larryi
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| What is the Phono stage you have finished with? I have no plans to replace a Viva Fono phonostage. | |
| Best Rock Song Of ALL TIME? Just off the top of my head:Doors--The EndMott the Hoople--All the Young DudesRolling Stones--Sympathy for the DevilNirvana--Smells Like Teenage SpiritLittle Feat--Willin'Graham Parker--ProtectionBeatles--A Day in the LifeChuck Berry--Johnny B. Goode | |
| Sub best at high crossover? The ideal situation has one setting the subwoofer to be coming in at the lowest possible frequency that works to provide the needed support. At higher frequencies, the subwoofer is working closer to the point where it is out of its element and you... | |
| How much would an additional motor help There are plenty of theoretical reasons why extra motors is a bad idea, but, since you have an opportunity to hear the result, don't worry at all about them. I have no idea if that difference alone has a positive or negative result. What I do know... | |
| Doug MacLeod – "There’s a Time" Yes, a very good album. If you are into vinyl, check out his "Come to Find" album pressed by AudioQuest. That album is fantastic, particularly where Charlie Musselwhite joins in. | |
| Why will no other turntable beat the EMT 927? Omsed,I own a modern high performance table, the Basis Debut V with vacuum clamp and outboard motor control unit, and I like it very much. However, I have also heard Lenco, Garrard and Thorens tables that sound VERY good too,with different strengt... | |
| high power tube amps vs ss I personally do not like the sound of most high-powered pentode and tetrode tube amps. Many sound much more brittle and dry than good solid state amps. Notable exceptions to me are some OTL amps. Most solid state amps these days do not sound grain... | |
| Sonus Faber Amati Futura I have heard the Futura and the Strads, but, in completely different systems and rooms so I cannot make any sort of comparison. The room/system with the Strad that I am most familiar with is an all out assault on top quality sound. The Strads soun... | |
| Speaker grills on or off? A macaw that attacks speakers? You need to trade it in for a Norwegian Blue parrot. | |
| Hybrid SACD are they compatible w/non SACD playe All cd players should be able to play the CD layer of a hybrid. I know that there are some who claim that putting two layers on the disc compromizes the performance of both layers. I have no idea about that. I own quite a few hybrids (mostly class... | |
| Tannoy Westminster amp matching question. I don't know about "theory," but, I do know that I like the sound of a number of transformer coupled gear. That is what I am currently running. The "problem" is the limited compatibility of the amp with the transformer input. From experience, I kn... | |
| Tannoy Westminster amp matching question. I have a capacitor coupled amp that can drive 600 ohms too reasonably well, but, it also is fairly high in gain (18 db) and has a massive 30 uf coupling cap. My friend said that the huge cap is what makes this linestage suitable. | |
| Tannoy Westminster amp matching question. Borg, An amp with a 600 ohm input is designed to be used with a preamp with a transformer output (like professional gear in the old days). Without a matching transformer-output linestage, you can have severe problems with bass response. The amp wa... | |
| anyone listened to Nagra CD-P? I heard the CDP in a friend's system. I liked the sound of that player. Is it a lean sounding player? That is hard to say unless one were comparing it with something else. I heard it in direct comparison with the Naim CDS3. I preferred the CDS3, w... | |
| What is a really good sounding low volume system?? Unfortunately, the best sounding systems at low volume are horn systems that are also physically big in size so they create other placement problems. There are other somewhat bass restricted higher efficiency systems that also sound pretty good at... |