rcprince
Responses from rcprince
| Has anyone heard a Gryphon S-100? I heard an S100 on two occasions back in the early 90s. It was driving both Avalon Ascents (very well) and the notoriously power-hungry mbl 101s (Belfran's post shows the power this thing has, he's spot on), and quite frankly was the best sounding... | |
| How do YOU justify this hobby? I just tell them I love music and I'm obsessive/compulsive about it. They add that I'm nuts... I think your explanation might work better. | |
| The Best Amplifier Ever ? Zaikesman, I used both of those amps back in high school with my band, I second your nominations, deleted though they may be from the rankings! Always liked that Ampeg... | |
| Anybody ever hear an H-CAT amp or preamp???? I too was at that meeting, but on the first day (it was a two day demo, to allow more members to hear the system), when there were still some cabling and break-in problems. The amp sounded quite ordinary for a while, although towards the end of th... | |
| An unscientific poll: How often are you happy? Detlof, I presume you mean the Tele 802 and 803 series, which I use in my preamp and are as good as they say! Yes, I think that I really don't want to listen critically very much after all these years. The Lamm is a nice piece in that it handles t... | |
| An unscientific poll: How often are you happy? I think it's the recordings, and all of them are CDs. SACDs sound terrific and involving, as do LPs. Some Cds, though, with the added high frequency extension, seem a little too threadbare harmonically, even upsampled. After listening last night, ... | |
| An unscientific poll: How often are you happy? Just came on this post, as usual with Zaikesman a good one. I'll add my recent experience which may be of interest. My Jadis JP80 is currently out of the system for repairs and a modification, and my dealer has been kind enough to lend me a Lamm L... | |
| Dedicated outlet..suggestions.. One thing to be careful about if you use separate dedicated lines for the amps (and perhaps Rives' suggestion alleviates this problem) is the possiblity of a ground loop hum, even if the recepticles are grounded to the same box. I've had that prob... | |
| Anybody know the lowest freq on "Who Let The Dogs Out"? Phild is correct; most pop stuff like that has a 60 hz bump; it's not as low as it seems (disco is a prime example). I agree with Cw's post, well put! | |
| Best recoding of Mozart's Requiem A second vote for the Schreier/Philips recording--the soloists are excellent, as is the choral work--that's the one I listen to for pleasure and to brush up on my part when my choir sings it. The new SACD with the Netherlands Bach ensemble is also... | |
| Questions about a new Ruby 2 cartridge You might want to try 100 ohms loading for starters, but also play with the VTA a bit. The Ruby in my experience clearly has a sweet spot in the VTA, and if your VTA is too high it can sound bright. Good luck; it is a nice cartridge, shouldn't sou... | |
| indoor antenna? The best indoor antenna I ever used, before I got an outdoor one, is the old Day Sequerra indoor antenna. It was fairly expensive new; if you can pick one up in the used market it would be worth an audition. | |
| Researching an Accordion Music. Please help. Well, this may or may not interest you, but Vanguard back in 1961 made a recording with the Hohner Accordion Orchestra (!) featuring renditions of light classical pieces such as the William Tell Overture, Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, and othe... | |
| What is a good intro to "Mahler"? I agree with Jorge_err. I was never a big Mahler fan, as my Dad never liked Mahler so I didn't hear it much in our home. I've sort of been exploring Mahler the last few years. The most accessible of his symphonies is the First, and the best record... | |
| Listener magazine defunct ?? Artmaltman, you're thinking of The Audiophile Voice, still in publication. Art Dudley is a talented writer and a fairly sane member of this hobby; hopefully he can retain that perspective if indeed he has joined the S-phile. |