norfish
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| What's Your Favorite Rollins album? Alright, Way out West and Saxophone Collosus are probablyhis best, but I love his guest spot on side two of Liveat Music Inn, Vol. 2 by the MJQ.Randy | |
| Differences between TNT 5 and 6 I've been upgrading my TNT for years (SAMA, flywheel,bearing, air suspension, SDS) to the point when it isalmost at Mk. 5 status, but with the Mk. 1 platter (I hearthat this was considered a warmer and possibly superiorplatter to those that follow... | |
| Experience with Argent Room Lens I've had room lenses for about 2 years. In my previous set-up with CLS speakers, the room was damped with abouta dozen tube traps. This was way too many for my AlonCirce's. With so many tube traps, the Circe's sounded muffled. But with the tube tr... | |
| Jumpers vs bi-wire Up until recently, I've been using internal triwires to my Alon Circes. This means that the three legs are all carried in the same jacket of Discovery Essential cable. I was eager to see what happened if I ran a separate leg to the woofer and conv... | |
| Jazz on record His name is Scott Yanow, not Yankow, and his books on Swing and Bebop are among my favorite resources. The ratings are not inflated and he has a special section for each artist for recordings on vinyl that haven't made the transition to CD. What I... | |
| Who has used a Genesis Digital Lens? Used one for many years between a Counterpoint transport and a Sonic Frontiers SFD-2 Mk II. Made a real worthwhile upgrade. Then sold the whold shebang to get an all in one player. | |
| Classic Record RCA 45 rpm reissues - Which? Our Man in Jazz - Sonny Rollins on tenor sax and Don Cherry on trumpet sound just like they're in the room with you. A scary record for its realism and dynamics. On 4 sides on Classic Records. While I do like the Analogue productions 45 rpm releas... | |
| Amplifier For Martin Logan CLSIIZ? I compared the Synergistic Master Coupler with a pair of XLO cords and found that the Synergistic had a much better midrange with more sparkle, especially on piano recordings. They went a fair bit of the way towards alleviating the thinness which ... | |
| Genesis Digital lens used with a 24/196 Dac Heard that PS Audio or Genesis are working on a new Lens. Wonder when it will be out? Maybe it will have wider flexibility with longer word lengths.Randy | |
| Amplifier For Martin Logan CLSIIZ? I owned the CLSIIZ's for about 8 years and was very happy driving them with a pair of ARC Classic 120's. Can be obtained for about $2300 used. I tried the Synergistic Master A/C power cords on the CLS's and liked them quite a bit.Randy | |
| Straight Wire Virtuoso R vs. Crescendo I/C Last night I compared a pair of Virtuoso platinum with Crescendo XLR's. The Crescendo had much more body, with richer tonalities. The treble was less emphasized on the Crescendo than on the Virtuoso. Maybe this relates to Overhang's remark, but th... | |
| Did anybody use a Straight Wire Virtuoso R I/C? Bright and forward? I have a tube based system and wouldnot charaterize it at all as bright and forward (if anything I wouldn't mind a bit more forwardness). SW virtuoso throughout, Discovery Essential speaker cable.Randy | |
| Did anybody use a Straight Wire Virtuoso R I/C? I believe that the Virtuoso R is just a repackaged Virtuoso Platinum (they were losing money selling two versions of the cable). So it makes sense that the Gold version that you heard sounded a bit more mellow. I use Virtuoso throughout my system ... | |
| Counterpoint DA 11.5 replacement help My Counterpoint transport laser died about three yearsago and I couldn't get my local repairman to fix it because there were no instructions about how to adjustthe replacement laser. CP wanted over 200 bucks toreplace the laser and the transport w... | |
| Best Isolation Device for Speakers? I have to admit being a bit confused about this subject. I recently replaced the spikes on my Alon Circe's with a set of Walker Valid points and Resonance discs. The discs are sitting on a 3/4 inch piece of MDF which rests on carpet above a wood f... |