rcprince
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| What speaker would you replace magnepan 2.7's with If you don't go for the 3.6s, you might want to try the larger Duntech (Crown Prince/Princess or Sovereigns) or Dunlavy (SC IV/IVA/V) speakers, which can also give you that wall of sound you like. | |
| Marigo vs Kubala-Sosna As a general matter, Emotion is better at the frequency extremes and more transparent, letting more information through. Overall tonal balance was similar, as I recall (so there is a distinct family resemblance). | |
| What is the best cd playback system? The answer depends, I suppose, on what your priorities are in your listening, as each of these units has something of a sonic signature and I don't think you can call any piece of equipment the best, there's just too much personal taste, system sy... | |
| Alon speakers - mark I vs. II I would call either Alon or Nola and ask them, giving them the serial numbers. FWIW, I don't recall a Mk II version of the Alon 4. | |
| Best Brandenburg Concerto recording CD Rufus, I think you're exagerating a little, but I do see your point. Britten's recordings with Decca are nice, full-bodied and definitely a different sound than the leaner sound we've almost become acustomed to with the period instruments performa... | |
| Best Brandenburg Concerto recording CD I'd second Pinnock/English Concert on Archive, my favorite performance. Pearlman/Boston Baroque is also top notch. | |
| Marigo vs Kubala-Sosna Another vote for the Kubala Sosna, I've got my whole system wired with Emotion and the sound is exactly as Bowtieguy describes and as you say you'd like. A better match in my system than the Siltech Compass Lake was, and that cable was certainly n... | |
| Re-tubing Jadis DA7 If you're willing to spend the money, I have found Telefunken tubes to work very well in Jadis equipment; another alternative is older EI tubes. If not, agree with Wendell's post above, RAM tubes have sounded good in my Jadis in the past. | |
| Wagner: The Ring Cycle. Diffinitive Lp Pressing? Rush: Actually, I did meet you briefly, I had the Vaughn Williams Tallis Fantasia, and was about to go into the listening room with you when I had to go pick up one of our members whose car had broken down; you had left by the time I could get bac... | |
| When showing your system to others, what do you do I found John Marks' suggested demonstration technique in this month's Stereophile, while aimed at a high end retailers, to be an interesting way to demo your system to a person who likes music but doesn't understand why we spend our money on it li... | |
| Wagner: The Ring Cycle. Diffinitive Lp Pressing? I agree with Rushton, the Solti cycle is a landmark and the one all others are measured against. I have the Time-Life version of it, inferior, I believe, in sonics to the Deccas and Londons but still decent (it lets the performance shine through),... | |
| Best sounding Saint-Saens Sym No. 3? Having both of the Telarc versions, I feel the more recent one was preferable sonically and interpretively. My only quibble with the second version is that the organ was recorded in a different venue than the orchestra (the intent was to use an or... | |
| Morph the Cat deheaded I hate to complain about Steve Hoffman masterings, because he uses so much care and really does try to (and often does) get the original sound right, but I have noticed that a lot of his remasters tend to be a little darker-sounding than the origi... | |
| Best sounding Saint-Saens Sym No. 3? I'll point out, as I have elsewhere, that the Dorian disc is an audiophile's delight, because it was recorded in the Meyerson Hall in Dallas in two different acoustics. For the Jongen, since the organ is featured as a solo instrument, the hall aco... | |
| Favorite Non-Major Record Label Add Harmonia Mundi and Bis to the list, in the classical area. |