rcprince
Responses from rcprince
| What amp to drive the MBL 101d's? Big VTLs might work; I heard them with Jadis JA500s running in ultralinear mode(close to 450 watts) and they were good but I felt the speaker could use even more. | |
| Times Must Be Good Might they have been at the Stereophile Show in NYC when you contacted them? A lot of these companies are small operations and don't have coverage when the head honcho's out of the office. You might want to give them the benefit of the doubt and t... | |
| RE: Forsell Air Reference Transport Dennis: I responded to you privately, but for the benefit of the other members, this is a common problem with the Forsell, as the gas strut that holds up the lid eventually goes after time. I had a tech at the Hi Fi Exchange in Queens NY fix mine ... | |
| Does Your System Sound Like the Real Thing? Reiterating my point, last night I hosted my choir party at my home, and we had a number of musical performances, vocal, piano and cello, in my living room, as well as the master tapes from our choir's spring concert we played on my system, also i... | |
| Trelja- announcement and disclaimer Joe: Best of luck to you, and don't stop posting! Allen Edelstein of our club has known Bud for years and always has spoken highly of him, and I'm glad to see you associated with him. Maybe we'll have the chance to have you demo at one of our NJAS... | |
| Does Your System Sound Like the Real Thing? I agree with Tarsano and Gregm, among others--no and no. It's partially the limitations of the recording process and partially of the playback systems. However, a good recording and system can still convey a musical event and move you as a live pe... | |
| CAT SL MKIII vs ARC SP 11 or 10 If you want classic tube sound and a great phono stage (OK line stage, but the phono is the real reason to buy it), you should consider the SP-10. If you'd rather have more neutrality and frequency extension, the CAT is likely the ticket for you. ... | |
| Does the original Audio Logic stand up to new dacs Well of course you'd expect me to respond! :^) The original Model 34 is probably a little warmer (dependent to some extent on the tubes in it), a little less transparent and a little weaker in the bass than more recent DACs, but I don't think that... | |
| What amp to drive the MBL 101d's? I nominate Gryphon. Best sound I have heard out of the older version of the 101s, I imagine the "d" version of them is just as power hungry. | |
| What do you like about your "favorite" retailer? Honesty is the number one quality, absolutely. In addition, the people at my favorite dealer have a strong enthusiasm for this hobby, and enjoy trying out new products and auditioning them with their customers. Over the years I've also become frie... | |
| Telarc recordings I tend to agree with Newbee and others here. Telarc does not go for immediate sound, relying on spaced omnis for their principal recording mikes (at least in the old days), which results in a spacious sound but without the pinpoint imaging that yo... | |
| CD Changer? The only way to find out about your satisfaction is to hear the player in your new system; I'd wait until I heard it in the system before making any additional upgrade moves. If you don't like the sound, but your player has a digital output (prefe... | |
| Classic Rock Fans? Small world--Dearborn Music is a shop I visit (along with Miller's for the Millerburgers) whenever my wife and I visit her sister in Dearborn!! A very nice music store. I never really liked the MC5, but you heard their "Kick Out the Jams" every wa... | |
| Classic Rock Fans? Tomyran, you a fan of the old MC5? | |
| return of the king Yes: He was trapped in the tower at the start of the third film, but you never saw him then or heard about him for the rest of the film. In the book, I recall he escapes from the tower and goes to the Shire, and the Hobbitts have to return to get ... |