rcprince
Responses from rcprince
| Warmest speaker? I would say that the earlier versions of the Vandersteens, particularly the ones made before the 5 and the Quattro were introduced, could fairly be characterized as warm, but not their newer models. The latest iteration of the 2ce-whatever speaker... | |
| Basis Debut Mk v or Walker or Brinkman ? Although Lloyd Walker claims that one person sold one of his Porsches to buy a Walker TT. | |
| Basis Debut Mk v or Walker or Brinkman ? Actually, Gerrym5, I was kidding about that, I have no idea what Strapper drives. I had the chance to drive one of my colleagues' 2001 M5 on which he had removed the governor (he took it and raced it competitively) and souped up even more at a loc... | |
| Basis Debut Mk v or Walker or Brinkman ? Probably because it costs more than the Brinkman, Walker and Basis combined! I think Strapper decided to limit his budget to what he could get when he sells his 2002 BMW M5! :^) Me, I don't think my 2001 New Beetle GLX can get me a Rega, let alone... | |
| Basis Debut Mk v or Walker or Brinkman ? Just to add one more possibility to the list, George Merrill has come up with a new, no-holds barred turntable that I hope to audition soon (a friend of mine is the distributor, I believe), if only just to see what an old master has come up with. ... | |
| Warmest speaker? Vienna Acoustics designs are warm-sounding speakers, to my ears, even with Krell amplification. | |
| Basis Debut Mk v or Walker or Brinkman ? I have almost the same set-up as you (my Ovation was updated to a Debut vacuum, and I use a Graham 2.2). If I could afford it, as good as this combo is I would probably replace it with a Walker, as the Walker seems just a bit better in all respect... | |
| Beating the RVG Horse RVG didn't necessarily make his recordings to sound good on a high end system, so if you need to rationalize you could say that by using the tone controls you may well be getting the sound he originally intended. My view is that if tone controls c... | |
| Organ CDs with really deep bass Let's revive this one for a second, I just listened to the recent Ondine SACD of the Philadelphia Orchestra with Olivier Latry playing the Saint Saens Organ Symphony, the Poulenc Organ Concerto and the Barber Toccata Festiva. Latry is a virtuoso o... | |
| Parasound or Forte Frank, thanks for the correction. The print in those old issues is so small I had trouble recalling the number. :^) It looks like the 5 is also an AB design, from the description given above. | |
| Parasound or Forte The Forte you should try to find is the Model 4. It is a pure Class A version of the Model 5 and is generally recognized as a far better-sounding amplifier. As far as between the two you mentioned, both have reputations as good amps, you might go ... | |
| Covers on unused RCA inputs? You're probably thinking of shorting plugs; I use them on the unused phono inputs on my Lamm phono stage and Jadis preamp (the rest of the inputs are currently used). Cardas also makes metal caps to put over the unused inputs. I can't say how much... | |
| 6550s vs kt88s for a mac 275 amp If the sound you're seeking in your preamp is what you want from your amps, the only 6550 I'd suggest would be NOS Tung-Sols. And other than that, I'd suggest getting NOS Gold Lion/Gold Monarch/GEC KT88s. As a general rule, the 6550s will have tig... | |
| BACH Cello Suites - CD only My preference is the Starker, it is vibrant and beautifully played--the Mercury is a classic reading and recording, couldn't tell you about the RCA. I have also listened to some of the EMI Rostropovich recordings on CD, which sounded pretty good s... | |
| Winds of War and Peace Wilson Audio WCD 8823 Well, then, looks like I saved Nchong some money... |