rcprince
Responses from rcprince
| Would Audiogoners be interested in this? This seems like a great idea. I've been following the Hi-Rez section of AA for info on SACD releases, but would welcome a section here as well that would cover all formats. | |
| What are the best speakers for Mahler? BIG speakers!! :^) Seriously, while any system can play Mahler symphonies and be satisfying in its own way, in my view to get the full emotional impact of Mahler you need full range speakers (nearly flat extension at least into the mid-30s (bass d... | |
| Alnico Tweeter Replacements for Alon Vs If Alon says that's all you need, that's great--then just be demanding on any supplier to be sure that the drivers you get are the right ones and as closely matched as possible. | |
| Alnico Tweeter Replacements for Alon Vs Although I'm no technical expert, I'd beware of trying to do this one myself. Does Alon also have to change anything in the crossover for the tweeter (often this is the case, even for a driver with the same nominal specs)? And you may not get twee... | |
| Kharma, Wilson Sophia, JM Labs I'm confussed???? I too think you have a nice system. Given your room size, I'd be careful about going with a large full-range speaker, it could overload the room in the bass and you'd lose the flexiblity you have with the separate sub to control the deep bass leve... | |
| Get rid of the Dunlavys? Seems to me that you're contemplating more a lateral move than an upgrade. I would normally advise against that path. I am not familiar with the Denon, so take this for what it's worth, but you might want to consider whether it's the electronics i... | |
| Another AudiogoNer in the NY Times Welcome to the club, Vinh! At least I wasn't quoted in my article (never made the editor's final cut), and I know you looked better in your picture than I did in mine! | |
| Digital as good or better than YOUR analog? On a more serious note than I indicated to Psychicanimal, but on the same point, I have noticed that as I have improved my analog front end, and as I have listened to more and more of the reissues of classical recordings from the 50s and 60s on vi... | |
| Digital as good or better than YOUR analog? Sorry to hear that, Psychic. My condolences... Keep trying, you may still be able to get it right! :-) | |
| Tonearm cable recommendations Jbatlanta: Let me be the first to say, on behalf of the analog brigade, that part of the reason the rest of your system sounds worse is because you're comparing it to your best source! :-) The Valhalla will help, but your CD player ain't analog! E... | |
| Custom Made Dust Covers? I second Fmpnd's recommendation. Vinh's a member of our audio society and does a really nice job on the dustcovers. | |
| Is it possible to use the amp section of a int amp My recollection of the DIA was that the preamp portion of it was passive, so there was no input which would bypass the preamp section. You might try just using one of the inputs, but I don't think you can go directly into the amp. However, it was ... | |
| New vs Used when buying please share thoughts OK, Geoff, I'll take the bait! If, as you say, you are new to the hi fi world, then buying used could be a long process involving a lot of trial and error and likely disappointment. My advice to my friends just starting out has always been to go t... | |
| 24/192 recordings I consider 24/96 to be hi-rez pcm; I see no need to go out and buy yet another player and copy of the same disc I have in three other formats for the higher sampling rate. Is Classic going to provide us with a decent selection of new titles, or ar... | |
| Are ARC new amps much better than older models? Newbee's not the only person out there who thinks highly of the older ARC models; I'm sure many of them will be chiming in. I agree with him--it seems that ARC chose the path over the years (and it's not just them--most manufacturers have been doi... |