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| Background Voice On Bridge Of Sighs ? What is Robin doing now? Good question. Here's some answers I would LOVE to hear:- duet album with Jeff Beck- live "reunion-like" tour- Robin Trower and (insert favorite blues guitarist here)Now that I'm older I regret not seeing some of my favori... | |
| Any Info on Upcoming JC-2 Preamp? Yes, it is going to be rated highly in Stereophile (once the ad is paid for):-) | |
| To Be Thick As a .... There is talk about an SACD version of many Tull albums. In fact, they may be available somewhere already.Enjoy,Bob | |
| Are DIY, CAT5 cables really that good? CAT5's, like any other cable, need a good amount of burn-in. It sounds like you've had some time with them, so that's probably mostly accomplished already.From my experience there is a smearing of the sound with CAT5's. There are several other fai... | |
| Isolation platform for non suspended turntable? Try this:http://home.att.net/~ptmconsulting/wsb/html/view.cgi-photo.html--SiteID-664443.htmlMaple butcher block under the TT with DIY rollerblocks under that. Worked better that anything spongy that I tried. Better isolation from the kids running ... | |
| That nice, unforced, relaxed, easeful sound ?? I've got that ease on both the digital and analogue in my system. I can't stand it when I hear a hi-fi sounding system and those little digital bugs start crawling up my spine. Unacceptable ... and definitely avoidable.Enjoy,Bob | |
| Old, grainy, bright & financially restricted I agree with some of the other posters; before you go shelling out for interconnects or speaker cablem to "cure" your problem you should look less expensive and more effective solutions to root out the cause of the grain, fatigue and thinness.Very... | |
| $800 Cartridge Shootout and Upgrade Path From my trial and error experimentation I've come to the same conclusion as TWL and Dougdeacon. Unsuspended turntables don't sound good with spongy isolation beneath them. Now that doesn't mean you can't use some form of vibration damping or isola... | |
| audioquest PT-6 rewiring Damn, I thought I responded to this yesterday - I guess it got lost.Anyway, I can't say I've ever seen any instructions on how to rewire the Audioquest arms. If I had I might have done it myself! However, I have seen others wrap good tonearm wire ... | |
| Best turntable bet.$1000 -4000? Find a used Well Tempered. The deal of the century. You may never need to upgrade again.Enjoy,Bob | |
| McCormack DNA .5? Do I need more power? It's more a matter of efficiency and impediance than raw power wattage. Your speakers are pretty efficient at 91db, and I'll bet they are considered 4 ohm's. That makes the McCormack a 200 watt amp into 4 ohms.Plenty of power there to control your... | |
| Preamp with near-reference quality built in phono? One of the most well regarded phono sections ever built was designed by Arthur Loesch and integrated into a world class line stage preamp. John Weisner has built the Loesch design for many years now, commonly known as the Loesch/Weisner.I've heard... | |
| $800 Cartridge Shootout and Upgrade Path Interesting results heard last night at a friend's.We were playing with different phono stages and step up devices. I'll keep this short (it was not a controlled test, just 2 of us listening and saying "that sounds better/worse now").Using a Denon... | |
| Copper vs. Silver interconnects Not a drummer - a piano player and multi keyboardist in my college days. Lots of time in a room with a live drumset though, and there was one song we played where everyone switched instruments. I got to play the drums then.I took tenor sax lessons... | |
| Copper vs. Silver interconnects Let me ask you a different type of question, or to try a different type of comparison. Find a recording with a very clean ride cymbal being struck. I use Earl Klugh and Bob James "Two of a Kind". The track "Sandstorm" starts off with a ride cymbal... |