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| Serious Classical Labels To add ... I don't know if you like opera or not, but if you do there are some series put out by the majors that are very good ... Opera House series by Deutsche Grammophone Classics for Pleasure by EMIAny opera with Rene Jacobs on Harmonia Mundi... | |
| Serious Classical Labels - Harmonia Mundi- MA RecordingsRich | |
| NHT Classic Two? The Classic Two's are OK sounding. I found NHT's previous line, the SB series, to be overall smoother and more 3D sounding. I have owned the SB2 and the Classic Two and am very familiar with the SB1.When comparing the SB2 to the Classic Two, I fou... | |
| Need Help with Vintage console player - New to LPs You may not have too much to worry about with your Fisher/ BSR console. In looking at photos of the BSR turntable , it most likely has a ceramic cartridge, as opposed to a magnetic cartridge. This was not unusual for console turntables. BSR, Garr... | |
| Sherwood 7100 with a pair of Advent 5002's 40 years ago, I was pining for the Sherwood 7100 (as well as for a gal named Jolie in the 8th grade). I heard it with a pair of Dynaco A25s and it was fantastic sounding. I never got the Sherwood or Jolie for that matter (went with Pioneer and EPI... | |
| your ultimate posthumus rock band...horns included The REAL challenge would be posthumous rock group ONLY horns.In that vein, for me it is a toss-up between ... Chase ... big song was 'Got to Get It On'. Some of the highest notes hit in the horn solo. Electric Flag .As for the ultimate rock group... | |
| Man in Black on Black To be diplomatic, a lot of classic Cash was not the last word in audio fidelity. Even though my systems are now all digital, I owned a lot of the original vinyl versions on Columbia twenty and thirty years ago. As a side note, even the SACD of Joh... | |
| Audio stuff I've lost in my own home... There was the SONY discman that I put in a bag with some groceries and proceeded to throw down the garbage chute, once I unpacked the groceries.Rich | |
| Amp suggestion between Rega & Adcom sound please ? Over the past twenty years, I have transitioned form an Adcom 545 amp/ Adcom GTP 500 preamp combo to a Musical Fidelity A3 integrated amp to a Prima Luna Prologue tube amp/ Musical Fidelity CD Pre 24 combo.In my case, I would say it was transition... | |
| Running 3 Totem Centers, horizontally as L/C/R? The issue that may come up is that center channel speakers are optimized for voice, not music. Center channel speakers usually do not go as low in the bass department as L/R speakers.With that said ... it's not like I have not thought about doing ... | |
| Marantz CD6004 vs Cambridge Azur 650C I went with the Emotiva ERC-2, as opposed to the Marantz 6004. It came down to price (Emotiva was $350 with the Christmas sale), Marantz was $500. The Marantz's main appeal was that it was made in Japan and some excellent reviews for the 5004.I us... | |
| Wharfdale 10.1 speaker: budget superstar or hype?? The amount of energy that Reina's review of the Totem Dream Catchers has generated.In my tinkering with small speakers for my two ancillary systems (TV room and bedroom) a few years back, I actually saved my pennies for the real upgrade ... from R... | |
| Wharfdale 10.1 speaker: budget superstar or hype?? Budget overachievers present challenges. In general, they can get you 80% or so there in overall performance and they can excel in one or more areas. It becomes then, are the areas where they excel of importance to you. You can put together a pret... | |
| CDP Help -- Apollo vs Apollo-R vs Saturn The Rega Apollo for $495 is an excellent deal. I have used the Apollo for 5 or 6 years without any problems. It is paired with a Prima Luna Prologue 2 tube integrated and Ascend Acoustics Sierra 1 speakers.The sound is musical and involving, detai... | |
| Grounding question? ... He also mentioned that it may be interference from another outlet that isn't connected properly such as a light switch...Any light dimmers in the apartment?Rich |