rcprince
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| "Best" Beethoven 9 Symphonies Recording, Digital Von Karajan's 1963 cycle on DG is one of the best to me, if you can still find it. Of modern recordings, I really like Vanska's cycle with the Minnesota Orchestra on the Bis label. Not sure if you're looking for downloads or discs (the two I men... | |
| Do you use an autoformer/transformer preamp/volume control? I have a Prometheus TVC which is good, though I'm still smitten with my Shindo preamp so the passive TVC is only kept in reserve. It's very good, but not in the same class as the Shindo, IMHO. | |
| A thin and elegant system? There's a pair of used Scansonic MB 3.5 speakers on the 'Gon now (apparently in less than pristine condition) that look pretty much like something that would fit your description. | |
| What's with the odd pricing? They did get your attention, didn't they? I think that's your reason right there. | |
| McIntosh C2200 vs Shindo Aurieges for Shindo Monti Congratulations, nice to hear how it turned out and that you're enjoying your new preamp! | |
| Phono/preamp/amp chain. One of them tube the others SS. Which one? I would have a solid state phono stage, tubed preamp and solid state amp (with an appropriate input impedance to work with the tubed preamp). I have the first two in my system now (a Shindo preamp and a prototype of the Merrill Jens phono stage),... | |
| Where to fix Forsell Air Reference Transport and D/A That's the place. Thanks, bdp24! Hopefully he can help. | |
| Where to fix Forsell Air Reference Transport and D/A It is a special transport. I don't know how they did it, but it sounded more "analog" than any other transport I tried.Wish I could remember Elliott's store, that would be more helpful to you. I tried to find it in the archives but wasn't succes... | |
| Where to fix Forsell Air Reference Transport and D/A I had similar problems with my Forsell transport years ago when I had it, and sent it to a dealer in California whose name escapes me now (I believe the owner was Elliott Midwood?) who gave it a good cleaning and adjustment, fixed it perfectly. N... | |
| Do they make a quiet great sounding phono pre amp?? While I would agree with the Herron (especially) and other suggestions above, clipping with the Manley sounds like something is wrong somewhere, either in the unit or somewhere else. Just to confirm, you are using the MC input, mot the MM input, ... | |
| Kubala-Sosna Elation Speaker Cables The Elations would, in my view, be overkill and might upset the balance of your system. Your system seems to be nicely balanced as it is, and the Fascination is not an overly bright cable. The Elation will be considerably more extended at both f... | |
| The Davone Ray-S Speaker--A unique speaker that is worthy of your attention and audition I have heard their older, coaxial, speakers on numerous occasions, primarily driven by Ayre amplification. They are indeed special speakers, extraordinarily coherent; I think your descriptions of the sound match my recollection. And if you have ... | |
| PS Audio Sprout Only one way to find out. Try it in the main system. Given my coolness towards Class D amplification, I probably would prefer the Krell, but you might feel differently. | |
| Just bought used Wilson audio Sophia 1 and Wilson audio center channel comments One of the better things about the original Sophias is that they sound good even with fairly inexpensive electronics (note tooblue's comment about that old B&K), the first Wilson speaker to really be able to make that claim. I think your elec... | |
| LAT International I have been told by a friend of the owner's daughter that the owner is in deteriorating health and may not even be looking at orders at this point. |