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| Romantic Cello Recordings? Try Mischa Maisky accompanied by Martha Argerich...Schubert- Sonata Arpergionne and Schumann-Fantasiestucke Op.73 on Philips. Very nice recording and music which is Romantic and romantic! | |
| what amp would maximize wilson sophias Michael,I have the Sophias which I am driving with 50W Nagra VPA's. Combined with a CAT Ultimate preamp and Purist Venustas cabling, my listening room has never sounded better. I think lowish powered, (50-100W) "push-pull" tube amps will deliver t... | |
| ASL Hurricanes vs Tenors - which are better? Jtinn,Thanks for your comments. | |
| ASL Hurricanes vs Tenors - which are better? Jtinn,I note that you have a pair of CAT JL-1 LE up for sale. Did you have a chance to compare these to the Tenors (75 or hybrid)? Very curious as Arthur raves about the CAT's on his site. | |
| Who will survive? One last table til I die. Pretty hard to predict who will be in the analog biz 25 years from now! Consider the SME 20; it's pretty solidly built and you can keep your tonearm. | |
| Tube newbie, Audio Research questions? Give the Nagra VPA 845's a try on your 7's before you commit to anything. The sound runs in between that of the "high definition" ARC's and burnished euphonics of the C-J's. Dynamics up there with the Krells. A particularly syngergistic match with... | |
| The passing of another legend... Amen. My first taste of the "high end" was a DH-100 amp put together in a kit form that saved you a few bucks over preassembled. It made my large Advents shine and I've never looked back. | |
| Every make a purchase you truly regret? A second from the top of the line Micromega transport/DAC combo. Nothing wrong with the performance but a residual value of 10% after six years...ouch! No more cutting edgeCD players for me. | |
| Killer female vocal recordings-show me the light.. Are you familiar with Ella's "Fine and Mellow" on Pablo? It's from the mid-70's so her voice isn't as pure as it was during eg. the "Songbook" era 20 years earlier but she still swings and the sound is superb. Over time I've used this album to ass... | |
| MC Transformer or phono stage - help anyone? A good tube phono stage with a step up is sonically the best way to go imho. Since you already have a decent phono stage built into your M3, I'd not let it go to waste by acquiring an outboard phono stage which might not even sound as good. I migh... | |
| MC Transformer or phono stage - help anyone? By the way, optimal impedance loading for the cartridge at the stepup is usually different from that at the preamp. You will have to research what this is for your Benz and shop for your stepup accordingly. The stepup likes to see 47K at the phono... | |
| MC Transformer or phono stage - help anyone? I just installed an old "The Head" stepup (precursor to the EAR MC-3) between my 0.6 mV Koetsu Red Standard and CAT Ultimate pre. Just a fantastic improvement with more dynamic and tuneful bass among many other things. This brought back what went ... | |
| How important is it to match tubes in a preamp? I have a CAT Ultimate that uses a 6922 for each channel (of the line and phono stages) and a third 6922 as cathode follower in each stage. Does the third tube contribute much to the sound? Can I get away with matched pairs of nos tubes and leave t... | |
| Best high current SS Mono amps The nicest solid state amps I had on CLS II's years ago were Levinson 20.6's. They may sound a bit "darker" than current Levinsons which might not be a bad thing and you would save yourself a few $$. What preamp are you using? | |
| Unsettled and considering changing stuff Dear Sir,You are exhibiting signs of audiophilia nervosa, secondary stage. The tertiary stage, often terminal, manifiests by opening up a 2-channel audio business with the inevitable consequence of financial harm to yourself and loved ones. I'd su... |