karelfd
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| Favourite ECM Titles Here's a very recent one (actually younger than this thread)Ralph Towner & Paolo Fresu, "Chiaroscuro"Apart from being artistically brilliant, I've added this to the CDs I like to take with me for auditioning gear | |
| Tally up best preamplifier ever Problems one runs into with these threads apart from taste and the very different systems a pre-amp may be part of, are of course that no-one really heard them all and it is a moving target over time. Which is why I find it interesting this thread... | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? Tidal Sunray | |
| Using Samsung DVD player as CD player? Agree entirely with previous posters; use your dvd until you've found a good cdp that suits your musical preferences (orchestral or rather chamber music, piano, opera?), but until such time you're throwing away a considerable chunk of the quality ... | |
| Well Tempered Amadeus VS WT reference Chashas and Schipo, that is as extremely interesting as it is surprising. Would you say the Amadeus does everything at least as good as the Reference (e.g. bass, soundstage) or are there areas where you would say there is a trade-off against the i... | |
| SET amps and biasing 300B's; expert advice needed Well, I had to drag it out of the dealer, but the tubes on offer were actually bought in Hong Kong by the first owner. According to information I found on the internet, products for the Chinese domestic market can deviate by up to 40% of original ... | |
| SET amps and biasing 300B's; expert advice needed Thanks Brf, the amp unfortunately does not feature any easily accessible biasing help and there is not a word in the very short manual about self-biasing, so I presume the latter is not the case. It is the blanket statement of the dealer with rega... | |
| Has anyone listened the new Argento Flow? Hi Geopolitis, before I start raving, let me tell you where I see myself with regard to cords and cables. I have adopted the belief that cables are of utter importance when that was still a small minority insight. However, I've also always held th... | |
| headphone amp I have no experience with Creek or Grado, but I would recommend in the strongest possible terms to look also at the Yamamoto HA-02. Granted, it will fill out your $1k budget completely, but if it cost twice that much it would still be an excellent... | |
| Favourite ECM Titles Slothman, thanks for mentioning Steve Tibbetts's "Yr". Brilliant! (How can I not have had this recording for so long.) | |
| Synergistic New Tesla Line...Any comments? I have schuko plugs, so I had the possibility to experiment with polarity of both the cable itself as well as the MPC. Unfortunately, that was not conclusive. Presently, I lean towards Tbg's idea concerning DC. I'll try one more thing: unplug ever... | |
| Importance of Good Speaker Stands? I have Liedtke stainless steel "Diva Exclusive" stands and have filled them with very fine quartz sand (odorless :-)) from the DIY store. As pointed out by Jax2 and Vandermeulen: dirt cheap and may prove to be a tremendously effective tweak. One w... | |
| Synergistic New Tesla Line...Any comments? Promised to give feedback on my loud MPC: Turning plug and MPC in all possible constellations did not help, nor did plugging the MPC into a wall receptacle. Only when I moved it to the Tidal system that is fed through the PS Premier did it almost ... | |
| Synergistic New Tesla Line...Any comments? Thanks for the advice. The buzz definitely comes from the MPC itself, I'll experiment a bit during the weekend (other receptacle, other source etc.) and report back. | |
| Favourite ECM Titles Wonderful, Argyro, hope to get valuable information from this thread myself. My favourites off the top of my head:Jarrett, Peacock, DeJohnette - "Whisper Not"Jarrett, Peacock, DeJohnette - "My Foolish Heart"Arve Henriksen - "Cartography"Miroslav V... |