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| Anything that is like Norah Jones? I highly recommend KD Lang's "Ingenue" if you're not familiar with it. She doesn't specifically sound like Norah Jones, but she mixes many styles and has an amazing voice. That particular album is full of very strong songs and is every bit as addi... | |
| Buying from other countries? Be careful. There are many legit buyers overseas, but there have also been a few fraudulent ads here and on Ebay based overseas. | |
| Pass Aleph Questions I think your volume control issue has to do with the preamp/amp sensitivity, not the amps power. It shouldn't matter if turning the volume to 3 o'clock doesn't add extra preamp noise...I don't see a problem if the pre is quiet at that position. Th... | |
| CD out: Digital or Analog? Hi Dan...I think you have it backwards. If you use the analog outs of the CD you are using the D/A converter in the CD, not the preamp. If you use the digital outs, your CD player is nothing more than a transport and your preamp's DACs do the conv... | |
| Why "splay" walls 4 custom listening room design? It's standard in recording studios (when they're designed as recording studios that is...not just a bsement with some mics)...not two walls should be parallel or the same length. | |
| Good moving magnet or cheap moving coil No one mentioned this, but the real answer would be, "It depends on what kind of phono preamp you have". If it can't drive an MC cartridge, you should buy an MM or a high-output MC (or spend even more money and buy a new phono pre too). Benz Micro... | |
| Corporate Interests out to KILL Analog FM Whoa nellie!!!Now I feel pretty silly for thinking George Bush was a moron. He's really an evil genius in disguise!! I may actually have to vote for the guy next time around! :-) | |
| CD hook-up to headphone amp or thru preamp? The "best" would depend on the output voltages of those two outputs on the ARC. You would need to use the one that matches the recommended input voltage of the Melos Headphone amp. WHy don't you try them both and see which you prefer??I assume opt... | |
| Why vinyl? Hey Marakanetz...15ips and 30ips are both used. It depends on who's doing it, what equipment they have, what kind of music they're recording, what sort of sound they want, and how many reels of tape they can afford to buy. :-) I've read interviews... | |
| Regarding a review in the Aug '02 Stereophile... It never suprises me when people compare lower priced cables to higher priced cables and find them to be suprisingly similar or better. Most cables are unbelievably overpriced (even the cheaper ones), and the prices are certainly based more on bra... | |
| Problems getting the best out of my Berning Hi Peter...I'm not saying that there is some sort of mismatch going on with your components or cabling (it sounds like there is), but I did want to point out that the Berning amps are an OTL amp...not a standard tube amp. OTL amps don't have a sta... | |
| Corporate Interests out to KILL Analog FM Hey Basement...believe it or not, I live in Chicago and there is no local FM jazz station...none. Some of the PBS and college stations play jazz at night or weekends, but that's it.I agree with Fatparrot...FM died here year's ago. I bet 90% of our... | |
| Help Total Confusion I have an entertainment center (about 5 feet tall and 5 feet wide) between (but 2 or 3 feet behind) my speakers, and I don't notice any negative affects. I suppose it might sound better if it wasn't there...maybe...but what I don't know won't hurt... | |
| Best CD sound from a DVD player What's your price range?? Phillips has a player (model number 1000???) that plays CD/DVD/SACD, but I'm not sure about CD-R. It sells for a little less than $1000. Many people like the discontinued Sony 9000ES. It may not play CD-R (I've read both)... | |
| Beatles Gold CD's Hi Acuujim...I'm not positive, but I don't think that's accurate. I'm pretty sure that all so-called MFSL Beatles CDs are bootlegs. Some are more professionally done than others, but all are bootlegs of one sort or another. I think the same goes f... |