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| Is Sennheiser 600/650 an overkill ? As stated above the Senn 600/650 are great headphones but require external amp because of 300 ohm rating. Headphones that are run directly from portable CDP/MP3/Computer need to be very efficent 30-60 ohm range, any Grado headphone would work also... | |
| CD Mats I tried several before but nothing really made consistent noticeable improvement.........until I used Herbies CD Mat.This is thin rubber mat similar to surgical glove material that naturally sticks to CD surface, no slippage like other mats. Seems... | |
| Would an external DAC improve the sound of my SONY Also remember if you get external Dac you have extra expense of another good AC cord, digital cable, and extra shelf space. | |
| Would an external DAC improve the sound of my SONY Since the Sony SACD units are widely modded at reasonable cost this may yeild better value sonic upgrade for less money. SACD Mods has nice upgrade package for $328:http://www.sacdmods.com/External Dac would also help but I think you get more bang... | |
| Telarc cd's and Mozart's Requiem Yes new CD recordings will sound better than most mid 1980's Telarc versions. Back then Telarc had a lush sound in general but detail is somewhat opaque compared to newer Telarc recordings.My current favorite CD version would be Herreweghe/Harmoni... | |
| Top Ten Speaker Cables of all time?... In case anyone is interested, here is the Fabio system people above are referring to. Unfortunately article was done in 1995 so surely there have been changes, but this should give you an idea of his level of system:http://www.transparentcable.com... | |
| Best Recording of Scheherazade Just recently saw this glowing review for 1964 Stokowski/Cala version, worth reading:http://www.musicweb.uk.net/classrev/2004/Feb04/Rimsky_Sheherezade.htm | |
| Why do digital cables sound different? Here is my digital cable upgrade path over last 3yrs, getting slightly better sound each step at lower prices:AZ Mc2 $300 --> WW Supernova III glass toslink $100 --> Sonicwave glass toslink (280 fibers) $25 --> Stereovox HDVX $100 current... | |
| Best Recording of Scheherazade If I were to narrow my own list of 5 down to one must have account it would be difficult since they each have thier own strong points, but my choice is:*** Beecham / EMI (Great Recorings of the Century) ***Beecham is a master of painting tonal col... | |
| Best Recording of Scheherazade Many great ones available which are better than versions at your library, for CD I recommend:Gergiev / PhillipsNewest serious contender, very energetic version with great soundMackerras / TelarcThis probably best sound of any tremendous dynamic ra... | |
| AudioPrism Quiet Lines I agree with above, make modest improvement without hurting sound. Blue Circle makes more expensive similar product "Noise Hound" that works even better......I have two Noise Hounds and set of 8 Quiet Lines placed at key outlets as noted in produc... | |
| High quality custom length Toslinks??? Opps.........just noticed 1m & 2m cable is a little too popular now, seems to be currently backordered till 3/27/04, guess the word has got out on these. | |
| High quality custom length Toslinks??? I don't know how your can get custom length toslink unless you plan on buying large quanity?As far as standard length 1m, 2m, 3m glass toslink with 280 glass fiber strands and superior spring loaded coupler at amazing low price go to "sonicwave" l... | |
| Green Mountain Europas....Legendary performance Glad these are working out well for you.It would be helpful if you could list similar monitor speakers you have owned/compared directly to GMA Europas,also if you could list your system with Audiogon so members know what gear you are using, provid... | |
| Silver interconnect and Copper spkr wire synergy There are no rules that apply to everyone, whatever sounds best to you. Everyone has different gear and tastes and what sounds right in one system may not sound good in your system.I own silver & copper ICs and silver & copper speaker wire... |