rcprince
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| Any good cdp with digital inputs Wadia made digital inputs optional on some of their players (830, 850,860 and later models), and probably do so now. | |
| Day Sequerra Tuner FM reference scope question I have had the full upgrades done to my Day Sequerra within the past year or so. I would not trust anyone else to do the replacement. The new scope is excellent. By the way, the upgraded unit is excellent, the upgrades are, in my view, worth getti... | |
| rowland 102 reviews? ice powered I was going to point out the same thing. They did review a Rowland Class D amp, too, and the article was good in pointing out the advantages and disadvantages to the technology. Worth reading before you make a decision. | |
| Am I the only one purchasing hybrid disc's....... I haven't noticed particularly inferior sound on hybrid discs' CD layers the few times I've listened to them; however, I think that with more and more multi-channel releases, the quality of the mixdown to two channels may vary from release to rele... | |
| Sonus Faber Extremas You could always try the Jadis JA800s (the six-chassis version for the full power) or JA 500s if your floor financing line of credit is high enough! I have heard JA 500s drive mbl 101s, so they might have enough power to do the Extrmas. The proble... | |
| Sonus Faber Extremas The only amps I ever heard on SF Extremas that made me understand what the fuss about those speakers was about have been the big Cello Performance monoblocks (the "red eyes") and a Gryphon stereo amp from the early 90s. Given the size of your room... | |
| Some great sounding classical "warhorses" ?? For Espana--get the Mercury Living Presence re-issue (Paray, I believe), it's an excellent transferCandide--Reference Recordings, it has both the overture and a new, I believe, suite in spectacular soundCarmina Burana--the Telarc recordings from A... | |
| The Beatles vs. The Rolling Stones It's fun to read these responses. Along some of the lines mentioned, back in 1965, I believe it was, Dan Ingram, then the 2-6 pm DJ on WABC AM in NY (who also had a very nice jazz show on FM), said on the air that he didn't like the Rolling Stones... | |
| The Beatles vs. The Rolling Stones While I'm glad they both did exist, my choice would easily be the Rolling Stones. The Stones are a classic rock & roll group, but the Beatles were a much more innovative and musially complex group. I believe they paved the way for more groups,... | |
| Handel's Messiah? One of my favorites, if you like period instruments, is McGegan and the Philharmonia Baroque on Harmonia Mundi. It's a three-disc set, and the best thing about it is that it has all the variations of the piece as it evolved, so you can play it in ... | |
| I want to re-introduce this subject. Better watch out, Onhwy61, your tongue might get permanently stuck in your cheek! :^) | |
| I want to re-introduce this subject. Not completely sure what you're after, but as far as changing volumes for CDs and LPs, keep in mind that (i) as between CDs, each CD is recorded at a particular level, some higher than others, that accounts for some of the differences you're heari... | |
| krell ksa 80 vs. krell ksa100s Actually, the KSA80 was really rated at 100 watts, same as the 100s; they just called it the 80 to avoid confusion with their prior, fan-cooled model, the KSA100. The 100s is a bit more clinical and probably more neutral than the KSA80, which, as ... | |
| High end DAC vs DVD Tz7, are you talking about the hi-rez format DVD-Audio, as opposed to a regular DVD player with a 16-bit/44khz audio? If the former, based on what I've heard from cheap SACD players, the hi-rez format on a cheaper player can sound better than a mo... | |
| High end DAC vs DVD I have yet to hear a standalone DVD player that sounds remotely as good as a high-end DAC. You get less resolution from the cheaper DACs, analog section op-amps and power supplies, and more digital noise from the extra video circuitry in the DVD p... |