mgottlieb
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| B W 801 F in Rosewood Years ago I had a pair, probably from 1982-1985 or '86. They were a slight update (improved tweeter) of the first 801s. Wonderful lateral imaging, and lovely tone from the highs to the lower mids, but the soundfront projected as very low, and the ... | |
| Does EVERY component need break-in? It varies from component to component. I have no doubt about cables and power cords changing their sound for the better after 100-200 hours, and certainly the same with speakers. Amps seem to need less, preamps even less than that; as to transport... | |
| What would be the best gears for Andra. I use a pair of Classe CAM-350 monoblocks (350 wpc each) with Andras, and find they work beautifully. Speaker cables are NBS Monitor 0, and so are most other cables except preamp-power amps, which are Purist Dominus and tonearm cable, which is Pur... | |
| Bybee Quantum Purifiers - Any Opinions? All of the Bybee filters, speaker, AC and interconnect work beautifully and have a beneficial effect. My only reservation is that, despite what the reviews said, you can overdo them. One per cable, at the input to the next component, is really the... | |
| Best places to find records on Chicago You might try Jerry Canter, the Classical Collector, in Evanston, at 847-864-3981. He has a website too. He sells by mail, but might agree to a pickup. | |
| VPI cleaning fluid and fungus At least in my experience, this appears to be a common problem with VPI. I've had it happen with a number of bottles which have sat around, and I do mix the concentrate with distilled water. I don't know if any other cleaner designed for cleaning ... | |
| Pass XO vs X1 Cordesman did two reviews of the X-1 and X-Ono, in December and January or January and February, in the last one of which he did the comparison. I have the X-1 and X-ONO and love them. However good the X-O is, you have to have room for a three box... | |
| Cables for Mark Levinson 36S The Purist recommendation is a good one, but the Levinson deserves one of their top cables. Dominus is very expensive, but Proteus is a very good choice. I would also recommend Cardas Golden Reference, which is a warm, rich cable which still allow... | |
| Low noise Preamp for High Eff Speakers You might try the Pass X-1 (and the matching phono amp, the X-ONO). Thewe are really quiet, and very fine. See Cordesman's reviews in (I think) the January and February Absolute Sound. | |
| Sony SCD1 vs. Mark Lev 37 as transports Oops, sorry--the Sony's digital out only takes an RCA digital cable. | |
| Sony SCD1 vs. Mark Lev 37 as transports To clarify, I tried both balanced and single-ended versions of the same cable on the Levinson, to make sure I wasn't attributing what were actually cable diferences to the transports. The Sony only takes RCAs. | |
| 4 Mono s Years ago I went from one BEL 1001 in stereo to two in mono, then to 4, two per channel. (None of these were the current 1001.) Each time there was an improvement. As long as you are talking apples to apples, fine; but this does not mean 4 BELs ar... | |
| Sony SCD1 vs. Mark Lev 37 as transports Well, let me start this by saying that I already have decided eventually to get the new dCS CD/SACD transport to go with my dCS Purcell and Elgar, so everything else I say is a temporary conclusion. Having said that, I have been running the Sony S... | |
| Pass XONO - stories from the front? Well, actually, I borrowed a pair of Monitor 0 RCAs to try it. It is difficult to generalize because the balanced outs have so much greater volume, but they simply seemed cleaner and more precise. I had the same impression comparing balanced and u... | |
| Sony SCD-1 as transport? As to the last post, if you look at the specs, you'll see that the SCD-1 is heavier, and the Sony rep I spoke to said that that is because it has a larger power supply. Whether that translates into any practical difference, who knows? |