rcprince
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| Worst Music of All-Time Dekay reminds me, when I was in college, fall of 1969, I heard Yoko Ono's first solo album in our dorm, which consisted of one side of her continually making an "eeehhhh" type sound on one note, and the other side the same with another note (or at... | |
| Who R U? I'll bite. I'm 50, and a corporate finance/general corporate lawyer who works in downtown Manhattan and commutes from NJ. I got into this hobby through my love of music--I was in a rock band in high school, switched to folk in college at the Unive... | |
| Eagle John Iverson I remember an article in Stereophile about Iverson's having disappeared--probably within the last few years, but time seems to go by too quickly for me, so you might check to see if it ever got in their on-line archives. I think the article mentio... | |
| Interconnect integrity question I see no problem with it, so long as you're honest with your impressions. You can disclose that you've done the testing in your future posts which might relate to the items you tested, if you want to point out the conflict (did you guess I could b... | |
| Most achingly-beautiful music Gotta keep this thread going, it's given me all sorts of music to listen to, many I would never have thought of or tried. Here's some more for your consideration:Brahms, Intermezzi in A major (Op. 118, no.2) and B flat minor (Op. 117, no. 1), I pa... | |
| Sources for NOS tubes Andy at Vintage Tube Services. He knows tubes, and has excellent test equipment. He has never let me down, either with recommendations or with the tubes I have bought. | |
| Most achingly-beautiful music Having just returned from a performance of it by the NJSO, I'd like to add the "Nimrod" variation from Elgar's Enigma Variations. Any preferred recordings of this piece for any of you? | |
| $1600 SCD-777ES - Where? You should probably just call them. They were advertising it at $1799, and our firm has an account with them where we buy large quantities of computer equipment, so I got one at a better price. Hopefully they're not sold out. | |
| Martin Logan Versus Magnepan I'll make one observation, in response to the last part of your question. A friend of mine has the Maggie 3.5s, which he drives with a Classe 200. He was in love with everything about the speaker, except that it didn't have quite enough punch on k... | |
| BEST USED SS AMP FOR 1.6QR I have heard the Bryston on this speaker and it's excellent. The best solid state I've heard on it, though (keeping in mind I'm a tube-lover), is the Sonogy Black Knight. Very sweet sounding combination. Not too many of them around, though, used. | |
| 6550 vs KT88 vs KT90 Trelja: Thanks, I'll give that a try. On the reliability, the newer KT88s, particularly the Chinese lower grade makes, have had reliability problems. The vintage stuff is a different story. All the 6550s I've used in the JA80s have started going b... | |
| 6550 vs KT88 vs KT90 I'll throw in my two cents, since I've got amps (Jadis JA 80's, vintage about 1990) which can use a few of the types mentioned. I agree with Greysquirrel that it depends on the amp involved. My amps won't run with the KT-90's (at least Frank Garbi... | |
| Any experience with DAC/Upsampler? I have the Audio Logic 2400, and use a Forsell Mk. IV (just updated) transport. I have been very happy with the sound of this combination. I borrowed my dealer's Purcell (dCs) upsampler to see what it could do. After it warmed up, I couldn't live ... | |
| Record cleaner recs? I'm a big fan of the VPI 16.5, which I bought a number of years ago when I got back into vinyl. It works well, and I think it's worth the extra money over the less expensive cleaners. And Albert is right, prepare to be amazed. | |
| What CD has the best production/sound? For classical, the Reference Recordings Minnesota Orchestra series, particularly the Bernstein disc, are well recorded and have demonstration sound. |