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Responses from narrod
| SoundCity Speaker Outriggers I have a pair. They are very well made and make speaker levelling a snap. Highly recommended. | |
| Bill Evans Vinyl on Riverside The OJC releases are quite good. My experience with boxsets is they sound like a good idea but seldom get played. Evans was great but there is a sameness to many of his recordings. I suggest you pick an choose the critical few and forego the box set. | |
| Upgrade for Vpi aries table Markd51 is right on. I've owned several VPI tables and not one was totally speed accurate. All running a bit fast. The SDS corrects this, isolates the table from the wall outlet and lowers the noise floor. This is why I consider the SDS the most s... | |
| haunting/dark classical The Gidon Kremer is an outstanding piece of work. I bought it based on this discussion. It has quickly become a favorite. | |
| Upgrade for Vpi aries table SDS first will give you the biggest bang for your upgrade dollar. The ring is great but having to replace the platter makes it a pricey upgrade. | |
| Will SACD Formats Play through a Standard DAC? NO. A standard DAC does not decode DSD and the signal is not passed through the digital out of the player. | |
| IR AC on off switch needed to turn on tube amp? They are easy to find at Home Depot, Lowe's,Target. etc. Be advised they don't cost much so they aren't audiophile approved. | |
| Looking for an integrated tube amp USA or Europe Check out Rogue. They are good and made in the USA. It won't be long before all this stuff is made in China. Simply a matter of economics. The good news is that Chinese manufacturing is getting much better and is, primarily, based on American and ... | |
| Changing power conditioner stock power cord Audphile1, I'm sure your system sounds wonderful. I don't feel a need to insult you. | |
| Changing power conditioner stock power cord If you think it will improve the sound, it will. | |
| Preamp to pair with my Adcom? The Rogue is far superior to the Adcom pieces. If you decide to keeo the amp a tube preamp (Quicksilver, Audio Mirror, etc.) will help tame the Adcom. | |
| Rega cartridge loading question 47K is all you need. | |
| Best DAC to use with Polk XM tuner? It helps but the sound is still pretty disappointing. A Bel Canto 1 or 2 is a good match but don't expect miracles. | |
| haunting/dark classical Pachebel's Canon and Hubay's Hejri Kati. | |
| Class D amp driving Thiel Sounds like a horrible combination to me. That being said,I'm not a fan of the Thiel house sound. I find that the initial detail becomes fatiguing after extended listening.I would think the typical Class D amp will just make it worse. |