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| My favorite Steely Dan song has to be... OMG - just choose ONE?!How about a top five to start....Dirty WorkAny Major DudeMy Old SchoolBarrytownCharly FreakRoyal Scam...oh wait, let's just say that Pretzel Logic, that epic of perfection, is my favorite Dan album.Great songs, great arrange... | |
| Cary 303/100 vs Cary 306/200 I had a 303/100 for a few years too...I liked it quite a bit. However, the 306/200 is a better sounding player, still with the Cary house "sound", just as dynamic with those huge soundstages, but with more refined highs and less grain. It was just... | |
| Joule LA100 MKIII or Granite Audio 770FP or Modwrt I had the Joule for several years and will agree 100% that it is a fine sounding pre....and also that it needs the right power cord to "wake" it up. I used a TGA Audio SLVR on it and the difference was not subtle.The Joule with a good PC doesn't h... | |
| Best Audio quality in Home Theatre Reciever? DVD ? From your desription of the kind of sound you like, I can only echo the first response - if sound quality is your priority you need to look to Arcam (or B&K). The Castles would mate very well the Arcam.These are truly high end pieces, built li... | |
| Driving ALON V with CJ Premier 11: Can I improve? I had the Alon Vs for years. I do think you need to upgrade the amps to make your Alons sing, as I'm familiar with what you're using and you're not getting the bass (or the bang for the buck) you could be. If you like the CJ sound the Premier 12 M... | |
| Speakers in 10-15K price range for Classical music I must also strongly recommend Shahinian speakers for classical. Unless you really are a fan of big classical pieces I don't think you can truly appreciate the demands in dynamics, weight, scale etc. such large scale, complex music places on your ... | |
| Cable for Nola Minis in SS system I've had the Minis for years and NEVER had any screechiness or extra sibilance at all...and that was using SPM and Blue Heavens. These speakers shine with high quality gear but they are usually fairly forgiving.I used mine with all solid state gea... | |
| Which is the most tubelike solid state amp around The most tube-like ss amps in my experience were the wonderful Herron M150 Monos. Great amps, and so liquid and efforless. I would check out Keith Herron's newer M1s too. The Herrons are sweet but not euphonic, and will take control of the Maggie'... | |
| Best movie for subwoofer test ? Master & Commander/Far Side of The World.U571War Of The WorldsThe complex soundscape of M&C will give an entire surround system a real work-out, especially the sub - the LFs plumb the depths on all sorts of things, including, of course, ca... | |
| Cary 303/300 or Musical Fidelity A5 with Mac gear? Jylee, in what ways is the Onkyo superior? What are its performance characteristics? Have you actually heard the Cary and MF players? Can you addresss performance aspects like resolution, musicality, tonality, dynamics, smoothness, transient respo... | |
| alon model 5 mk 2 The Alon Vs can be tricky. They sound pretty good with a wide variety of amplification but they can sound truly outstanding with certain amps.I used the solid state Herron M150 mono amps on my Alon V MkIIs with the tubed Herron preamp VTSP1a-166 a... | |
| What are the best quality speakers for under $500? Go used.I third the Sound Dynamics 300ti'a.My fave affordable speakers are a used pair of Nola Minis. THey are giant killers.The great thing about both the above spealers is you never miss what isn't there, they're quite dynamic, they don't get co... | |
| Pioneer stop Plasma production....... Panny, Pioneer and Hitachi are all co-developing 10 Lumen tech for plasma, which is apparently to Kuro what Kuro is to all other plasmas.So I wouldn't count either Pioneer or plasmas out yet.Pioneer never had the manufacturing capability of Panny.... | |
| Classical speakers that do violins well?? Yes, well, your thread got hijacked!Good luck - do lots of auditinoing. | |
| Classical speakers that do violins well?? Back to speakers.As a classical music listener and former choral singer IMO large scale classical is hard to do well on a budget, especially massed string.I would also say that the front end, pre and amps + are also critically important to your st... |