rcprince
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| Jadis Owner's Manual & Modifications Let me check tonight or tomorrow, I may have both if no one else has one. Only mods I made to mine were Andy Bouwman's Romantic Era treatment and putting in a few Audio Note bypass capacitors, made the unit even more liquid and non-electronic, tho... | |
| IC´s:Stealth Indra, Prana Cosmos or Kubala I tend to echo Fmpnd's sentiments about what you're looking to change and system synergy. I can tell you, FWIW, that in my system, which has a Jadis preamp (which uses EF86 tubes and is not as dark as my previous Jadis preamp) and Lamm tubed ampli... | |
| Most beautifull turntables today.... The top of the line Transrotor is stunning; unfortunately, the one my dealer was trying out for a while had speed stability problems or I might have been interested. I also like the understated look of my Bais Ovation. | |
| Chailly Mahler 9th I've been partial to the Zander reading on Telarc, which has always left me holding my breath at the end. A different view, but a fine one. The Bernstein as well. | |
| Have you ever moved to improve your system My wife wants us to move down to the shore in a couple of years, but one of my criteria in everything we have looked at has been a room that is large enough for my system and preferably can be a dedicated listening room. Probably will have to comp... | |
| Rachmaninov for beginners Uru975: As I mentioned to Sean in a private e-mail, my father, then a young pianist and music major considering whether he should become a performing concert pianist for a career, heard Rachmaninoff play in concert and subsequently decided to beco... | |
| Rachmaninov for beginners Rachmaninov was probably the last of the great romantic composers. His piano pieces are extremely virtuosic, but are extremely melodic and listenable. I would start you with his Rhapsodies on a Theme of Paganini, then his Second and Third Piano Co... | |
| Amplifier Decision - Audio Research vs Krell I agree with S7horton; your speaker selection will play a big part in the amp you want. If you get Apogees or Theil CS5s you'll want the Krell, but otherwise you may prefer the tubes for a more efficient speaker. | |
| What was/is the heaviest weight amp you herd/own I used to own Audio Research M300s, 110 pounds each, 90% of that in the front, it seemed. Slimmed down to Lamm ML 1.1s, 70 pounds each, as I'm not as young as I used to be. | |
| Best recording / performance Dvorak Cello conc. Hey, don't let the lack of an SACD player deter you, the Merc is a hybrid, will play on any CD player. I'm not familiar with most of the recordings you listed above, but I would tend to go for one of the earlier recordings (go by the recording dat... | |
| SACD Firmware issues? Guss2, do you know where can you get that problem fixed (I've had the same problem on a number of discs, almost as though the laser doesn't get the cue to stop reading)? It is a great way to clean out the system with pink noise, but it is a bit ja... | |
| Markering of CD Edges I never had any loss of information--it could happen, I guess, if you get sloppy and cover up any of the pits the laser is supposed to be reading. Never have had to remove any, but I'd be careful about it-as long as it doesn't adversely affect the... | |
| Best recording / performance Dvorak Cello conc. Agree about the Rostropovich--I believe it's on the Erato label. Starker on Mercury is also pretty good, and would be available now on SACD hybrid (not sure about the Erato's availability). | |
| Speaker Reccommendation for Home Theater B&W makes a decent sounding wall-mounted unit, and Dynaudio has an in-wall version of its Audience 42 speaker, though a little more expensive. Martin Logan also has a wall-mounted speaker that's not an electrostat which sounds pretty good, but... | |
| Looking for a great arm that is low maintenence Agree with Narrod. In my experience, the Graham 2.2, and before that, the 1.5, that I own and have owned are essentially no maintenance. Once set up properly, and it's not that hard to do (though I had my dealer do it), you can leave it alone. Bea... |