larryi
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| Truly Stunning Vinyl Album I heard that Classic 45, though I don't own it, and it IS really good. The original release is also quite good. Another record that never fails to impress in a vinyl demonstration is a quite obscure record by an English folk artist who loves A... | |
| Speakers that disappear I agree that all speakers can be made to disappear with proper placement of the speakers and the listening position. It also MAY help to have some room treatment (can be as simple and unobtrusive as putting up a wall hanging on large exposed surf... | |
| Truly Stunning Vinyl Album I love to shock people by playing late 1950's and early 1960's stereo recordings that can hold their own in sound quality against anything recorded since then. The Ellington "Blues in Orbit" is one example I have listed above (the original six-ey... | |
| Synthesis Amplifiers: One of High End's Best Kept Secrets? The Synthesis dealer in my area only has a few customers "upgrade" from the A100 Titan. Some have gone with the Synthesis monoblocs, and a few others have gone with a seemingly strange upgrade because they move on to some pretty low-powered custo... | |
| Truly Stunning Vinyl Album Analogue Productions consistently made very good reissues. Same with Classic Records, King (Japanese) and Cisco (Japanese). Mobile Fidelity is a bit mixed, but, many are very good. I particularly like a very early Mobile Fidelity reissue of Go... | |
| Truly Stunning Vinyl Album I don’t listen that much to classical on lp because the wide dynamic range of the music is poorly served in this medium—average recording levels have to be set quite low which makes noise, like ticks and pops quite intrusive. Still, there are man... | |
| Integrated S.E.T Amp and Bookshelf Speakers Recommendations If you are auditioning AudioNote amps, check out the Oto and Soro; they are a bit more than the Cobra but are much better. In the Cobra’s price bracket, the Synthesis Audio integrated is much better. I heard them side by side in a direct compari... | |
| Integrated S.E.T Amp and Bookshelf Speakers Recommendations I generally agree with Dekay's suggestions above. I really like the Elekit amps I've heard, but again, I think that they are not integrated amps. With tube amps, the additional gain from a separate line stage is often not needed, so, if you have... | |
| Integrated S.E.T Amp and Bookshelf Speakers Recommendations Audio Note speakers are ideally located near the corners of the room; if not in the corners, at least close to the back wall. In a room of this size, and the kind of music you favor, you may actually have options to use speakers that are not quit... | |
| Integrated S.E.T Amp and Bookshelf Speakers Recommendations For an office system (small room), if you play your system at modest levels, you can go with a SET amp with a higher efficiency speaker. But, there really is no reason to only consider SET amps; they are not inherently superior to pushpull or out... | |
| Need Opinions for Different Cable Manufacturers/Cable Designs I haven’t done a lot of cable swapping, but I have heard enough to have a general impression of certain brands. I like Audio Note cables—warm, harmonically rich and smooth sounding. To get the kind of clarity you seem to want, their silver cable... | |
| Replacing Capacitors, I Don’t Wanna! The problem with replacing parts with “better” parts is determining what IS a better part. It is not always the case that more expensive parts with a popular buzz is the right choice. If a part change can change the sound it can do so for better... | |
| Replacing Capacitors, I Don’t Wanna! Is the amp beginning to hum, make any other noises, or otherwise sound like it is going bad? Does your amp run hot all of the time? If it is not acting up, and it is not an amp that subjects its internal parts to high heat levels, I would not wo... | |
| Leave it Open or Close it Off: A Listening/ Living Room Dilemma I was at a friend’s place when he had an expert in set up over to help with speaker placement, room acoustics, etc. This person did some basic experiments, including removing wall treatments from such “obvious” locations like the first reflection... | |
| Leave it Open or Close it Off: A Listening/ Living Room Dilemma I would think that having a door is better because it adds flexibility— regardless of which sounds better you have the option to go with closed or open, you can partially block sound going into and out of the room, you can discourage meddling with... |