rcprince
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| What LP shows what analog can do? I have a couple of copies I squirreled away a few years back. Strings a little steely sounding (compared with the Firebird or some of the Decca reissues), but otherwise a terrific record. Some of those Readers Digest recordings were far better tha... | |
| Comments on "Spider EMC-1" Shouldn't the 6-legged spider properly be called an insect? | |
| Review: Antique Sound Labs Hurricane Tube amp Thought you'd like those cords, Rick. Now you just need some of my Gold Lion KT88s to complete the picture! :^) | |
| Short list of dacs for CEC TL-2X You could give him a call and ask (203-966-1732), although I'd suggest instead picking up a used 2400 or later Model 34 for cheap. I strongly endorse the transformer upgrade, though--it keeps the same character of the tubed unit but is quieter and... | |
| What LP shows what analog can do? Music Direct does have all the Classic Records and Analog Productions reissues that are still available, although you may have to call and ask them for particular titles; other sources, other than used record shops, would be Red Trumpet, Acoustic ... | |
| Short list of dacs for CEC TL-2X Not sure what the Alpha sounds like, but the Audio Logic does fit your criteria in terms of naturalness, openness and, particularly with the transformer upgrade, slam and bass extension. It is not completely laid-back, I suppose, unless that trait... | |
| Does your system reflect your personality? I look like a KT-88 power tube..... | |
| High End Fuses? Lloyd Walker is of the opinion that the direction that the current flows through a fuse makes a sonic difference (at least that's what it says in the instructions for his Motor Drive; I haven't switched the direction of the fuse yet to see if I he... | |
| What LP shows what analog can do? I have and listen frequently to both versions of the Firebird from Classic, and Dougdeacon is correct, the 45 rpm version is breathtaking sonically (as well as interpretively, fortunately). Glad I got my copies early and paid far less than current... | |
| Short list of dacs for CEC TL-2X Audio Logic DACs work very well with the CEC transports. The current transformer-coupled version beats anything I've heard at any price (although I haven't heard the transformer-coupled Audio Notes, which from their description seem to have a simi... | |
| Looking for thunderstorm audio CD... There is a CD called Stakkato!, which has a bunch of different tracks of solo instruments and other sounds, including a relatively serene, as I recall, thunderstorm (although it was real enough in my friend's system to send his dog scurrying under... | |
| Wilson Watt/Puppy 6 or 7 versus Sophia Harley's review also had a sidebar comparing the WP7 to the Sophia; I'll have to check it out at home tonight, but it was along the lines of very similar, not quite as refined but you're not going to be giving up much with the Sophia, if I remembe... | |
| What LP shows what analog can do? I agree with the recommendations on the Salvatore list that Dougdeacon was so kind to point out; I have many of them and I believe he is correct in his assessments. If you can get the Harmonia Mundi La Folia, it's a hoot (nice recordings of a chai... | |
| Most achingly-beautiful music It's been a while since I posted on this thread, and the A-goN computer seems to have forgotten to remind me of new posts, so I'll add another one, Gerald Finzi's Eclogue for piano and strings. Very soothing and contemplative music. | |
| How do they MIC a symphony? I am a terrible typist, you are of course correct. Maybe I was thinking of Bobby Wilkerson, the forward on that Indiana national basketball championship team that beat my beloved alma mater in 1976? |