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| top Mahler on vinyl For sets, I would recommend either Bernstein/New York Philharmonic on Columbia or Kubelik/Bavarian Radio Symphony on DG in terms of most fittingly portraying Mahler's odyssey. For some other, very fine individual performances, try Kletzki or Klemp... | |
| Enter The Raven The GT and 10.5 Of course, our sound preferences are quite subjective. Upon listening to this and the other cords I tried, someone else might feel differently. In my system, the EAR stock cord laid back the perspective a bit and helped make the music sound more s... | |
| How do I smooth out violins? That's actually a fairer deal than what I offered, but there's always Juan Uribe! | |
| How do I smooth out violins? Hi John! I'm doin' just fine, thanks...And after all the dough they spent, Dem Bums had better do fine too. It's been far too long since they've looked like championship material. How 'bout if you and I negotiate a trade right now here on Audiogon... | |
| Enter The Raven The GT and 10.5 After trying a few excellent high end cords on my Raven One motor controller, I was curious to hear how the stock cord would sound that came with my EAR 88PB phono preamp. Took it out of storage and plugged it in. It's staying where it is. | |
| How do I smooth out violins? "...in reality, I think everyone uses cables somewhat to 'tune in' a collection of equipment to suit their personal musical tastes...In the end, I feel that many of us generally arrive at the same destination, though we take many different paths t... | |
| Difference Decca / London records Just to add another couple of points: My comments above strictly refer to original Decca/London pressings, not the more recent 200g, so called "audiophile" reissues. I generally tend to agree with Syntax's assertion concerning the Speaker's Corner... | |
| Difference Decca / London records For years, and in many instances I have typically found the Deccas just a tad cleaner and clearer sounding than the Londons, despite what Mr. Salvatore says regarding the identical production process of both. After all is said and done, it may jus... | |
| How do I smooth out violins? A number of good responses above, including your own regarding changing tubes. I have experienced some dramatic benefits from this in my system. As someone else hints at above, finding ways to lay back the sound is most desirable. I used to favor ... | |
| Thoughts from Joule preamp owners? The descriptions given of the Joule preamps above are quite diverse. I used to own the LAP 150 MK 2. My take on it was that it had a very nice,full,warm sound, though I wanted a tad more extension on the top. I eventually wound up with the EAR 88P... | |
| Mc Anna , Lyra Titan or DynaVector XV 1s Syntax is correct. SME in Sussex (England) does rewiring for its tonearms. At one time I had them rewire my IV.Vi arm, and they did an absolutely first class job. The man to reach at SME is Brian Laker, a very decent fellow. He will answer all you... | |
| Dynavector XX Mk II I also use the XX2 Mk2 , with the EAR 88PB phono preamp, whose gain is at least 72db. Hard for me to enjoy it at a load of about 100 ohms. MUCH better, I find, at around 1000 ohms. | |
| Calling all Dunlavy Gurus Kind thanks for the information you've provided, Pdprez. The link material is interesting reading as well. | |
| Calling all Dunlavy Gurus Yes, there was(is) the SC-4 and the SC-4A. However, there were two versions of the SC-4 prior to the appearance of the 4A. The first had Morel woofers and what were called composite fabric tweeters. In 1995, John Dunlavy made some changes to the o... | |
| Calling all Dunlavy Gurus Americanflag: Once inside the speaker, you will be able to see where each clip is connected and how to remove and cut them. After which, you will twist together strands of the internal speaker wire and proceed with soldering to the connectors on t... |