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| Perfect Debute Albums One more:Television: Marquee Moon | |
| Perfect Debute Albums Off the top of my head:Kate and Anna McGarrigle-Self TitledWarren Zevon-Self TitledDire Straits-Self TitledElvis Costello-My Aim is TrueBob Dylan-Self TitledJackson Browne-Self TitledSteely Dan-Can't Buy a ThrillBad Company-Self TitledDoors-Self T... | |
| What does one purchase after owning horns? Renmeister,I totally agree with you that the vast majority of speaker systems do not deliver the kind of "drama" of live music the way the Avantgarde, and other horn systems, are capable of doing. I find that most systems sound either dead and con... | |
| What does one purchase after owning horns? Among the least colored and best integrated horn/high efficiency systems I've heard are the various speakers from Classic Audio that Atmasphere mentioned. These must be in the running. I also endorse the mention, made above, about the top level JB... | |
| Song covers that are better than the originals Yet one more to add to the list:Odetta covering Dylan's "Times they are a-Changin" | |
| Your favourite cartridge Ptmconsulting,I own, and love the Orpheus L (also own and love a Lyra Titan). But, if cost is a consideration, you should look at the Transfiguration Phoenix. This is quite a lively and engaging cartridge (not as "dark" as a Temper). | |
| MC Cartridge Degaussing Demagnetizing Somewhere on this site is a very long and thoughtful piece on the subject by Jonathan Carr.The use of a record to effect very mild degaussing would be the "safe," though far less effective way to do degaussing. What you do is short the output of c... | |
| Amps for Sonus Faber Stradivari Homage A friend has a pair of these speakers. I really like its overall tonal balance, ability to deliver the proper density of sound (harmonic structure) and the lack of artificial edge or brittleness. Overall, a terrific speaker. The slight shortcoming... | |
| Cowboy Junkies Best Songs I like their cover of Springsteen's "Thunder Road" (from 'Neath Your Covers). | |
| Your favourite cartridge I own two cartridges that I like equally well: Lyra Titan and Transfiguration Orpheus L. | |
| Pairing Tenor 75 OTL with Soundlab Majestics? I cannot speak about the compatibility of the Tenor OTL and the Soundlab speaker. However, I heard the Tenor OTL with other speakers and the impression I got was that it did NOT sound like an OTL -- it did not deliver incredible speed, vibrancy an... | |
| Tonearm choices Grubscrew,Thanks for your followup reporting. I did not quite understand your comment about unipivots and why the Basis arm was out of the running on that account. The Phantom is also a unipivot arm. Both arms do not shake side-to-side, as is the ... | |
| How can I fix this Phono Stage problem There could be a number of issues with the particular cable, apart from the difference in resistance that you measured. As others have noted, cables are grounded differently. You could try flipping the expensive cables around (many have directiona... | |
| How to restart tube amp and pre in boxes for 2yrs I'm too much of a chicken to be close by looking for warning signs. I lend my stuff to a friend who can power it up on a variac for me. | |
| How to restart tube amp and pre in boxes for 2yrs Hifigeek1,You are far braver than anyone I know when charging up questionable caps. A friend had a cap blow up when he turned on an old amp and he said the explosion was unbelievably powerful. He is a gun person so he knows what loud is, and he sa... |