newbee
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| When is digital going to get the soul of music? Detlof, I'm taking up latin as a primary language. Then no one will realize how illiterate I really am! Your use of English remains exceeded only by....well, what is your first language anyway? :-)Now, that aside, lets have some fun. Lets talk abo... | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? Detlof, LOL! English is my first language and your competency in a second (?) language brings tears to my eyes. I'll never lift my eyes/head again. I'm so embarassed!That said, I really agree, for the most part at least, with Mt T's sentiments. Fo... | |
| Obscure companies making excellent speakers? I'm amazed that no one has mentioned Silverlines. They do not advertise. They do go to the shows, and they have had quite a few of their products favorably reviewed in the mag's and on the 'net. So they might not be as obscure as some of the other... | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? In my dedicated (so to speak) room, listening to classical and jazz music, by FAR, the Silverline Boleros. The difference these speakers have made is profound. Now I know why some people become evangelistic about some audio stuff and say how the t... | |
| Integrated thingy Different versions? Not to my knowledge. You might like to visit the current post requesting info "multiple choice integrateds" where in the Cayin A70T is discussed a bit. Only about 3db difference between this an your 100wt goal. And about $1000 ... | |
| Integrated thingy Hi Mark, I've got one of those Cayin 100's driving my Silverline Bolero's, primarily using a Raysonic 128 CDP as a source, but I also use a BAT (more romantic) and a Wadia 302 (for more drive and mid-range clarity). I've been in the process of 'do... | |
| RACMANINOFF PIANO CONCERTO 2 Just for fun I listened to the opening movement of the 2d, by Ashkenazy/Haitink, Wild, Andsnes, Janis/Dorati, and Ogawa. I didn't have time to go thru all I have, ie Hough, Van Cliburn, Richter, Shelly, Ashkenazy/Previn. I included the Janis recor... | |
| Output tubes for the PrimaLuna 2 For deep bass, linearity and clarity consider the SED 6550's. In my PL3/5 combo I preferred them over SED KT88's (I agree with your description). Also, don't forget to fiddle with the small tubes - A small tube with a bright balance won't help you... | |
| Quad 988 how big of room do you need? You might do a bit of research in the archives on AA. These issues have been discussed often and thoroughly. The short answer is properly setting up Quads is difficult. One of the major requirements, because of the back wave of the speaker, is tha... | |
| Soundstage...How to determine what's right? Rodman99999, Note in my test disc recommendation I mentioned the value of the 'out of phase' cut on the Sheffield disc. Unlike other disc's with barking dogs (Ralph on Stereophiles 1st one) used in and out of phase (typically mono signals I believ... | |
| Who else wants to keep their system secret? Who cares whether you post your system or not. Just look at all of the folks who don't and it for sure hasn't stopped many of them from commenting on everything under the audio 'sun'. If you want to post and and talk about your experience and some... | |
| Best small signal tube for a preamp? My BAT, an early model (1997 I think) came with low noise Sovteks. Not much different (then) from the 6h23's - I thought the 6h23's might have been a tad, no more, warmer/smoother than the Sovteks but I was using them in my SP10 which is reknown f... | |
| Soundstage...How to determine what's right? Rodman99999, This is probably not the time or place for a discussion of recording abberations such as you have described, so I'll keep it short. From what you have discribed the recording with the super wide sound stage had a lot of out of phase i... | |
| Best small signal tube for a preamp? Rodman99999, I'd love to hear those Siemens in my Cal Sigma/Delta. But, don't they use 12AX7a? :-)I use 6h23EB's in my BAT (original version - no upsampling). Do you think there is a significant improvement over these when using the Sieman's you m... | |
| Soundstage...How to determine what's right? I have the Chesky Ultimate Demonstration Disc as well as the Sheffield disc. I like the Shieffield disc for its 'walk about' cut, and its 'out of phase' cut but other than that it didn't impress me. It does have 'burn in' tracks some might like to... |