rcprince
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| Suggestions for a new SACD player. Did you say it needs a digital INput, or did you mean OUTput? I'm not sure there are that many of the former, and neither the Ayre nor, as far as I can tell from the link, the Esoteric has one. The Cary 306 SACD player does have a digital input, a... | |
| Kubala sosna new Elation cables I have a full set of Emotions in my system, from sources to speakers. I'm trying a set of the interconnects tomorrow night in my system, which Joe Kubala says will give me a good idea of the difference. If I can describe any differences, I'll repo... | |
| Basis Ovation / 2500 vs Sota Cosmos IV I don't think the armboards are interchangable between the Ovation and Debut, my recollection is that the Ovation's is more rectangular. I will add that my Ovation is essentially a Debut V vacuum with the upgrades (as AJ told me at the time, the o... | |
| Basis Ovation / 2500 vs Sota Cosmos IV I have a Basis Ovation (owned since around 1990 or so), which I had upgraded to add the Debut's platter, bearing and vacuum system after about 12 years. It is an excellent table, extremely well-engineered and machined and well-isolated from vibrat... | |
| What amplification is best for JMLab Mini Utopias In answer to the posted question, JM Labs often demo'd these speakers with YBA electronics, they are a good match with plenty of power. I have heard the combination at a dealer's and thought it sounded excellent, very involving musically to me. Wh... | |
| tube preamp/use power from elite reciever?? Agree with Wendell; not all receivers have a pre-out amp-in connection (my old NADs did), so check the back. However, I would not necessarily equate more watts with better sound. What are your speakers (are they hard or easy to drive, what is thei... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Rush, I believe we saved his soul!! | |
| Reference 3A Grand Veena's Having heard them at the same meeting as Dgarettson, I'll add I thought they were well-balanced tonally, with exceptional treble and midrange; lacking in the last octave of bass; and better suited for a smaller room than the very large one we were... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Rush, thanks for the scoop, I did not know the story behind the Speakers Corner 45s. I can understand the limited market for this product; as I said, I'm tired of buying multiple formats of the same recording, but after hearing it this was just to... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? I have recently acquired and listened the one-sided 45 RPM version of the Decca Mendelssohn in Scotland recording with Maag conducting reissued by Speakers Corner (thanks to Barry Konigsburg for showing me this disc). If this disc is any indicatio... | |
| Bad preamp choice? Have you listened to it? If not, when you get it, set it up right, let it warm up a bit and then give it a listen. Forget what all the "experts" say, your opinion of it is all that matters. Jaybo is right, CJ makes excellent stuff, they get things... | |
| DAC with the best midrange ever..... I saw the list price as essentially $3 grand for each. | |
| What music do you want to play really loud? Any Mahler symphony, the Copland 3rd Symphony or Stravinski's Rite of Spring. Also, any well-recorded organ disc. | |
| Jadis musical value? In answer to one post, I believe the preamps are as equally good as the amps, if not better(I own a JP200, and previously owned a JPL and a JP80), but they do soften macrodynamics just a bit, and are not as good as solid state units in the absolut... | |
| Jadis musical value? If you value the sound of music rather than aural thrills, they are indeed worth their price and then some. |