newbee
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| Best CD Re Shadorne's recommendation - Yep, that is a good one, but if your speakers are up to it, and your listeners are going to be impressed by 'big sound' get something with an organ substituting for a piano, playing the original version of Mussorgsky... | |
| Seeking advice on tube amps T, I relize you have now committed to the 'speaker first' process, which I highly indorse (like Tvad, I have wasted a lot of money trying speakers without paying enuf attention to proper amp matching, just using what I had on hand), but FWIW slowi... | |
| Silverline Sonata III & McIntosh MC275? Samzx12, FWIW, but do not conclude that I agree with your premise about Alans promotion of Pass Amps. When I went to his 'show room' which is VERY modest, to audition my speakers, listen to the III's, as well as some stacked mini's, the Pass Amps ... | |
| Best CD Well, the first thing I do is ask guests what they like and try to accomodate their tastes. Nothing more boring for a guest than to have to listen to music that they neither understand nor enjoy just so you can 'show off' your system.Most of my fa... | |
| Silverline Sonata III & McIntosh MC275? I haven't found the set up of my Silverlines any different that any other similar full range dynamic speakers I've used. They all worked a couple of feet from the wall behind them, the bass was a bit uneven, and the soundstage depth was compressed... | |
| Who's your guitar daddy now? For a classical guitarist, based on what I just heard live Friday night, I would add Sharon Isbin to your list. I just ordered a half dozen of her CD's - it will be interesting to see how she sounds recorded, but live was just outstanding. Don't l... | |
| Why are "low hours" a consideration? Rx8man, Re 'memory' issues. Consider that some professional musicians and instrument makers will argue that a new instrument will, thru the break in process, take on the signature of the musician using it and which might be an impediment to future... | |
| Silverline Sonata III & McIntosh MC275? Jim, In defense of Tvad, although he has his own voice and can speak for himself, this thread is getting a bit long. Now I'll make it a bit longer rather than hear you guys wrangle. In my opinion Tvad has exacting expectations (don't we all!) and ... | |
| A new CDP after my Rega Apollo or a new DAC? Well I've been running a Raysonic 128 with a Cayin A100T. Up until recently I thought it a big, dynamic, and warm sound but not having as much resolution as I like. A simple change from 4ohm taps to 8 ohm taps on the Cayin was all it took to resto... | |
| Anyone running a solid state preamp and tube amp? You might like to check the archives. This question was posted by Morgandogge at the end of February "Is solid state pre-amp and tube amp a good combo'. Lots of discussion there. | |
| Silverline Sonata III & McIntosh MC275? You want to know the sonic differences between the I and the III. Unless some one here has actually owned both you may have to rely on a mixing of the reviews on Soundstage (I believe) and 6moons. I like Potis' comments on 6moons. I bought the Bol... | |
| How do you train your ears? The guitarist was Sharon Isbin. She said the name of her guitar, I didn't get a clear understanding of the name, but it started with 'H' and might have been Holzgruber. I did a search and its tonal description matched my recall. There is a picture... | |
| How do you train your ears? Listening skills are IMHO developed when you have a 'reference' and a 'goal'. If you don't know what is possible you don't have a reference. If you don't have a goal you don't know exactly what to listen for. I agree with T Bone (mostly), you don'... | |
| amp is taken it`s time to power up Don't know Quicksilver designs, but what I'd guess is that if they have a slow start feature during which the amp is muted for the first 3 to 5 minutes, one of the amps is coming up too quickly OR, more likely, the other is just coming up too slow... | |
| 'In Home Dealers' are the future? "Not fair to the dealer network"What dealer network, brick and mortar dealers? I din't know there were enuf left for the manufacturer/distributor to bother with that hassle. I guess that for really expensive stuff we could get on a plane and fly i... |