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| dCS Puccini vs EMM labs XSD1 I've heard the Puccini at Sound By Singer in NYC on a pricy system somprised of vtl pre-amp and VAC power amp driving MAgico Minis and using high end Nordost cables. It was quite sweet indeed! Very detailed and dynamic, yet natural and with great ... | |
| Lost that "Tube Magic". Can you help? FWIW I listen to a lot of old vinyl from back when these vintage tube amps ruled. They sound better than ever on my current system these days. The only tubes are in the ARC pre-amp and phono stage. The ARC tube sound does not really sound noticeab... | |
| Loudness War Not a perfect solution but if it really bothers you a vintage dbx 3BX, 4BX, or 5BX might be able to medicate the issue to some extent.I have a 3BX but have not been using it since I added the ARC sp16 pre-amp. Not that it makes dynamic range where... | |
| Lost that "Tube Magic". Can you help? I've noticed when researching the CJ amps that CJ does not provide a lot of detailed specifications on their gear compared to many other leading vendors.I suspect what sounds magical to some cannot be done justice via specifications....that seems ... | |
| Most high-quality loudspeakers are 4-Ohms Elviukai,WHat you said regarding relative sound of speakers with various impedances intuitively sounds right to me.So then can it practically be said which is higher quality? I do not think so. Different flavors will appeal to different people.The... | |
| Most high-quality loudspeakers are 4-Ohms "Most ss amps aren't at their best into 16 Ohms. "I'm operating under the assumption that a higher damping factor is in of itself a good thing, all other design factors aside.Of course we all know what happens when one assumes..... I suspect diffe... | |
| Most high-quality loudspeakers are 4-Ohms I suppose another way to look at it is that higher impedance speakers are a safer bet to be able to be driven properly with a wider range of amplifiers.So if you do not want to have to worry as much about matching an amp to speakers, 16 ohm speake... | |
| Most high-quality loudspeakers are 4-Ohms A lot of high quality speakers rated 6 or 8 ohms overall seem to have impedance curves that in fact go to 4 ohms or lower at lower frequencies in particular. I haven't counted so I don't know if most do, but a significant % certainly do.Of course ... | |
| Tips on Buying Quiet Quality sounding LP's I concur with Dougdeacon. USed classical multi-volume boxed sets are usually golden and very cost effective. I snatch them up whenever I find them for pennies a disc. | |
| Lost that "Tube Magic". Can you help? From what I have read, the Conrad Johnson tube gear comes to mind as modern gear that has the kind of character you described.Your statement that the Scott gear imparted a particular sound to various speakers is interesting. Surely some sounded be... | |
| Tips on Buying Quiet Quality sounding LP's Elizabeth,I think I know what your saying about the Telefunken label and there may be other "less shiny" makes. Would you say that given a reference Telefunken in good shape for comparison, one in lesser condition still might still be determined b... | |
| Tips on Buying Quiet Quality sounding LP's "So Mapman...what do you look for to determine good physical condition?."Good question. I'll try to relate:1) obvious scratches or other physical defects like warping or off center cutting (not so much dirt on the surface, which can be removed via... | |
| Tips on Buying Quiet Quality sounding LP's Tvad's approach is a practical one. You are essentially relying on an expert to make the determination in advance for you on a title that you are interested in. That will work but will carry a cost premium of some sort which may or may not matter ... | |
| Tips on Buying Quiet Quality sounding LP's For used lps, inspection by a trained eye is the best tool.With experience, you can train your eyes to quickly inspect vinyl and determine the condition. Most vintage records that appear to be in good physical condition should be reasonably quiet ... | |
| The Hub: Want a Garrard idler-drive? Back in the day when tables were abundant, the common consensus was that idler drive was an older and lesser drive mechanism compared to newer belt or direct drive tables.Was this wrong or has something changed to make these more desirable other t... |