rcprince
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| Anyone heard new Jason Vieaux CD? He's a terrific guitarist, I will have to look for this one. | |
| Best player for Poorly Recorded redbook CDs? I'm in the camp for equalization; you could run it through a tape loop to keep it out of the system on your best material. The best equalizer for listening to music IMHO is the old Cello Audio Pallette, which had settings designed to compensate fo... | |
| Peak Consult Zoltan vs Sonus faber Amati Annivers I have been very impressed with the stand-mounted Peak Consult speakers I have listened to at some length at my dealer's; they get the midrange right, not something I can say about all speakers, and overall are among the best I've heard. That said... | |
| Clever Little Clock - high-end audio insanity? Elizabeth, the pens I used for that experiment were plain black ballpoints from Staples, their cheapest. Keep them in the box, they work best that way!! | |
| Jadis JP-80 with Audio Research? I used it for a number of years with ARC Classic 150s (actually M300s converted into CL150s). Sound was very good, no impedence mismatches or anything like that, but the JP80 did not overcome the dryish, more analytical sound of the ARC amps. It w... | |
| Aesthetix Calypso, Tuberolling questions? Albert Porter is a true fount of information on tubimg Aesthetix products, so hopefully he will post here. In the meantime, you might check the archives for threads involving Albert and the Aesthetix IO, as I recall some very detailed information ... | |
| Here's what I think about the new HD formats. Or they will watch too much television and video and ignore the natural beauty of the world around them and live musical/cultural performances? | |
| Townsend Seismic Sink Pump - where to find? I think you can use any bicycle pump with a flexible nozzle. Anyone else try it? | |
| DSD-PCM question I believe Jond's understanding is correct. Your best bet to get the full bandwidth DSD offers is to use the Sony's analog outs and put no further digital equipment between the Sony's output and the amplifiers. If the DEQX converts the analog signa... | |
| Very low output from my right channel I'd agree with Greg, get a tech, but I would not sell the DAC, it is a good one and can be further upgraded by Jerry Ozment. The only DIY possibility is a bad tube (I believe the Altis is a tubed unit), you could switch the tubes for each channel ... | |
| I'm hearing things That was done on purpose--it's on my original copy and every one I've heard out there. Same sort of effect, though. Worst print-through I had was an audiophile re-issue of the Proprius album Cantate Domino, which sounded like it had a continuous p... | |
| I'm hearing things Print-through actually can also show up on CDs from old master tapes--I've heard it on a few of the Living Stereo re-releases. Not much the folks pressing the record can do about it. | |
| I'm hearing things It's called pre-echo and it's normal with most non-audiophile pressings of records (on records made from old master tapes, this sound you're hearing could also be tape saturation/print-through). It generally is the record's fault, unless it comes ... | |
| Is live reproduction the goal of audio? Interesting question and responses. I think that equipment designers fall into at least two camps (I'm sure others can add more). There are those who strive to build equipment which accurately reproduces/decodes the signal being fed to it, so thei... | |
| Should a CDP be left on 24/7 or shut off & on? If solid state, I'd leave it on all the time, unless I was listening to analog, in which case it should be turned off. Certainly doesn't hurt it. With tubes, I prefer to leave it on all the time as well (with the caveat about analog), though it do... |