rcprince
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| Dunlavy SC-I vs. SC-I/AV I believe it was just a shielded version of the SC-I, but I'm only going from memory here. Perhaps, if no one else posts, you could ask the folks at Audio-Video Logic in Iowa, who were a major dealer and took over most of the company's inventory. | |
| Duntech vs Dunlavy? I would say that the bass in the Dunlavys might be a just a little faster or tighter (the Duntechs need a lot of power and current to control their woofers, otherwise they can sound muddy in that range), and the highs might be just a little more e... | |
| The Richard Clark "all amps sounds the same" test Jult52, actually it's the Shostakovich 7th that is the Lenningrad Symphony. The 8th as I recall was generally about the horror of that war; the government called it the Stalingrad Symphony, but I don't think Shostakovich had any one battle of the ... | |
| Which songs/albums take you back to college? 1. Led Zepplin 1--Dazed and Confused was the song we played most often that first year in the dorm.2. Cream--Wheels of Fire; I was psyching up for their concert at Olympia Stadium in Detroit that Fall.3. MC5--Kick out the Jams; they were local and... | |
| Bass Clarinet Recordings I hope member Frogman sees this thread, he should have some recommendations, as he plays the instrument professionally (as well as the sax). | |
| NJ Audio Society? Juan--I e-mailed you a couple of times on this, and have not heard from you. Please get in touch with me and I'll give you the details.Russ Prince | |
| Most Peaceful Music you've Heard or Own Ralph Vaughan-Williams "The Lark Ascending". Unfortunately it doesn't last for two hours! | |
| VAC Signature Preamplifier mkII I will add, as a tangent, that during the extended absences of my Jadis JP80 for repairs in the past, my fine dealer lent me preamps from time to time to cover for the Jadis. I heard the Lamm LL2 and L2, the Klyne, the Innersound and a few more, a... | |
| Basis Ovation / 2500 vs Sota Cosmos IV No problems with mine in perhaps 5-7 years that I've had it. The pump isn't overly noisy, and they give you enough hose to keep the pump well away from the table and your listening location. The other thing that's nice is that you can adjust the a... | |
| Kubala sosna new Elation cables Been too long (5 years) to give a meaningful comparison. I had the top of the line Omegas (some call it Omega Zero), and I do recall that it was a close call between it and the K-S Emotion. I ultimately felt the midrange and the overall tonal bala... | |
| Best Samuel Barber Violin Concerto Stern's is probably generally viewed as the best interpretation, though the sonics are not the best. I also like Bobby McDuffie's version on Telarc, but he's a friend and client of mine, so I'm prejudiced. I'm not quite as turned off by Hahn's pla... | |
| Buy new tubes, or use "stock tubes?" I agree with Elizabeth and Kurt (tongue-in-cheek) tank in that I would advise that you listen to any unit you buy for a long while with its stock tubes and enjoy it. If after that time you are dissatisfied with the sound you can consider tube-roll... | |
| Kubala sosna new Elation cables I imagine that I could have listened to a whole set, except that Joe tells me he's so busy filling orders for the cables, he doesn't have a full set to take with him (plus, in my system, there is an exceedingly long run from my preamp to the cross... | |
| Kubala sosna new Elation cables I would not say that the Emotion is yesterday's news, it's still a superb cable. However, after listening to just one set of the Elation interconnects (from my EMM Labs DAC to my preamp) in my otherwise all-Emotion system, I would have to say that... | |
| Kubala sosna new Elation cables Will do, assuming words don't fail me! |