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| Anyone using Pure Note or Stealth cables Monster don't know how you came up with these two cablesbut the Acoustic Zen Mc2 is amazing for $300. You should be able to buy at a decent discount, good luck trying to findany used ones.If you read the stereotimes.com review you know what I am t... | |
| old zz top recordings The "greatest hits" album has some great sounding cuts, this is 1992 release 18 tracks, most sound quite good.There are a couple of glaring exceptions that really sound bad like "tush" sounds like cheap mono track.Other classic tracks like "legs" ... | |
| New Listener Mag Tweak Issue DTsag & Genesis what effect do the SM discs have on sound? Any theory why wood disc on gear would effect sound, I like to try and keep an open mind and do use several other tweaks. | |
| Power Cord Review Leon, good list of cords for review. I would include BMIcord eel/whale since they are quite popular and highly regarded. Also please do include Absolute cord which retails for $49, it will compete with cords you have in your list, time for some pr... | |
| CD recorder advice sought A tip for members, when buying mainstream name brand elec.,Sony, Pioneer etc, please go to www.pricescan.com and use this price search engine. A search for Pioneer PDR 839 gave me best price of $259. Of course larger ticket items yield even greate... | |
| 10 sonically best rock recordings ? There will be some confusion about who is in the "rock"catagory, but here are some excellent CDsDire Straits...Sultans Of Swing, or any DS CD reallyPink Floyd...Dark Side Moon, also Wall, Wish You Were HereTom Petty...AnthologyREM...Automatic, New... | |
| Bel Canto 1.1 - Convince Me. Dave thanks for the excellent review, I will agree completely with all your points having owned both DAC1 and 1.1 version. Yes any equipment needs about 1 week of break-in before any final judgements are made, as your report confirms.I suppose you... | |
| help me find this artist The 1st Sundays album is by far their best, jangle pop at its best, conatins hit "here is where the story ends"2nd album "blind" is OK but not as consistently strong.I believe lead singer is named Harriet Weaver.People who like the Sundays will al... | |
| Comp. Silver Audio Hyacinth HT Pro Sil I have compared HT PS II and SA Hyacinth cables and also slightly preferred HT PS II but I did not notice the SA cable being more "quiet" in my system.I would try Cable Co and audition the Acoustic Zen silver IC, way out of my price range $900 (ha... | |
| Cd storage..what's an audiophile to do? Be careful about not keeping jewel case/graphics and booklets. Your Cds have 0 resale value without these. There is a thriving used CD market on the internet, especially for pop/rock music, where you can get up to 50% retail, sometimes more. | |
| Cd storage..what's an audiophile to do? Here is the link to Boltz site, you might as well look at the CD 600 size because bottom 2 shelfs are a pain to useso this will give you room for future expansion.http://www.boltz-usa.com/cd/600.html | |
| Cd storage..what's an audiophile to do? JD use link below for good assortment of inexpensive CD storage systems from 100 to 1000+ Of course you should always buy bigger storage than you now need, or make sure it is modular for future expansion.www.batteryguys.com/cd_storage_expandable.a... | |
| Cardas Caps Worthwhile? I also use them and although no real sound improvement noticed, they are useful to cover unused RCAs on preamp so when changing ICs behind equipment rack you can easily see which RCA pair to use for new ICs. Very helpful visual aid! | |
| Best CD of Rachmaninoff's Third Piano C Kitch, no the remastered Davis/CBO Berlioz Sym Fantastique is a single disc, part of new "50 greatest" series just released at mid price. Contains only Sym Fantastique like original release, no additional music.The disc you refer to is an older Ph... | |
| Best CD of Rachmaninoff's Third Piano C Just saw that the Agerich/Chailly Rach PC 3 on Phillips isnow available in their new remastered "50 greatest" seriesat mid price, however the coupling is not as good as full price original. But if you only want Rach PC 3 this is great buy. I am al... |