rcprince
Responses from rcprince
| Analog vs Digital My digital setup (Forsell Mk IV transport/dCS Purcell upsampler/Audio Logic 2400/Marantz DV18 for 24/96 discs)is almost twice as expensive as my analog setup (Basis Ovation/Graham 2.0tc/Benz Ruby 2/Walker Precision Motor Drive). The digital does s... | |
| Best "Hungarian Rhapsody" on vinyl? The Koetsu is a wonderful cartridge; I almost bought one from Victor Goldstein years ago (he had a private stash of them, I think). If you can't get great string sound out of that, it could be the Golden Imports pressing, which generally were not ... | |
| 6550 vs KT88 vs KT90 I'd suggest you ask the manufacturer of the amps directly. The new Jadis have transformers optimized for the KT90s, but I believe that VTL amps can use both 6550s and KT90s, so I don't know if you have to have a transformer specifically designed f... | |
| "Whose" Beethoven do you like? I'll throw in my vote for the 62 Karajan on vinyl as a complete set, Walter's 3 and 6 (which I think is available on SACD) and the Klieber 5 and 7 noted above. I'm also a fan of the Cantelli #7, and it's one of the Testament reissues on vinyl whic... | |
| Yet another Hum problem I'm not familiar with the cartridge, but it's possible that it is the culprit. Where do you physically have the turntable? Try locating it away from the other equipment, if not already so located, and see if the hum goes away. | |
| Options besides the PS Audio Powerplants Abruce: Interesting, because I've got some very effective power cords (Full Spectrum) and find that the PS Audio helps with them, rather than hinders. I acknowledge that top notch power cords can be a significant improvement, but ya gotta factor i... | |
| PS Audio Multiwave-good or bad? Actually, although I'm no expert on technical matters, I think Shudsob653 is correct in a way--I think the Power Plants are amplifiers that output a pure 60 hz (or different, depending on if you use multiwave or a different sinewave setting) sinew... | |
| Options besides the PS Audio Powerplants I've had Tice, power wedges, MIT Z Stabilzer and the Seakay Line Rover (which I still use). None of these made nearly as much of a difference as the Power Plant, in my view. | |
| PS Audio Multiwave-good or bad? Actually, the best explanation of the settings is at the PS Audio website. You can bypass the multiwave settings and continue to use the Sin mode, or you can choose a multiwave setting, which as I recall mixes sine waves of different frequencies. ... | |
| PS Audio Multiwave-good or bad? My observations are similar to those above; more air and transparency, more palpability. Also just more of an ease to the presentation. I plug all my digital components into it, and use the PS2 setting, at McGowan's suggestion, because there was t... | |
| Phono Pre with volume control? I second Hungryear and Bamafan, the Aesthetix IO is the best I've heard of this breed. More than enough gain to drive an amp without a line stage. When you see the volume control you'll know why it costs an extra $2500! And if you want to go all-o... | |
| Amps for Avalon Radian HCs Can't comment on the amps (I'm a tube guy who never really warmed to Spectral), but I think the Eidolons are a SIGNIFICANT improvement over the Radians and worth considering as an option (hey, if you can afford Jadis JA800s, you can get new electr... | |
| Red Rose Speakers (From Mark Levinson) The system is very good, really. There is an excellent synergy between the electronics and the speakers, and the system really is something special. As for them flying off the shelf, Mark's store location in the Whitney Museum here in NYC sure doe... | |
| Annual Equip. Directory Dead, Now What? Audio magazine is no more, hasn't been for a while. I'd love it if Gene Pitts, the former editor of Audio who was let go by them before their demise and now edits The Audiophile Voice, could publish the directory, but he has a small subscriber bas... | |
| Best Amplification for SACD? A good recommendation. Another to consider, if you want tubes, would be the VAC Avatar. I think it would do well with the Dynaudios (it sounds very good on Dunlavy speakers with limited bass, such as the SCII and III), although I haven't heard it ... |