rcprince
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| Where do you buy SACDs online? As I just noticed. Thank you, Yyoon! | |
| Opinion on Sota speakers I remember them vaguely from years ago. I thought then they looked nice but were way overpriced for the sound quality offered and had no bass. Sort of a poor man's WATTs, which I also didn't like. Used, they may be a better buy, particularly for a... | |
| Digital Support Robedk, when I first started out in this hobby I used to feel as you do. The surface noise of vinyl turned me off, and CDs were so clean and clear-sounding. One day, Mike O'Keefe, then a salesman at my local stereo hangout, asked me to listen to a... | |
| Where do you buy SACDs online? Also add amusicdirect.com, which gives a slight discount and has a good selection. Nice to deal with, too. HMV, because they're selling out of Canada, has the best prices by far, although Elusive Disc does offer some quantity discounts. | |
| Speakers to hang on to for LIFE I would add in here a pair of speakers I owned for over 10 years, the Duntech Princesses. When I bought them in 1987 they were the best overall speaker I had ever heard, and when I sold them 3 years ago there were still few speakers around that so... | |
| Digital Rules Hell, I still keep my 8-track player for those special moments... | |
| scd 777es sacd sony mod worth it? Detloff, kindly let me know when you tire of the JP200 (although I could break down at some point too and get one)! My analog front end is a Basis Ovation, using a Walker Motor Drive for speed control, a Graham 2.2 Deluxe arm and a Koetsu Rosewood... | |
| Tale of the preamps Steve: Other than Da Hong, whose modifications in my view change the character of the Jadis and may no longer be available (and may not be that well-executed, judging from at least two separate sources), I don't know of any modifiers of Jadis equi... | |
| scd 777es sacd sony mod worth it? Detloff, you're right about the differences between the 80s vs. the 500s. Did you spring for the JP200???? I saw one for sale on the 'Gon but couldn't pull the trigger and look my wife in the eye! On the question of dynamics, I doubt if many of us... | |
| Tale of the preamps Siddh: I've been tempted by the transparency muse from time to time since I got my JP80 about 9 years ago, but I've never changed after listening to other preamps of the like you're mentioning, even though they do certain things better. I do think... | |
| $6000 Budget Which used Amp ? One amp you should consider for any electrostats is the Innersound, which is specifically designed to handle the difficult load they present to an amp. I've heard it with the Innersound speakers, it was excellent, and there have been a lot of favo... | |
| scd 777es sacd sony mod worth it? Samcard, take a look at my posts here and on other SACD threads. In short, Jerry Ozment can add his tubed output stage from the Audio Logic DAC to the 777ES, with a separate analog power supply, and bypass its analog stage. I'm very happy with the... | |
| Most achingly-beautiful music Another addition to the list, Dvorak's "Mesicku na nebi hlubokem" (O Moon High Up in the Deep Sky), from Act 1 of Rusalka. I'd heard this before from time to time but didn't know who wrote it until I heard it played at Dvorak's home in the Czech R... | |
| KT88s...the final chapter Justlisten: Further to my post above, the guy I mentioned has his last two matched quads of Svetlanas up for dutch auction, at a higher initial price ($125) though. I've completed an auction with him, but haven't received my tubes yet so can't com... | |
| KT88s...the final chapter Unfortunately you just missed an auction for matched quads of Svetlanas, but check your ending auctions feature, you'll get the name of the seller; he had others possibly available. One thing to watch out for, though, is that I recall that early b... |