meisterkleef
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| In Heavy Rotation? I feel like Mike Fremer! All in 2-channel:1) Weather Report - Mysterious Traveller (Sony SACD)2) Reiner/Bartok/Concerto for Orchestra (JVC XRCD)3) Medeski Martin and Wood - Uninvisible (DTS DVD-A)4) Wilco - Being There (Warner CD)5) Trey Anastasio... | |
| Audio Research LS-22 compared to other AR preamps? As an addendum to the above: I don't do vinyl so I've neverhad one of the ARC SP series preamps in the system. Othersmust comment regarding the ARC SP preamps. | |
| Audio Research LS-22 compared to other AR preamps? The LS5mkII is the best sounding line-stage ARC has ever made.Period. Sorry Ref and LS25 owners. Huge ARC fan and they'veall passed through the system and none could touch the LS5.Don't think I'll ever get rid of my LS5mkII. The LS25 is asignifica... | |
| Classical fans, I need advice I'll take a slightly different approach then the above postersand simply recommend one recording:Given your description I am 100% sure you will love therecent Murray Perahia Bach Keyboard Concertos release onSony Classiscal with the Academy of St ... | |
| Audio Research D400 mkII I've been running two ARC D400mkII amps in a verticallybiamped configuration for a number of years now with trulywonderful results. It's a low global feedback design withclass-A biasing to approximately 25wpc. One awesome featureis a separate tran... | |
| "The Yes Album" Remasters The Atlantic remaster is a vast improvement over the originalAtlantic release. I have not heard other versions. | |
| Best Grateful Dead recording? Agree with Slipknot. One quick correction: "Nightfall ofDiamonds" was actually from the October 16, 1989 show at theMeadowlands (yes I was there - Bob Weir's b-day). "Dozin' at the Knick" is a compilation of the 3-night March, 1990 run at the Knic... | |
| Tuner choices? Help me please Onkyo T-9090II and Fanfare FT-1/FT-1A both have remote. | |
| Tuner choices? Help me please This one's easy (if you don't need AM):Used Onkyo T-9090IIUsed Fanfare FT-1 or FT-1A.I owned an Onkyo T-9090II for roughly 8 years before Ireplaced it with a Fanfare FT-1A about 2 years ago. The Onkyois better than the Fanfare for DX'ing but the F... | |
| Hello Wadia Again and Agon Well I just got my 860 back from 861se upgrade. Took onemonth. That seemed a little long. Turns out they lost myoriginal RA# and had to reassign a new one, most likelypushing my unit to the end of a long queue (probably thesame effect as if I had ... | |
| Guilty Pleasures Neil Diamond's "Jazz Singer" soundtrack. | |
| Are Terminals Necessary? I use bare wire at the amps and dual-bananas at the speakersfor the exact reason Unsound mentions: binding posts on theamps are spaced wide apart making a short across the terminalsnearly impossible. Otherwise I'd use dual-bananas at the ampside a... | |
| BAT pre-amps with RCA adaptors Although I don't have a BAT, my ARC LS5mkII is also fullybalanced with only XLR connections. You can certainly usesingle-ended sources with the adaptors. However the betterroute is dedicated RCA->XLR terminated cables. This is howI connect my s... | |
| aerial10t amp match Do you have your heart set on tubes? The older Classe CA-200,CA-300, CA-400 amps have incredible synergy with the 10t. Ihave not heard the newer Classe CA-201/301/401 amps with the10t but my guess would be a similar synergy. The 10t reallyseems to... | |
| Best Preamp Audio Research LS5 versus BAT VK-5i/SE I really don't think you would be disappointed with any ofthe preamps you mention. That being said, I've been incrediblyhappy with my ls5mkii for about 8 years now. All of yourcriteria are certainly met with this classic. My ls5mkiidrives a pair o... |