larryi
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| Why are so many albums poorly remastered onto cd Mapman,I generally find classical reissues to have good sound, often better than the original vinyl issue (e.g., DG recordings from the 1970s). A lot of jazz reissues sound good too. For me, much of the pop/rock catalogue sounds quite bad in recen... | |
| Why are so many albums poorly remastered onto cd Yes, there are some reissues that suffer from tapes deteriorating over time, and a whole lot more reissues and new issues that suffer from shoddy and indifferent mastering/production.But, I would guess that the primary driver for the pervasiveness... | |
| Best songs played by non-author artists... I like many cover albums. Among my favorites:"Odetta Sings Dylan" (amazingly good version of "Times They are a Changin'")."If I Were A Carpenter" (various artists covering Richard and Karen Carpenter songs--check out "Yesterday Once More" done by ... | |
| Tube amp for ProAc Tablette Anniversary Cayin represents terrific value--good sound, great construction. So does Prologue (another Chinese made brand), and American brands like Rogue. I have also heard DeHavilland amps that sounded quite good that are well within the $5,000 mark. | |
| Best rock cover songs, list your favorites One more where the cover is probably more recognized than the original:Peter Green/Fleetwood Mac's "Black Magic Woman" being covered by Santana. | |
| Moving coil with a bit less leading edge Opus88,Do you use other sources (CD, SACD, etc), and if so, how do they sound playing classical music? Knowing how the rest of the system sounds would at least help to determine if your issues are isolated to the analogue part of your system. If t... | |
| Tube amp for ProAc Tablette Anniversary I have heard ProAc speakers with integrated amps from Synthesis (Italian brand) and the combination sounded very good. I heard the cheapest Synthesis amp (an EL84 pushpull amp) with the ProAcs. The amps are small in size and nicely styled, and in ... | |
| Moving coil with a bit less leading edge Opus88,Your comments about wanting a little less edge to the initial transient attack and more natural decay to the notes is really better addressed by the kind of phonostage (as well as the rest of the amplification train). That describes the tub... | |
| Moving coil with a bit less leading edge You will certainly get a more rounded, less edgy sound with a non-stone Koetsu (i.e., not the jades, or coralstone, etc). But, that comes with some woolly quality and overly prominent (and slow) upper bass.I like Allaert cartridges for a smoother ... | |
| Insanely Expensive....and Worth Every Penny Recently, I bought some insanely expensive midrange drivers and horn (Western Electric driver 713b and 12505 horn). These were in perfect shape and well matched. A few months later, another pair went for a MUCH higher price on ebay (who knows the ... | |
| Best rock cover songs, list your favorites Aretha Franklin practicallhy owns Otis Redding's "Respect." | |
| Best rock cover songs, list your favorites What about the Beatles' cover of "La Bamba" (renamed "Twist and Shout")? | |
| Best rock cover songs, list your favorites I personally like a lot of covers and think there is nothing inauthentic about cover versions. For those who think otherwise, I would add: "Girl You Know its True" by Milli Vanilli (inauthentic in so many ways). | |
| VDH Colibri XPP. Best Load impedance? I seriously doubt that the internal impedance is 500 ohms. According to the VDH site, the various Colibri models have a resistance of 21 ohms, 36 ohms and 96 ohms. For all of these models, VDH recommends loading of 500 ohms to 1k ohms. Even 96 ohm... | |
| VDH Colibri XPP. Best Load impedance? Loading is, as Dover pointed out, so much dependent on not just the cartridge, but the particular phonostage, that a very specific manufacturer recommendation would not make sense (hence, the wide range Dover mentioned that VDH recommended). I thi... |