rcprince
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| No Stereophile review for Aragon Palladium II? I would agree with Sattothestars. Aragon, and its sister Acurus, are overengineered products that put their money into the innards of their products rather than the faceplates and deliver excellent value for the money (an engineer friend of mine, ... | |
| kt-88 or 6550 that is the question ? Depends on the circuit they're in, of course, but in my JA80s, the 6550s are much leaner and harsh, although they may have slightly better low bass extension. All in all, though, the KT88s' midrange was much fuller, realistic and harmonically corr... | |
| Brahms Quintet for Clarinet and Strings, op. 115. I appreciate the recommendations in this thread, as the piece is one of my favorite chamber works. I first became acquainted with the piece through a chamber music course in college, and the version I bought back then, a Columbia Masterworks recor... | |
| Talon Khorus with no soundstage? While not having heard these speakers, I can relate to you that I heard a pair of the $22,000 Sonus Faber Amati Heritages sound worse than a boombox, thin and as though one speaker was not connected, being driven by top of the line Krell electroni... | |
| best power cord to use with Jadis JA-80 and JPL That's an excellent upgrade with those pieces of equipment! I probably won't be of much help, as the power cords I use (Full Spectrum) are no longer made, but I will note that the Jadis equipment does benefit from a good power cord. I think one of... | |
| And the winner is... (tube rolling) Your small signal tube brands all sound excellent, as long as you got the real ones. Play with them and see which ones you like best, they each have certain characteristics in your equipment that you no doubt have noticed. Albert is the expert on ... | |
| SACD transport? DCS has brought out a transport that will play both SACDs and redbook CDs, using a digital interface (I guess it's the firewire) that will work with their DACS. Heard it on redbook the other day at my dealer, but they have to update their Delius t... | |
| Problem with my Sony SCD-777ES Drubin, your problem is one that fortunately I have not yet had but that all of us who have had our Sony players modified live in fear of, I guess. JD, thanks for the tip on Richard Kern, and good to see you back. | |
| "Pictures From Exhibition" best recording? Of course I forgot, I'm over 50, remember? | |
| "Pictures From Exhibition" best recording? Alexc's suggestion is a good one, as is the Knight version. My favorite, probably because it was the first piano performance of it I heard, is the Horowitz recording on RCA, which I have somewhere in my records in glorious mono, a marvellous perfo... | |
| How BIG is yours? I think yes is the answer, but in honesty I can't remember right now... | |
| How BIG is yours? I'm not sure, probably over 1200 LPs and a similar number of Cds, and between 40 and 50 SACDs (growing as good releases come out). These days I tend to buy mostly vinyl and SACDs, holding off on CDs unless I know it won't come out on SACD and I wa... | |
| RECORD CLAMPS HELP Of course, there's always the Shun Mook clamp for $2000 or so. For fun, I actually borrowed one from a dealer and used it on my Basis when I owned one of the original Transfiguration cartridges. I can't comment too much on the sound, as I only lis... | |
| RECORD CLAMPS HELP The Basis clamp is not threaded and does an excellent job of clamping the record solidly to the platter. You can literally lift the platter up by the clamp, it holds that strongly. I believe the theory is that the more tightly the record bonds to ... | |
| SS amp and tube preamp combo for Martin Logan Sl-3 I would second Plato on the Innersound preamp, one of the few solid state preamps I could live with. And their amps are terrific for stats, even their competitors'. |