moto_man
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| Jazz for aficionados All of the above are phenomenal suggestions, and the number of fantastic recordings make it difficult to pick out even four or five. So I will try to suggest one that hasn't been mentioned and is a little obscure: The Sound of Jazz - A TV special... | |
| How much do I have to spend? I respectfully disagree that the preamp is responsible for "Everything else, soundstage, imagine, refinement, detail . .. " I just swapped between my Plinius SA 100 Mk III and my Theta Digital Dreadnaught because the Plinius is going to the spa f... | |
| Cables for Focal Utopia Diablo I switched from the Cardas Golden Cross to a pair of MIT S3's and I have to say that after breaking them in for a couple of weeks, I prefer the MIT cables. As usual, the differences are subtle -- better soundstage, a smoother sound, so I would co... | |
| Joseph Audio Pulsars v. Focal Diablo Utopia's Thanks for the feedback! There are no Joseph dealers anywhere near me, so their sound is a mystery to me. However, I went to a local Focal dealer and listened to the Diablos and they sounded superb. I got a good deal on a pair here and ended up ... | |
| Power Cable choices Audience Power Chords. Expensive, but great cables. I was actually surprised at the improvement they made in focusing the bass. I'm a convert to the potential of power cords to audibly improve your sound. I used to think that it was complete BS. N... | |
| I'm studying MIT cables I'm weighing in late here because I just picked up a set of MIT Shotgun S3's from Joe. I have to say that the whole "poles of articulation" sounds like complete BS to me, but then, I'm no engineer, just a lawyer, :). What I can't argue with, and w... | |
| MIT Shotgun Question. I'm coming late to this party. Just happened upon it because I was interested in what others thought about the MIT 1.3 speaker cables versus Cardas Golden Cross. I have to say that as much as I liked the Golden Cross with my Joseph Audio rm25XL's,... | |
| Cables for Focal Utopia Diablo I'm a little late to this party, but I just acquired a pair of Diablo Utopia iii's and I am running them off my Plinius SA103 with Cardas Golden Cross speaker wire. Sounds excellent! Although I have to confess to a bit of heresy: my Joseph Audio r... | |
| who has experience with Joseph Audio? A little late in responding but I have been out of the audiophile game while I moved. I have to say that the Joseph Audio RM25si's are wonderful in my 2 channel music system. Incredible, in fact. I have an all B&W Nautilus 805 HT system powere... | |
| Aerial 20T...has anyone heard it? I listenned to the 20T's just recently along with the Wilson watt/puppies 6, I believe. The 20T's were absolutely fantastic. The imaging,soundstage, everything was terrific. The idrange was a little laidback for my friend's taste, who likes the B&... | |
| TransParent Cables vs. Others I have a solid state system and love the Golden Cross biwires. In yours, you might want to consider Red Dawn IC's, which will give you good clear bass extension with the upper end detail for your tubed system. | |
| Hendrix blues Follow-up to Rockvirgo's list of Red House times from my CD collection:Los Angeles Forum, April 26, 1969: 11:07Stockholm, Sweden, Sept. 1, 1969: 11:56 | |
| Why is Double Blind Testing Controversial? Having started this thread, I will weigh in with a comment. First, I can't understand how Judit can flatly say that DBT "serves no useful purpose." I DBT'd cables using a Marantz 8300 DVD-A/SACD/CD player (this has two L/R outs so cables can be di... | |
| What speakers for $5K Used? I auditioned a few yesterday at a local store, none of which were mentioned here, but I will share some of the experiences. I went to listen to the Aerial 10T's, and of course, they are discontinued. There is a new 10T coming out in 6-12 mos, thou... | |
| Why do digital cables sound different? Picking up on what Redkiwi said about coax vs. digital, I and a friend were able to A/B the new Audioquest Optilink 5 with Audioquest's digital RCA, the VSD-4. The result was truly surprising. The Optilink glass fiber Toslink was significantly bet... |