learsfool
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| Opinions on Primaluna Dialogue 5 Good to know - my dealer carries PrimaLuna, but as of a few weeks ago didn't have one of those in yet. | |
| Opinions on Primaluna Dialogue 5 I'm not sure that the Diaglogue 5 is even commercially available yet? I haven't seen it advertised for sale anywhere at this point. I know they are continuing the Dialogue line, but as far as I know only the 1 and 2 are out yet. | |
| Speakers in 10-15K price range for Classical music If you are a fan of large scale classical works, IMO nothing quite gets the job done as a good pair of horn speakers, and you can get some very good ones for quite a bit less than your stated budget. Nothing else will give you the timbral realism,... | |
| $1200... What would you buy? Agree with the used P5 suggestion - you could also find the Bellari tubed phonostage for under $200, if you needed one, and it matches up nicely with the P5. | |
| Mozart Piano Concertos I heartily second the Brendel recommendation, especially the Dutch pressings. Another great Mozartean was Alicia de Larrocha, who unfortunately passed away a few days ago. I will be having a memorial listening session very soon! She was a great la... | |
| Who has dumped the power conditioner? Hi Adwiegert - been away for awhile, so sorry for the delayed response. The Monster unit is what I purchased originally, as in my area we have severe thunder and lightning storms, so a surge protector is absolutely essential to protect the equipme... | |
| Who has dumped the power conditioner? Getting back to the original topic, I have tried a couple of different power conditioners in my system, and both were absolutely awful sounding, especially for LP playback. They weren't nearly as detrimental for CD playback, though the sound was s... | |
| Sub $500 CDP You can find used older Rega's like the Jupiter or Planet for that budget | |
| How large is your music collection? a little over 350 CD's, don't buy them much at all anymore unless there is a new recording I really need for work or study purposesa little over 750 LP's now. However, in both formats, that's counting a box set as one, so the LP number in particul... | |
| Rega P3-24 & P5 owners.......... Hey Adam - glad you finally got the TT-PSU. You'll have to let us know if you decide to try Stringreen's suggestion, too, I would be curious to hear what you think. I have never had a vibration issue with my standard rubber feet on top of my Sanus... | |
| Rega P5 owners Another nice cartridge, especially for the money, is Rega's own Exact 2, which I have with my P5/RB700. | |
| Tube Amp Noise with Klipsch Cornwall II Hi, I also own the Cornwall II's, and can definitely state that they are not the problem. Tube amps work wonderfully with them, even the flea-wattage ones. I would suggest that the brightness you don't like is probably coming from the Rogue amp - ... | |
| Symphony box set recommendations Shostakovitch - Haitink's cycle is great. The premier Mahler conductor today is Claudio Abbado. For Bruckner, you can't beat Giulini, but I don't know if he ever recorded all of them. Not sure about complete sets of Dvorak or Prokofiev. | |
| anyone use ikea for lp racks? Are the Ikea shelves strong enough to hold multiple boxed sets on the same shelf? I have many opera and other boxed sets and was wondering if the extra weight of these would be an issue if they were on higher shelves. | |
| Good "warm" CD player for $500 I'll second the Rega suggestion- you can find some of their older models in that price range |