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| What is the best used ARC Pre-Amp to get? the sp8 has a built in phono. re the sp10II besides the price there is a sonic difference to consider. the sp8 has a more up-front sound - the sp10II is more laid back. if you can find one and spring for the extra bucks the sp10II is worth the dif... | |
| Is It Worth Modifying an ARC LS16? my gut reaction is that you would be better off selling the ls16 and appling the sales money and the cost of the upgrade to a better arc product (or a cj, or bat, etc). your mod will be expensive and will not improve the resale value of the ls 16 ... | |
| Updating my preamp.Frustrating..You Bet its not really possible to make any helpful suggestions without knowing what system your preamp will be used in and what type of sound you like, i.e. warm, neutral, cold. do you need a phono, etc. as for generic advise, i would stick to well estab... | |
| Audio and Wine? love good red wines! i have some 86 bv 50th aniversary george latour, some regular 86 bv private reserve george latour, some 86 & 87 clos du val, and some 86 jordan (and some other stuff). all cabernets. don't know what their worth. | |
| Is Your System Better Than the Music You Like? kthomas - couldn't agree with your post more! do they pay you more for being a true "audiophile"? fortunately most of my friends don't know what an audiophile is supposed to be so i don't have to deny being one. | |
| Is Your System Better Than the Music You Like? spend that 10k on music! its much more fun to listen to the music than the equipment. | |
| Speaker Placement Info Needed the CARDAS system is a good starting point for positioning speakers and listening position. look at FAQ's on audio asylum for details. off hand it sounds like your speakers could be further away from your back wall but this would depend a lot on t... | |
| Best Jazz Vocalists - Standard Songs shirly horn, great stylist and pianist. low key, romantic, intimate stuff for the most part, mostly recorded on verve. karrin allyson on concord jazz. | |
| Best tube for Cal Sigma 2 yugo ei12ax7 - very neutral and transparent - i use it in both the sigma and alpha. | |
| I'm still working to love digital, are you? when i play records i occasionally get one that sounds really great - no ticks, pops, silent backgroung, no wow/flutter etc and i'm estatic. but what a pain in the ass to get there! i really only listen to vinyl for special performances when the c... | |
| Sibelius Symphonies otto, you like strauss and sibelius, have your tried bantock? this is a composer from the british isles who should be heard, not your typical bucolic english music. he was a contempoary of both strauss and sibelius. his music was influenced by lis... | |
| What is your favorite Strauss The Last Four Songs? otto, while i like von karajan's lp i'm not too fond of the recording by dg. i find myself listening to jarvi on chandos as it contains a good version of tod und verklarung and drei hymnen as well as metamorphosen (it also has lott). and, ormandy ... | |
| What is your favorite Strauss The Last Four Songs? as a supplement to schwarzkopf w/szell, i find myself going to felicity lott. i love her voice - its a little lightweight compared to others but in this music i find that i actually prefer that. | |
| Sibelius Symphonies for otto: out of curiosity i picked up sanderlings' #2 and 3. both are very good performances, i liked 3 a bit more than two but he keeps the pace up. i'm not fond of performances in which the conductor tries to make sibelius into a "romantic". ve... | |
| Concord Jazz just came back from b&n w/14 cd's. these were made in europe for that market. many are not in the us catalog any longer. i'm going back tomorrow! for the price you cant go wrong. they have a lot of the maybeck hall series which were excellent ... |