kennyb
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| Dvorak Symphony No. 2 Classic records excellent Tzh21y - what do you have the load set to in your Xono?If you don't hear air on that SC Merc - and you don't find the Classic Bartok to be bright - it could be that you have too much load on your cartridge. | |
| Dvorak Symphony No. 2 Classic records excellent If the change to VTA has made the Speakers Corner reissue sound good - and at the same time made the Classic RCAs sound bad, I'd say that you are now hearing things correctly.(I'm somewhat joking)There is no evidence here that the Speakers Corner ... | |
| Dvorak Symphony No. 2 Classic records excellent What do you mean by "heavy sounding"? Can you elaborate?I'm in agreement with Chashas1 - this is a delightful recording. And I am also wondering if maybe something is wrong with your setup (and maybe your friend's too).The other thing it could be ... | |
| PS audio Ultimate outlet or Quintet? I could not stand the Quintet in my system. I found that it mucked with the treble too much. Initially the cleaner sound of the treble leads you to believe that the Quintet must be working well. But over time the treble gets annoying. I ended up m... | |
| Power cords, AC line conditioners---preferences? I can't speak highly enough of Nordost's power products, as they have transformed my system. I started with a Magus loom. This beat a mix of much more expensive power cords (from ESP, LessLoss & PS Audio). I next moved to a Vishnu loom. This w... | |
| Dvorak Symphony No. 2 Classic records excellent Great system Tzh21y!! I owned the Glider many years ago and presently use the Xono. The Delos will be HUGE upgrade from the Glider, I think. Among the biggest upgrades I've done is swapping a Clearaudio Sigma for the Glider. I felt this change pus... | |
| Dvorak Symphony No. 2 Classic records excellent My favorite Mercury reissues from Speakers Corner are two that Sbrown listed: SR90253 and SR90153. The Rachmaninoff PC 3 is a stunning performance.Other favorites include the Stravinsky box (the Petruchka is stunning), the Staker box, and SR90246 ... | |
| Dvorak Symphony No. 2 Classic records excellent Tzh21y - It's difficult to comment on what impact your tube amp might be having without knowing the rest of your gear. You should add your system.Having said that, I would look to the cartridge and phono stage before I'd look to the amp. A tube am... | |
| Dvorak Symphony No. 2 Classic records excellent Chashas1 asked about LSC 2374. I just compared the 180g Classic to the CD layer on the hybrid SACD. To my ears, the Classic is horrendous. The CD isn't perfect, but its sins are sins of omission. The CD should have a fuller sound, and richer c... | |
| Dvorak Symphony No. 2 Classic records excellent The Speakers Corner Mercurys are among my best sounding classical LPs. | |
| Dvorak Symphony No. 2 Classic records excellent I agree with you on Mercury Living Presence. If you want to hear what really good reissues sound like, check out the Speakers Corner Mercurys. These are absolutely stunning. | |
| Dvorak Symphony No. 2 Classic records excellent Tzh21y - to which reissue are you referring when you say you hear no hardness? I may have confused things by referencing LSC-1934 in your post about the Dvorak.In terms of my tracking force, I don't recall the number exactly, but it's within the ... | |
| Dvorak Symphony No. 2 Classic records excellent I just compared the CD layer of the hybrid SACD of LSC-1934 to the 180g Classic. The Classic sounds decent until the treble gets pushed. The massed strings that appear about 3 minutes in are absolute ear bleeders. And so are the trumpets that blar... | |
| Dvorak Symphony No. 2 Classic records excellent I initially thought highly of many Classic reissues. Now they just sit on my shelf taking up space. As my system's ability to reproduce tone colors has improved, these sound worse and worse, which is odd, because most of my other records I appre... | |
| Dvorak Symphony No. 2 Classic records excellent Do yourself a favor and track down a copy of the original issue on eBay. Compare this to your Classic reissue before you buy any more Classic RCA reissues. In particular listen for string tone and tonal colors. I just compared my 180g Classic to m... |