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| Surprised by quality? Bombay:I may have given you the incorrect impression about the SACD versions of the "Louis Plays" recordings. If you own/have listened to the redbook versions of these recordings, in a few places, the recording of the brass is so harsh as to be pa... | |
| Has anyone used an Input splitter? Not to ignore your question ... just some quick questions first. Does the preamp that you are considering have a separate phono input or are all three inputs line level inputs? If the preamp does not have a separate phono input ... does your turnt... | |
| Surprised by quality? About four years ago, I came across several recordings by Louis Armstrong that were just so engaging and melodic, that it almost instantaneously changed the types of music that I listened to. These recordings were: - Louis plays Fats Waller- Louis... | |
| headphone amp under $350 I am using the Creek OBH 11 ($200) with my Sennheiser 600 and I am pretty pleased. What Hi Fi reviews some headphone amps in its latest (January) issue and gives top honors to the Creek OBH 21 SE ($400) over the new Musical Fidelity X-Can and one ... | |
| Your Top Five for 2003 Kana:It must be that time of year for "best of" lists. What follows are my nominees: Best Top 5 New Music for 2003:1. The Thorns ... "The Thorns"2. Mark O'Connor ... "In Full Swing"3. Rosanne Cash ... "Rules of Travel"4. Evanescence ... "Fallen"5.... | |
| Small integrated with decent headphone outputs ? The Sennheiser HD-600 work best (and I am pretty sure were designed to work) with a headphone amp. I had been using Grado SR 60 headphones and just recently upgraded to a HD-600/Creek OBH-11 amp combination and I find the combination quite good. I... | |
| Grills OFF or Grills ON ??? Cat proofing the house, especially when we are talking about audio gear, can be serious stuff. When I think of the things that I have done to protect my systems from my indoor cats ... people just don't believe me (it is now 1AM in the morning and... | |
| Favourite labels I listen to a lot of Americana music and so I search out music on the Lost Highway and Sugar Hill labels. Regards, Rich | |
| any thoughts on cambridge azur cd 540/640? In the January issue of What Hi Fi (British press), they reviewed the combination of the CA Azur 640C cd player and the matching 640A Azur integrated amplifier. The verdict was that the 2 CA units, along with the Monitor Audio Bronze 2 speakers, a... | |
| What did YOU get for Christmas? I needed to have two major surgeries in late October and had most of my spine fused (T8 to L4). I had to give up my lowest left rib, but in the trade, I gained about 2 inches in height and I can walk without pain for the first time, since I was 17... | |
| Place to purchase refurbished Marantz, Denon, etc For refurbished Marantz products try ... http://www.accessories4less.comExcellent company to do business & excellent service. I have been buying products from them for the last 3 years. Regards, Rich | |
| Songs From the Wood mfsl gold any good? The Jethro Tull catalog was remastered, for the most part, over the last year or so. Overall, they did a pretty decent job of it. Any of Tull's first five albums (This Was; Stand Up; Benefit; Aqualung; Thick as a Brick) would be good to try. | |
| starting a new system with Epos ELS-3 One combination that would partner very well with the EPOS ELS-3 is: NAD C 320 BEE (integrated amp; $400 new) and the Music Hall MMF CD 25 (cd player; $ 540 new). These two components absolutely sing together and produce a musical, revelatory soun... | |
| Peter Gabriel....Bad sounding CD's......groan..... I am not quite sure what your point of reference is, but ... the Peter Gabriel's catalog was extensively remastered a year or so ago and the remastered CDs were quite an improvement over the original CDs. Check out the following thread, where we d... | |
| Good site available to classical music/CD reviews Give http://www.classicstoday.com/ a shot. The site's name may look familar ... Classics Today is the newsletter that is distributed in Tower Record's Classical department. Regards, Rich |