johnnyb53
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| Well recorded records ... what are your picks? 03-21-09: Tricon_daveLes Brown goes Direct to Disc...this sounds so natural and dynamic. I've got to get more direct to disc recordings!Yeah, baby! Commercially impractical though D2D LPs may be, they are the best-sounding home audio format. I'm a... | |
| lps chamber music like the old digital early 80's Go to http://www.acousticsounds.com and do a search for cello on vinyl. There are lots of great high quality reissues by Speakers Corner of RCA Living Stereo, Mercury Living Presence, and DG recordings. Many of these are iconic.Take special note o... | |
| Upgrade speaker cables OR amp for Dynaudio C4's? 03-18-09: PdreherJohnnyb53 - I have three Silent Running Audio VR series isolation platforms on order & due to arrive next week.... so my isolation issues should be largely addressed... and the C4's have nice plinths with adjustable threaded p... | |
| Upgrade speaker cables OR amp for Dynaudio C4's? 03-12-09: PdreherThe C4's are rated @ 4 ohms nominal / 3.3 ohms minimum / 88dB.The Plinius SA-102 owners manual states that bridging them as monoblocks will "provide an extremely high performance option". The manual goes on to state that care shou... | |
| Passive pre with class ''D'' power amps, issues ?? Seems that one would have a leg up on system matching to use a Channel Islands passive pre plus their Class D amps with 32 dB gain. | |
| What is "rich mans" DL-103? What about the Zu-103?As for the DL-S1, it's available here, here, and for $100 less, here. | |
| Best Album Purchase, or Best Evaluating Record Whenever I do a tweak or an upgrade, I reach for the Diana Krall Christmas Songs LP, and not the 200g black version, but the 150g transparent red version. It sounds wonderful. It has everything--SOTA analog source recording, great mastering, femal... | |
| Passive pre with class ''D'' power amps, issues ?? You'll improve your odds of success with something like the Sonic Euphoria, which controls attenuation via multiple transformer taps rather than resistors. With no AC input it can provide (depending on the configuration you specify) anything from ... | |
| new to me turntable and preamp 03-16-09: Csw77777And Zen, there must be something to those bellaris, those things go like hotcakes on saturday morning.If you go with the Bellari, make sure you get a cartridge of fairly high output. For example, the Denon DL-110 would be borderl... | |
| Audio Alchemy repair ... not to mention that there have been a "few" advancements in DAC performance in the last dozen years since AA closed down. Also, I'm sure you can pick up a used one from eBay for a lot less than you could get one fixed IF you could get one fixed. | |
| Replacement Feet For Rega Planar 3 I want to attach them, not just lay the table on top of them. Opinions? Thank you!ZoltarcatOops, I missed that part. Since Star Sound has already been recommended, I'm going to assume that the Rega feet are screwed in with metric M6 threads. You c... | |
| Replacement Feet For Rega Planar 3 This is a very low-risk one to try: get a set of four Vibrapod cones and four vibrapod feet. You'd have to weigh your turntable to determine if you should use Vibrapod 1 (use 4 for an 8-to 12-lb. component) or Vibrapod 2 (use 4 for 16-30 lb. compo... | |
| Speaker and Integrated Amp Dilemna I think you are asking for trouble to put ported full-range floorstanding speakers in a room that small. You will have a hard time keeping the bass from overwhelming the tonal balance. You'd at least have to stuff something in the ports to keep ba... | |
| Possibile new Integreated recomendation I'm getting hooked on the smoothness, speed, low noise floor, current delivery, transparency, and dynamics of a well-executed class D amp. At your price point, I'd sure give a listen to a PS Audio GCC-250. Originally $3500, they've evidently been ... | |
| Budget Turntable Agiaccio: I have a few questions for you:You suggested a couple of rigs from Rega and Clearaudio in the $1500 range. 1) If your bro-in-law has only 50 albums and no intention of expanding that, why would he want to toss that much money just to pla... |