larryi
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| What's your favorite remake of a song Let's not forget the covers of "Stairway to Heaven." I like the Dolly Parton version. Even better is the curious "hybrid" version that takes the lyrics from the opening to Gilligan's Island and sets them to Stairway. It's called "Stairway to Gilli... | |
| Amp Basics: Tube Preamp w/Solid State Power Amp. Elf73,Apart from compatible sensitivity and output impedance of the linestage vs. input impedance of the amp, there are other "mystery" compatibility issues that can only be figured out by trying the components together. I have heard quite a numbe... | |
| Help,Allaerts or Transfiguration Hi Goldeneraguy,I have not had the opportunity to hear the Linea. I got the Emotive Audio linestage first, and then went looking for a phonostage. In any event, I would not have the room for the Linea, which has a monster-sized power supply unit (... | |
| Help,Allaerts or Transfiguration Goldeneraguy,I am not certain of which iteration of the Vector I have, except that I know it is not the latest. I've been told that the reason to upgrade to the latest is for the better tonearm wiring. I would probably also opt for the VTA adjustm... | |
| What's your favorite remake of a song What about those songs where the original version is far less popular/known than the cover?Examples:"Sister Morphine" came out on the Rolling Stone's Sticky Finger album in 1971. I like the Marianne Faithful version more, but when it was released ... | |
| For best CD playback is SACD needed? Hi John,I have not heard that many cost-is-no-object SACD or DVD-A players, primarily because there just aren't that many around. The Meitner gear I heard and the Esoteric weren't to my taste. I did not like the somewhat lean and analytical sound,... | |
| What's your favorite remake of a song I will second the Cowboy Junkies "Thunder Road" and add:Shonen Knife: "Top of the World" (Carpenters)Bob Dylan/Tiny Tim: "I've Got You Babe" (Sonny and Cher)Be Good Tanyas: "Waiting Around to Die" (Townes Van Zandt)William Shatner: "Mr. Tambourine... | |
| Help,Allaerts or Transfiguration Hi Goldeneraguy,What did you end up with after selling the Graham arm? I wonder if the fact that it is easy to fiddle with adjustments on a Graham actually encourages obsessive behavior and so a difficult to deal with arm would be the answer (Shro... | |
| VTA for arm vs VTA for cartridge On almost all of the arms I am familiar with, the arm tube is parallel to the headshell, even if both are not in the same plane. Assuming that the cartridge bottom is parallel to its top, then, all three -- arm tube, headshell and cartrige would b... | |
| For best CD playback is SACD needed? If you primarily plan to listen to CDs, then you don't need an SACD player. Any time one makes a machine capable of playing multiple formats, COMPROMISES to both have to be made. The idea of upsampling CD to DSD as an improvement is dubious. I use... | |
| single versus multiple driver? Gmood1,I heard a Fostex driver (don't recall the model), in a tall, very shallow and slim transmission line enclosure (resembled a "RoomTune" acoustic treatment device). Aside from a lack of very deep bass, this was a terrific sounding speaker. It... | |
| single versus multiple driver? Hi Gmood1,I am curious, what driver do you use and what kind of enclosure is it in? I am amazed at the variety of successful ways single drivers are used -- bass reflex, front-loaded horn, back-loaded horn, transmission line, etc. | |
| single versus multiple driver? I've heard a number of modern single driver speakers as well as modern designs using ancient Altec/Western Electric drivers. They make most conventional speakers sound lifeless and drab in terms of dynamics. But, the lack of bass/midbass and the m... | |
| What Volume do you listen at? I find that as systems get better, one tends to listen at a LOWER volume, not higher. To some extent, higher average volume is used to compensate for a lack of dynamics and "boogie" factor. I know there are all sorts of measurements that show that... | |
| Help,Allaerts or Transfiguration Sir Speedy,I'm too lazy to do much more than tube swapping. I have experimented with different 12AX7 variants. The "crazy expensive" pair for me was a set of Telefunken ECC 803Ds. As it turned out, I prefer a "free" pair (given to me by a friend) ... |