newbee
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| Help: Order of importance: Pre, Amp, DAC, speakers IMHO, "order of importance" is determined more by the difficulty of matching/synergy that any component presents than where it stands in the chain. Because of that I consider the speaker selection is most important. Speakers not only present the g... | |
| Break in period Shadrone, A quick question. Do you assume that manufacturers only use new component parts when they make their prototypes and that their designs are only to be heard with new parts. I think it is reasonable to assume they do not, and that your pro... | |
| Time to reflect - why do you post on Audiogon..... Marco, It was interesting for sure. Your reasons for posting have always been apparent, to me at least.For some reason that thread reminds me of the integrated v SLR thread (I love playing with that analogy as I'm sure you've noted). So much on th... | |
| Break in period Dopogue, Great observation and I think you're right on. On the Raysonic I had expectations based on the review in 6moons and that is what I focused on for the first couple of hours out of the box. Warm, less resolution, rolled highs. Yep. Then the... | |
| Under Appreciated Jazz Piano Players Did anybody mention Andre Previn? If not they should have. :-) | |
| Most achingly-beautiful music Jlindquist - You are right on with Cassidy's Over The Rainbow! I can tear up just thinking about how she sings it, let alone listening to her actually sing it. Makes Judy's version sound like the idle dream that little girls have. Eva's IMHO expre... | |
| A man with a flute Another very 'popular' player was James Galway. He got onto a lot of covers. But Rampal did some very popular jazz cross-overs. Both players have very entertaining albums. | |
| Good Baritone Sax Recording? Gerry Mulligan meets Scott Hamilton, Concords Jazz, CCD4300Gerry Mulligan - Dream a Little Dream - Telarc CD83364and one of my favorites for the music, Gerry Mulligan meets Ben Webster on Verve 841661. | |
| Looking for opinions on Prima Luna Prologue 6 &7 Steve, I've had the PL3/5 combo for about 20 months. I listen mostly to small jazz groups, jazz vocalists, and classical, both orchestral, chamber and especially solo piano. I didn't go for the phono card in the PL3. I have an MC cartridge and I d... | |
| 35 watts in Ultralinear vs 50 watts in Triode "Will triode always be softer" between different amps? No. The term 'always' dictates that response. I would be more ameniable to saying 'generally, yes' if the term were 'usually'. The power difference between 35wts and 50wts amounts to about 1 t... | |
| 35 watts in Ultralinear vs 50 watts in Triode Tvad, FWIW you are correct IMO means just that, My bad. Sorry, I meant well. I was just trying to expand on what you were saying. :-) | |
| Two amps, one pure class A, other A/B IMHO, flabby bass is not dependent on power output. IF everything except power output are the same you'd still have flabby bass. With the 50wt'er you might have less bass, on the level of 4 to 5 db, but not tighter bass. And the 50 wt'er might be ... | |
| 35 watts in Ultralinear vs 50 watts in Triode Tvad is sort of correct. IMHE in any given amp that allows switching Triode is usually less aggressive, up-front, etc. Some times the sound stage is more recessive and the tone softer (the old Mesa Baron was very illustrative of this having 4 stag... | |
| Problem with Quad II Classic Sounds like you may have a shorted power tube. Usually occurs shortly after you turn on the amp. Puts on a light show some times if your watching, and you will usually hear a 'pop' thru the speaker. The smoke usually comes from the melting of a re... | |
| New Soliloquys with spikes and hardwood floors FWIW, spikes/cones do not isolate speakers from wood floors. They are very efficient at coupling your speakers to the floor. If you want to isolate you need something which is inefficient at conducting the frequencies you want to block. Nothing is... |