mike_in_nc
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| Cardas Cables vs Wireworld Cables +1 Erik. My experience (after 50 yrs of this) is also that "room acoustics are 100x a better investment than cable swapping." Cables make small differences that may or may not suit your specific setup. An equal investment in room acoustics is almo... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados I like the O’Conor Beethoven sonatas, too. I also like a newer set by András Schiff on ECM. It’s been a while since I listened to them, but as I recall, the sound is typical ECM (slightly more beautiful than reality), and the performances reasonab... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Has anyone listened to Derzhavina playing Haydn Piano sonatas yet as I did yesterday and have to say I enjoyed them very much. She has a brilliant tecnique and she brings out the quirkiness of Haydn’s writing. Regarding Derzhavina’s Haydn disc, I... | |
| Anthem getting into two channel with new STR pre-amp-- anyone heard it? My local dealer doesn't stock the STR Preamp, but when I told him an online merchant offers a 60d trial and 2-day shipping, he agreed to match the terms. On arrival, I fed it burn-in tones for about 150 hrs. I don't believe in that, but to my ears... | |
| Anthem getting into two channel with new STR pre-amp-- anyone heard it? Harry, I hope you'll tell us how you like it. | |
| Anthem getting into two channel with new STR pre-amp-- anyone heard it? Thanks to @audiotroy for the comments. I'm also interested in the STR Preamplifier. It would be interesting to see in-depth reviews and such, but perhaps I'll just ask the local dealership to bring in a demo -- they've offered. In the meantime, ... | |
| Z-Systems RPD 1: Need a remote When I wanted information from Z-Systems recently, they didn’t answer my email -- but when I phoned, they answered immediately and were extremely helpful. So I suggest a phone call. | |
| Upgrade from Emotiva XPA1 to Bryston 28bsst2 or Pass X350.8 I’ve heard the Pass X250.8 in my system. It was a lovely, liquid sound, slightly midrange-forward to my ears and easy to listen to in the treble. I would have kept it, but I couldn’t tolerate (in a basement room) the 400W of heat it puts out at ld... | |
| Speakers in the 5-6K$ region & their components Consider the Janszen hybrid electrostatics. Maybe a little more than you r range, but not much. A very high quality tweeter- midrange indeed. | |
| Krell Vanguard Integrated vs Bryston B135 I used to own a GFA-555. It was very nice for the money, but the Bryston gear is in an entirely different league, sonically. (I owned a 14BSST for years and have auditioned a couple of all-Bryston systems.) I for one would go for the B135, and I c... | |
| Need Suggestions for speakers up to $15K new/used You might want to consider speakers with controlled dispersion, which will reduce (not eliminate) trouble from the low ceiling. I have a basement room of similar dimensions, and Janszen zA2.1 work well there. Other panel speakers could be good. Of... | |
| Speakers with warm treble and good bass Some good recommendations already. I am surprised the Harbeths and Spendors weren't on your original list. They seem to be exactly what you are looking for. I also have found the Aerials excellent, and in the way you are looking for.As to acoustic... | |
| Tidal equivalent for Classical? I have tried Tidal with and without Roon. Without, it's a total mess, especially for Classical music. It's as if the library and cataloging were devised by a chimpanzee. With Roon, it improves considerably, though it can still be hard to find wha... | |
| What are some smaller names that compete with the big names in Audio? In answer to the original question: Sanders and Janszen are two firms making electrostatic speakers, neither is a big name, and each makes excellent products. | |
| MQA - One Filter to Rule them All? @erik_squires My memory is that Stereophile was extremely enthusiastic about HDCD at the time. Their online archive doesn't go back far enough for me to see if my memory is right.Meridian also introduced MLP, Meridian Lossless Packing, which becam... |