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QRP pressing of "Tea for the Tillerman"
This is one of my favorite albums and the quality of thesound on the three pressings I currently own is excellent. I currently own three versions, A& M, Island, Island 180 GRAM. I decided to purchase the QRP version as my system consists of Th... 
Best SACD Player in the $2000 Range
Will Blue Ray take SACD to the next level.My understanding is that SACD has a higher resolution thanBlu-Ray. It might make sense to wait until January to see if Sony is seeking to raise the bar on the quality of sound.My personal opinion is that S... 
Would an SACD Player improve my sound?
I wish to go the route of an SACD player in my system, I already purchased a Marantz SACD 8260 a few years back (on the basis of an "A" rating in Stereophile)and the sound was soupy and in short a major disappointment. In short, I do not want to m... 
Sinatra on MFSL
I have compared Frank Sinatra Only the Lonely remasteredCD with the mono Mobile Fidelity CD. Both soundwonderful. I could not tell the diffeence between theMobile Fidelity and the remastered version. My recommendation, why pay $31.00 for the Mobil... 
which tube mono blocks?
Try the Thor Audio 60 watt tubed monoblocks. I've seen them for sale for about $5000.00 a pair. They sound great. 
Bluenote Reliability
I own the BLue Note Stibbert Improved and I read this posting after I turned on my unit. Many times the draw will open and close and I have to open and close the draw 5 times for it to finally stay open so I can load a cd.The unit does sound very ... 
Ripping CD Question
Using Sogood51's suggestion, how do I proceed? How do I copy the files to my hard drive using EAC? I know how to do it when I copy to a cd. How do I copy to my hard drive?Thanks again. 
Ripping CD Question
Thank you for showing me how to select the tracks for copying. The La Boheme I purchased comes on 2 cd'. Can I use exact copy to pick the arias from cd # 1 and cd# 2and combine onto one cd. It seems to me that when I put inCD # 1 and let's say cop... 
Ripping CD Question
Do you men CTRl plus return? 
A Newbie's First Week Impressions -- Vinyl Rules
Vinyl vs. DigitalVinyl set-up is VPI Scoutmaster, Clear-Audio Discovery Cartridge and a VPI 16.5 cleaner, Thor Audio phone stage.Vs. Blue Note Stibbert Improved CD player with tubes-The Cd sound with the Thor Line stage to me is far superior. I al... 
LOOKING FOR PAUL MARKS OF THOR AUDIO
Paul is in Fiji, I am in Nassasu County , Long Island.Not as glamorous as FIJI, but what can you do. 
LOOKING FOR PAUL MARKS OF THOR AUDIO
There was a good post a few days ago where somebody asked about service technicians. There are names of people recommended. You might try that. I wish you luck. I am sitting with 90 lbs each TPA-150's and am not looking forward to shipping them to... 
Best Sounding Opera CD
WISH TO THANK ALL FOR RECOMMENDING GREAT SOUNDINGVERSIONS OF LA BOHEME. I DID PURCHASE LONDON CD VERSION WITH FRENI, PAVAROTTI WITH HERBERT VAN KARAJAN CONDUCTING.421-049-2. THE MUSIC IS NOT THIN AND IS A GREAT RECORDING.I PURCHASED 2 OTHERS FIRST... 
RACMANINOFF PIANO CONCERTO 2
Dear Fellow music enthusiasts:Ordered a few Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto # 2 and #'3.So far I have listened to Bryon Janis playing with theMinneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Dorati conducting. TheCD is Mercury Living Presence, non SACD version. I figu... 
Marantz sa 8260: buy or run away
The sound is soupy and I was extremely disappointed. i gave mine to my 11 year old son and he is happy with it. It was given an "A" by Stereophile and that is a joke. This is without a doubt not an "A" sounding player. I do not recommend it to any...