so. The tubes live 2000 hours. I would go to someone other than ARC for the tubes. They are (sovtek?) standard 6922's. ARC really overcharges for their tubes these days. On the topic of cartridge load... | |
| Directv booster or amplifier You can buy an non-powered amplifier at radio shack for ten bucks. They sell plug in models that are more powerful. | |
| BAT VK30SE with SS Amp? I tried the vk30Se in my system which was Pass aleph 2's with the aleph P preamp, nordost red dawn & tranparent ref cabling, and virgo speakers. It really didn't work as well for the aleph 2's as the aleph P preamp. It took away a little resol... | |
| Help w/ beginner s room treatment Great posts everyone. You sound like quite a bit more than a beginner to me too. Something I have found to be beneficial is to put plants and trees in the corners of the room. This has high WAF too. Also, if you have a coffee table, try to cover i... | |
| Good Cowboy Junkies "Trinity Sessions"? By the way, my LP's numbers are: 7863-58568-1, 8568-1-R (same as metaphysics). | |
| Good Cowboy Junkies "Trinity Sessions"? My 'Trinity Session' LP is a BMG/RCA. I got it for $4 thirty minutes after buying my first record player (a rega 25). It had just hit the 'new today' bin. A great shopping moment to remember.... I greatly prefer it to the standard 'rca' CD I have.... | |
| Good Cowboy Junkies "Trinity Sessions"? I have the trinity session on both vinyl and the RCA cd. The vinyl version is much better. I always thought the rca cd was a great recording, but the vinyl trounces it. I hope it comes out on SACD. It actually is a direct to digital recording. |