rcprince
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| Isolation Sand Boxes On a more serious note, and assuming you have placed the CD player on the sand (be careful with that) or a non-resonant platform on the sand, my observation is that Glen does win. You are doing a superior job of isolating the CDP from its environm... | |
| Isolation Sand Boxes Is it because you put the sand in one of the boxes while the CD player was in the box? | |
| TAS new look-the end is near? My understanding is they were losing a LOT of money with the old style, even after their initial changes from journal size to the larger format. They're doing what Stereophile did (and what Pearson decried, but in his defense I don't think this wa... | |
| Best match electrostats for Jadis JA-30 I think you're likely to be disappointed with any of those ribbons, as my experience in listening to them at friends' and at dealers (we're talking Apogees and Maggies) has been that they need lots of power to come alive (the joke was Carver desig... | |
| Best match electrostats for Jadis JA-30 I recently reread an old Stereophile where Dick Olsher reviewed the JA-30s and felt they were made for the Quads, particularly if you don't need to listen at high spls. I'd give them a try if this matches your listening tastes. | |
| Step up device or new cartridge? Another thing to keep in mind is that step-ups can often cause grounding problems and introduce hum into your system, and that's sometimes a devil to get rid of (I've had this problem in the past). Plus, unless you spend a good deal of money for a... | |
| Quality music labels SD, Supraphon still exists, I picked up a recently-recorded Mahler 9th with Macaal and the Prague Symphony (I think) when I was in Prague last year, along with a number of other titles. Might currently need a US importer. Recording quality was goo... | |
| Mendelssohn Srting Octet, op. 20, any suggestion? I too have and like the Telarc recording of this piece, but once you hear and watch it played live you realize how difficult it is to capture the excitement and energy of a performance of the octet on record. I'm hoping others have some recommenda... | |
| Amp recommendations to drive Martin Logan Prodigy? A friend of mine runs VTL 750s into his Prodigy's to good effect, although a bad tube has taken them out of commission for the time being before he could give me a final verdict on the combination (they worked very well with his Monolith 3's prior... | |
| Info wanted on Krell KMA 400's I wouldn't know their worth (may have seen a pair of KMA 160s a while back for about $3800?), but I'll check my old S-philes for any reviews. I don't ever recall seeing a formal review of this generation of Krells in the 'Phile other than maybe in... | |
| Help needed. Erik: Sounds like a good dealer. I think the AI has two volume pots, one for each channel (like my Jadis) instead of a balance pot. Don't be embarassed about the remote, it certainly should factor into your thinking. As far as how long the tubes l... | |
| Best CD's of 2001: Classical Sugarbrie: Anything to do with union work rules and costs? Scott, thanks for the post! I saw BBC Music's awards, will have to compare their top 200 to this list. | |
| Info wanted on Krell KMA 400's Assuming they've got BIG heatsinks on the sides, they are the monobloc versions of the old KSA 200 amplifier, which Krell came out with between their KMA 100/200 fan-cooled amps and the MDA 300/500 and KSA 150/250 amps. First came out with that ge... | |
| Rack effects on aktiv equipment I'm sorry to butt in when I have no real experience with Linn gear other than having heard a friend's system both passive and Aktiv (using no special rack, by the way), but while I have heard sonic differences from vibration control devices and ra... | |
| Help needed. Sounds like you like the classic tube sound more than analytical sound. Assuming that the rest of your system and your room are similar in sonic character to the demo system you listened to, I think you should follow your ears and go with the unit... |