newbee
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| Can you cancel an auction? i saw it happen on audiogon just a few weeks ago after the item had been listed for a week or so. then item then appeared in the "for sale" section a few days later at the going price. i don't know how audiogon could force a sale. i think what hap... | |
| What was your biggest priority? records and cd's absorb about 3/4ths of the money i spend in this hobby. speakers & amps, preamp, cd player, turntable/arm/cartridge, in that order consume the rest. cost of components were about the same for each. very very little spent on tw... | |
| vocal music for a newbie excuse 2d post, my brain was in so-mo above. the choral piece that stands highest in my collection and regard is Faure's Requiem as performed by Herreweghe w/a chamber orchestra recorded by Harmonia mundi #9011771. This is without any doubt one of... | |
| vocal music for a newbie R strauss' orchestral songs are one of my favorites. you basically have a soloist and an orchestra. the music is very assessible.EMI has a "great recordings of the century" series which includes a classic performance by elisabeth schwarzkopf &... | |
| FM Antenna placement, wiring i put stacked directional antennas in my attic. works just fine. i could probably get by with an omni but my stations all came from one general direction and the directional antennas have better signal strength. my experience with the small amplif... | |
| Advice on an upgrade dennis, i have no doubt that the VTL intregrated is warmer than your NAD with these speakers - i would think the NAD's were never a proper choice for them. that doesn't mean in any absolute sense that they have a warmish tone - that effect has eve... | |
| AR SP 9 hum/amp compatibility question - HELP FWIW, i have an old sp10 with banana jacks on the back of the pre-amp which must have a jumper connecting them in normal use "otherwise, severe hum and/or oscillation will occur". i don't know if these exist on the sp9 but check it out. if you do,... | |
| Advice on an upgrade dennis, in your original post on your disappointment with the BAT you mentioned that you were hoping for a warm, organic sound. you may recall my comments then. nothing has changed much in my opinion. i think the ML's can sound cold and etched if ... | |
| BAT VKD5 SE vs. Newcastle PART2 dennis, FWIW, i noted your other post requesting suggestions on amps for your speakers. you will recall i suggested earlier that one of your problems could be the synergy between your present amp and speakers, principally because of what you said ... | |
| Best tube amp for my system ---- 1k used???? don't overlook sonic frontiers. an sf 80 properly tubed can sound very good. used they are about 1k +/-. they err on the romantic side of neutral, but not as far as a cj does for expmple. | |
| A tubes vs. Solid State question. Tube-O-Lator. WOW! the ultimate tweak! clueless, after you've used up your first bottle please write up a testimonial for us. or a pan, whatever. FWIW if you can't hear a difference with tubes or value the difference you hear then stay with ss, it... | |
| Preferred recordings and classical labels answer depends on how much value you place on sonics vs performance. your choice of the previn/ashkenazy pc's was excellent one for preformance and a very good one for sonics as well. every label and every performer has their successes and failure... | |
| New Eva Cassidy - "Imagine" i cried when i heard her rendition of Danny Boy, but them i'm irish, what would you expect. imagine is excellent also. the other cuts w/out the band are very enjoyable, i'm just not fond of the cuts with the band as her voice is subsumed in the ba... | |
| Question about Mesa Baron that's why i tried it! sounds like the technician you talked to knew more about the amp than randy. i've found them to be good people and very helpful. bet you learned a bit about tubes from the manual. i did. | |
| Question about Mesa Baron yes - i tried it with both tesla e34l's and svetlana el34,s. i got cherry red tubes using the bias meter settings and i had no way to check plate voltage and try to bias in at a setting appropriate to and el34. i went back to 6L6's. if you're look... |