phild
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| Which would you buy? You could buy the Sony for $1000 or so and spend another $1000 or more on mods (by Ric Schultz, Stan Warren, Dan Wright, etc). It would still be cheaper than the used Muse 9, possibly better, AND you'd have a great SACD player too. | |
| A new Audiophile music label, cutting LP's I think that's really great, but I think one of the reasons that many Audiophile companies fail is the fact that they're always releasing albums that few people care about musically (even if they are recorded flawlessly). I know it's not right, bu... | |
| Very Basic Tube/SS Pre-AMP/AMP Question I really do think it's worth trying. Most people like the effect of a few tubes in their system. Just make sure that the premps output voltage is compatable with the amps sensitivity. | |
| MFSL Ultradisc vs. Ultradisc II And one more thing to consider...Yeah...the MFSL DSOTM mastering may have been superior at the time (late 80s? very early 90s?), but mastering technology has improved a great deal since then. I'm not saying that a current remastering is necessaril... | |
| Safe audiogon transactions; lowering the bar. I've gone with the Money Order route since I read (here somewhere) that using a USPS money order and sending it via USPS allows you the protection of the USPS and their mail fraud laws. I don't think this would cover a unit rated a 10 when it shou... | |
| Recs for Small Footprint Audiophile System I agree with the above about the Merlin speakers. As far as compact systems go...there's Linn, Quad, Cyrus, and there are several more. They're all British-ish. They may be more polite than some US hi-fi, but they all sound pretty good...especiall... | |
| MFSL Ultradisc vs. Ultradisc II I'm not positive, but I *think* there was only one MFSL Dark Side issue on CD. The one I own is on a gold CD. They may be referring to the gold CDs as "Ultradisc II" and the older, silver MFSL CDs as Ultradisc 1. If that's true and there is an opt... | |
| Grado SR-225 or Sennheiser HD580? I have both the Grado 325s and the Sennheiser 600s, and I agree with the above. The Sennheisers are much more comfortable and I might even prefer the sound, though both are very good headphones. | |
| Digital recording, mixing Need professional help. And to add to the above...I think it also became a victim of the constant format wars that plague the audio industry. At the time the DAT was being introduced (by Sony?? I'm not sure), Phillips was pushing their own digital cassette format. Beside... | |
| HDTV for regular television programs... Yeah...it should look perfect if it's HDTV. I know that The Tonight Show is broadcast in HDTV, but I don't think there is much programming out there that was actually shot that way...not yet. It's a rather expensive process (special cameras, equip... | |
| Best 1,000 complete system for girlfriend ideas I agree with the above...skip the seperates and buy an integrated, or a receiver (with remote). They're probably right. She may learn to appreciate the improved sound one day, but it will need to be convenient and sensibly set up for her to use it... | |
| Digital recording, mixing Need professional help. By "digital audio tapes" are you strictly referring to the DAT format, or do you mean digital recording in general?All digital formats use 1's and 0's, but the red-book CD technology is basically something that was developed in the early 80's (lat... | |
| Mitsibushi Montero TV ad song Yeah...there is one with a Barenaked Ladies song called, "One Week" (I think that's the title). | |
| Newbie needing experts' advice Meadowlark Kestrels? Proac? I'm sure there are plenty of very good speakers in that price range...especially if you're willing to buy used. | |
| DVD recorders I've heard that the current DVD recorders are NOT allowed to record copyrighted DVDs. I suppose they're okay for recording from your video camera or TV. I've also heard that the resolution is still not quite as good as it could be. This might be o... |