rcprince
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| $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. | |
| Most achingly-beautiful music Vaughn Williams Tallis Fantasia; second movement of the Barber violin concerto; tie between the final movement of the Mahler Second ("Ressurection") and the Mahler 9th. And how can I leave out the Faure and Duruffle Requiems? There's a lot more of... | |
| Mozart's Requiem- Best recording on CD Sugarbrie, that does sound like fun. Any preference as to Levin's version vs. the Sussmayr? Given Telarc's virtues with their other Boston Baroque recordings, it might be worthwhile to pick up, if only for the comparison. Also, I might want our ch... | |
| The BEST system you've ever built !!!! Amen to that (my wife's influence). Also, the "best" obviously is a personal matter too, based on what you value the most out of your system, your musical tastes, etc. | |
| Mozart's Requiem- Best recording on CD I too sing in a choir (a good church choir), and I agree with Sugarbrie as to the Scheier performance. Sound is pretty good, and the soloists are top notch. The Boston one that he refers to in his latest is, I think, the Pearlman/Boston Baroque (s... | |
| The BEST system you've ever built !!!! I agree with most of you out there that our systems as currently configured are somewhere along in the journey to an ultimate goal, which I certainly won't reach till I get the New York Philharmonic or the New Jersey Symphony into my living room. ... | |
| Well Tempered TT and Power Plant 300 I would advise against putting both digital and analog gear in the P300 (or the same P300, actually). My experience is that you try to isolate your digital components from the rest of the system, because they throw a lot of hash back into your pow... | |
| Well Tempered TT and Power Plant 300 I think that you could only use the PS Audio at the 60 hz setting, or, if you get the Multiwave option, the PS2 setting (which is better, in my view, than the 90 hz setting), because of the turntable motor. That eliminates some of the options you ... |