rcprince
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| How much does your system retail for? Albert, how quickly they forget........ | |
| Virgin Records announces support of SACD I bought the Tubular Bells SACD and was not overly impressed with it (it really sounded dated). However, if it is causing Virgin to release its old catalog in SACD, my sacrifice may not have been in vain! | |
| Are Monoblock s worth it? Excellent choice, Gregm. On the shortened lengths of speaker cable, check out the current thread on lengths of speaker cables with monoblocs, there are some practical reasons to consider not going too short on the cables. | |
| Where to buy new rock LP s? Music Direct has a pretty good selection, amusicdirect.com. Import and domestic pressings. Elusive Disc may also, elusivedisc.com(?). | |
| Kimber Select That's "coarse" (of course)! Shows what I wish I was out doing today, huh? | |
| Kimber Select I don't have the experience Acuujim has with the Select series, but I will note that in my system the Kimber Silver Streak (copper/silver) clearly was not as good as their similar but all-silver KCAG. While the bass was virtually the same, the KCA... | |
| Are Monoblock s worth it? I have everything monoblocs after my preamp (and if I could afford a JP200, that would be monos too!), both amps and external crossovers. In addition to the benefits of the dedicated power supplies giving an ease to dynamics, the lack of crosstalk... | |
| SS versus Tubes Excellent thread, Redkiwi, and some thoughtful posts too. After living for years with solid state and being gradually weaned into hybrid and then full tube designs, I guess that my feeling is that solid state will more faithfully reproduce the sig... | |
| Speaker Cable Lengths - W/ Monos I have used both 18 inch and 8 foot speaker cables in the past with my monos, but with cables by different manufacturers so I couldn't give you a meaningful sonic comparison. For what it's worth, I replaced the shorter runs with the longer, and th... | |
| question about BOSE reputation All excellent posts. Bose has capitalized on the fact that while most people like music, the vast majority of them don't care about serious listening and prefer something that blends in or is virtually invisible in their living space and delivers ... | |
| Best interconnect for Sony SCD-1 w/ss I'm using Nordost Quattro Fil with terrific results, but my 777ES has been modified, as you know. I do recall some posts on other threads a while back which took the view that you don't want too revealing a cable (I'd classify Quattro Fil in that ... | |
| DAC or Upgraded Analogue in SACD units? Bill: I'm not aware of any test/break-in discs for SACD at this time, so you'll probably have to use an SACD. There have been some posts on other SACD threads in the past remarking about breaking in the SACD side separately, although I imagine it ... | |
| Mobile Fidelity is back in business Kelly, the Music Direct form to get our opinions that I got in the mail today asks us to rate from 1-4 the formats we'd like, among gold CDs, SACD, DVD-A and vinyl. So they're not ruling out vinyl yet. Hopefully that question is asked on-line as w... | |
| High Quality FM Tuner - Advice The Day Sequerra remains my favorite, but I'm not sure if it's still made. It was so good that it forced me to get a top-quality roof antenna to take advantage of its capabilities. A work of art. All of the ones mentioned above are excellent, alth... | |
| Graham 2.2 Upgrade-Worth It? Just to let you know that almost 3 months after I ordered it I finally got my upgrade last night. Mikelavigne is correct on all counts, two additional thoughts: 1. The bass is not only deeper and tighter, it still is very rich and full, something ... |