rcprince
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| TAS review of Krell SACD:why? If you believe what they said in the article, Krell found a new source for a transport mechanism. My guess is the units you saw being sold for half price are the older units with the Philips mechanism, which according to the article had reliabilit... | |
| Next on the list for Mahler.... I agree with Newbee that 3 might be a little difficult to digest for starters. 4 is very pretty and easy to follow, the EMI re-issue from Testament with Klemperer is excellent. My personal Mahler odyssey took me from 1 to 2 to 5, then 6, so I'd su... | |
| Recommend relatively obscure high end tube preamps Although it's probably a little better known than the others mentioned here, the Jadis JP80MC (or JPS2, if you just want a line stage) matches your description of what the Wavac unit sounded like. A classic preamp. | |
| Crazy? Lamm ML2/ML2.1 on Avalon Eidolon? I think you would be making a mistake. The ML2s are great amps, but you will never get their magic when they are partnered with the wrong speakers. Think of your speakers and amps as a single component when you make your choices, it's the best way... | |
| Acoustat Reference Preamp. I used to own an Acoustat TNP preamp, my first high-end preamp (sister piece to the TNT amp, trans-nova technology). Is this the unit you're talking about? If so, it was very good in its time, favorably reviewed by J. Gordon Holt in the early 80s,... | |
| Clever Little Clock - high-end audio insanity? Zaikes, Guido, and others, I hope that that all this time spent on the computer writing about the clock is not keeping you from listening to music!! | |
| Anybody tried 20th Anniversary Purist cables? I haven't read this entire thread for a while, but the one thing that surprises me is that Purist, a company I've long respected as making excellent, neutral products, is selling a special edition version of its cables that appears to be anything ... | |
| Clever Little Clock - high-end audio insanity? By the way, for the record, at the NJAS meeting last week I took the clock out of the house and brought it back in on two occasions while people were listening to music on the system, not telling anyone I was doing it or even letting them know I w... | |
| The Clever Little Sharp Bgrazman, I've got one of those tube clocks in my office. Great conversation piece! | |
| Nagra VPA versus Lamm ML1.1 I liked the Lamm better (and bought it as a result). The Nagra to me was excellent as well, but it was not as fleshed out in the mids harmonically--just a bit towards the analytical side of the spectrum. The Lamms are about as natural sounding as ... | |
| custom made dustcover for Nottingham Spacedeck I imagine that Gingko Audio will make a custom version for you in their nice clear acrylic. You should contact Audiogon member Vtvu if interested. | |
| Gold CDs ...... too much? I don't think you should lay the blame entirely on the fact that it's a gold CD. While I think that in general the gold CDs do seem to have a touch more resolution vs. standard CDs, remember that Mobile Fidelity does not necessarily try to duplica... | |
| Purist or Kubala-which to buy for entire system FWIW, Kubala Sosna claims its Emotion line of cables is 90% broken in in a day, and 100% in two days. From my experience with it, I think that's about right. Purist might take longer, I think part of it might be that there's silver in their cables... | |
| Harry Pearson's comment on $600.00 Chinese CD Now you've done it, Krelldog, they're going to triple the price on it before we can get it! | |
| Lamm ML1.1 & ML 2.1 I own the ML1.1s, have not had the chance to hear the ML2 or 2.1 at any length. The ML1.1 is about as good as you can get with push-pull--an extremely natural, non-electronic sounding amplifier. While I could probably be seduced by the 2s, they wo... |