karelfd
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| Your fav online resource for high end gear is.... At the end of the day the ears will decide. But before one can do that, one has to know what is out there crying "buy me". Also, auditioning the object of desire is not always possible (take the example of the splendid SRA platforms that are model... | |
| Beautiful Monitors? Rosso Fiorentino Fiesole, with the optional Murata supertweeter (that does NOT sit on top but is stylishly integrated, of course) it does exceed your $4k limit, unfortunately. Without the supertweeter, it should be in the range $3.5k (new)http://w... | |
| Harmonix- Finite elemente ..? Finite Elemente Ceraballs are indeed excellent (even great in their price range) and widely effective. I would advise anyone using a Spider rack to substitute the special Spider version of the Ceraballs for the resonance dampers that come customar... | |
| Ayon, AMR, Karan, and Plinius Combos I can perhaps contribute another bit, but again not the whole puzzle.I have the AMR CD-77 in my system for almost two years now and am still loving it. Mind you, if you go "77", you will only have USB, can't go back to SPDIF.I heard the CD-77 with... | |
| What tables will you be looking At? Here's a very similar thread that started just a week ago, perhaps you can bundle the information2009 Rocky Mountain Audio Fest Hot Analog | |
| WHERE ARE THE BIG DAC ??? Jadis JS1 MkIII and Zanden 5000 MkIV Signature are both in the $15-20k range new (I believe) but whether you will find any of those used at 1/2 remains an entirely other question. Also, second Accustic Arts Tube-DAC II SE as one that would have to... | |
| Difference between KT88 EAT and NOS in Jadis Not "long time" (1 year) experience, but I have used a pair of EAT KT88 Diamond Valves in my former Unison S2K. They came at almost a quarter of the amp's price, but they heaved it into an entirely other league compared to the Sovteks the amp orig... | |
| Great Jack Bruce Albums,which ones? You must be thinking of West, Bruce & Laing. The L in B.L.T. is drummer Bill Lordan, a regular companion to Robin Trower on a number of albums. | |
| Bergmann air-bearing turntable at RMAF? Thanks for the input, it sure adds to my curiosity. Btw, I use a Transfiguration myself and am extremely pleased with it, is that some sort of supernatural sign perhaps ...?And talk about an even bigger coincidence, I perused the RMAF website and ... | |
| The best small bookshelf speaker you ever heard? Tidal Amea (still awaiting an opportunity to hear the Amea Diacera which is mor than likely even better).http://www.tidal-audio.de/english/amea1.htmIn the very compact category (12x6x9), Kiso HB1 by guitar and violin builder Takamine leaps to my m... | |
| Stanley Clarke Trio: Jazz in the Garden, now what? I have eventually ordered the Japanese issue, so delivery took a while. This is one fine record and if you like this music, I must strongly recommend the full 13 tracks version. Very varied material including a surprising and powerful cover of the... | |
| Hi-Fi Power Conditioner ? PS Power Plant Premier, used between $ 1.2 and 1.5 I would guess. A little advantage on the side, you can loop the antenna through as well.Attention if you intend to leave everything switched on at the same time: check the overall power requiremen... | |
| multiple TT, need 1 adjustable phono preamp Hi, here's another candidate (especially if you have vintage vynil!): AMR PH-77 with 3 selectable inputs and a multitude of parameters to choose from - actually 4 inputs, but 1 "direct" is not to be used when the 3 alternative "normal" inputs are ... | |
| USA 3 pin to Euro Schuko mains adapters Systems & Magic have excellent products. In Europe an adapter costs 20 EUR. Here is their websitehttp://www.systemsandmagic.com/index_file/adattatori_en.htm(Unfortunately, they appear to have formating problems with their site, presently, so t... | |
| Best Cd Player under $4000? If you are going to spend up to US 4k for a cd-player, make sure to audition the "baby" AMR CD-777. I admit not having heard it myself yet (still eagerly looking for an opportunity), but if it has the genes of CD-77 you must not worry over either ... |