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| Which Jazz Albums are similar to Kind of Blue Looks like you got a lot of good recommendations. The following are some additional albums to look into that are all classics with great, and quite accessible music:Oliver Nelson: Blues and the Abstract TruthMal Waldron/Eric Dolphy: The QuestMingu... | |
| CD Player recommendations for a SET system The only way to determine which component is the limiting factor is to actually do some experimenting. If you can borrow some alternatives, you can at least determine if available power is the issue. You could also try different tubes to see if th... | |
| CD Player recommendations for a SET system Congested sound with large-scale orchestral music suggests that the issue is with the amp/speaker combination. How does it sound with large-scale choral works? I find choral works to be the most demanding for tube amps.You need to first determine ... | |
| Review: Audio Note Conquest Tube amp Nice review. Good to hear that you are enjoying this quite special amp.I am from the other side of the Audionote family. No, I don't mean the Japanese Audionote gear (Kondo). Rather, the Audionote line has some models which sound fuller (warmer) a... | |
| Phono preamp & Cartridge? for Sota Millennia/SME 5 I don't know how much stock anyone should put in reviews, but a recent issue of the British publication Hi Fi News & Record Review did a shoot out of about six cartridges in the price range you are shopping. I believe the review included a ZYX... | |
| Tube preamp suggestions. Linestages seem particularly sensitive to associated electronics so it is a bit tricky trying to guess how they will sound in your system. I have found that a lot of models sound completely different depending on the system. So, given this caveat,... | |
| do NAIM cdp sound good only with Naim components? Naim claims that the best performance is obtained by run DIN to DIN in an all-Naim system. That may be true, but it also happens to be a good marketing ploy. However, Naim players are very good in non-Naim systems as well. I use a CDS3/555PS combi... | |
| How's your music library? Around 1200 classical CDs, and 800 jazz, pop, rock. Around 900 classical lps and 900 jazz, pop, rock albums. | |
| Tranfiguration Orpheus description I have the O in my system right now. I borrowed it from a friend. It does not yet have 100 hours on it, so I will withold judgment on its ultimate performance. So far, in my system, I rather like its sound. It has a good, well integrated and tight... | |
| The Naim 'sound' Audiofan12,I agree with your characterization of the various Naim players. The 'shouty' quality you mention for the CDX2 is what I have described as a rhythmically insistent and mechanical sound. I hear that too with the CDX2. But, in a lot of sys... | |
| Please help - 3 top-of-mind choices for Avantgarde I've heard duos with a wide range of amplifiers. I think that they are pretty forgiving, as far as amps are concerned; they sounded good with a wide range of amps, including those I normally don't like (e.g.,Cary 805). I particularly liked them wi... | |
| Amazing Solo Piano Recordings Gammajo,Glad you liked the Schubert disc. Here are several others, slightly older suggestions:"Nojima Plays Liszt" on Reference Recordings. This is terrific recording of a relatively unknown (outside of Japan) pianist who absolutely commands this ... | |
| Any active/passive preamps with penny & giles pot? The P&G pot is generally considered to be a premium part. But, like any part, a good designer listens to the result to determine if that part works best, rather than picking that part because it is good for marketing purposes. I talked to one ... | |
| Levinson 320S Phono Module vs. Klyne 7PX There is a big difference between 100 and 200 ohm loading. Compared to 100 ohms, 200 will sound much brighter, thinner in the bass and more open and dynamic. When comparing two different phono stages, you must try to optimize the sound from both. ... | |
| Transfiguration Orpheus - Has anyone tried it ? I have had the chance to hear the Orpheus in a friend's system. It is in that system on extensive "trial" (we are all friends of a dealer), and if I weren't so lazy, I could also install it in my system for a trial. In my friends system, where it ... |