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| Best Small SS Amps for Passive Pre & Soliloquy 5.0 Watch out! The output impedance of the Planet is quite high and it's not necessarily a good match for a passive pre. You should also keep an eye on the input sensitivity/impedance of your power amp. | |
| Placette pre amp Recently, I was in a very similar situation. I was looking for a nice pre amp, but actually ended up buying a Placette passive volume control - which will arrive sometime this week. Before jumping at the Placette, I was doing some extensive resear... | |
| Under 1k integrated recomendations Another suggestion would be a Naim Nait 2. This model is a couple of years old but can be picked up for around 600$. It's a very musical amplifier with a simple yet functional no-nonsens design (3 inputs + phono, volume and balance control) housed... | |
| Best Recordings I heard in 2001 Great list, lots of good recommendations. Thanks. In fact, I just picked up the Dolly Parton album, 'cause I was curious (usually, I stick to classical and Jazz) and also suspected that some blue grass appreciation might be closeted within me. The... | |
| If You Could Only Keep 3-CD's LP's , Which Ones? The first two are easy:1. Bach: Goldberg Variations2. Mahler: 9thThe third is a tough one, maybe something non-classical:3. Coltrane: My Favorite Things...so many more come to mind.By the time I could decide on that third one, they'd probably shoo... | |
| Got BAT VK-60 ...now what? Thanks for all the great advice. I actually got my VK-60 now and listened to it for a while and since then I have a big smile on my face. It's sooo much better compared to that SS integrated (which is still working as pre amp, though). So much mor... | |
| Techno Anyone? The new aphex twin album (Druqks - not sure about spelling) is really outstanding, blurring the borders between adventerous electronica and modern classical music (if such a distinction ever made sense). Other good stuff, I recently listened to is... | |
| Sim I-5 vs. Plinius Integrateds. Which one? I got an I-5 hooked up to 91 dB Virgos and never run into any clipping problems. Guess, I listen at pretty moderate levels, though. With regard to the volume junkie, take care and don't ruin your ears!Actually, I plan to get a tube power amp (prob... | |
| Best integrated ever made ? Amazing description Badwisdom - I'm looking forward to read part 3. Actually, I saw a review of the Maestro in a German audio magazine (Stereoplay or Audio, can't remember anymore) a couple of month ago. Although, they liked it a lot there were st... | |
| need tube amp advice Thanks everybody for the feedback. During my research, I also came accross some DIY kits, like the Welborne Labs Laurel SET amplifier. Looks sweet, but is 8 wpc for a 90 dB speaker enough (i don't listen too loud)? How do they sound?There are also... | |
| What is your OTHER passion? B&W photography, cooking, playing multiplayer Descent3 (don't take that one too serious). | |
| Techno Anyone? seems like we are not talking about 'techno' in particular, but more about what some people might dub as 'electronica'.so, i'd suggest photek, amon tobin, dj shadow, 4hero, K&D. not only do they usually sound pretty good (e.g. 4hero: two pages... | |
| Best female vocals on CD just searched this thread for 'gilberto'. only came up with bebel gilberto (who i also highly recommend), but what about mom: astrud gilberto? | |
| So much Bach, where do I start? i read 'goedel, escher, bach' more than ten years ago - a fascinating book, but not an easy one. with regard to the composition techniques, hofstaedter - for the most part and as far as i remember - refers to bach's 'art of fugue'. in fact, 'goede... |