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| Jazzfest in Molde Norway Here's one that's recently been re-released on CD: Arild Andersen/Molde Concert; ECM Records 1236; 78:45; recorded live at Molde Jazz Festival, August 1981 features John Taylor - piano/Bill Frisell - guitar/Andersen - bass/Alphonse Mouzon - drumsC... | |
| Would this be an upgrade? Jim, I had both the Prime IIa and Basic IIIa as my main Dacs running off a Data Basic II transport. The sonic difference is most noticeable where runs of notes are played closely together. For example, on the song Glad from Traffic's John Barleyco... | |
| Would this be an upgrade? Jim, How does your Sony sound compared to the Theta on redbook CD's? | |
| Cement to fill speaker stands? Cement sounds ok except it reacts with the mositure in the air. Eventually it will harden inside your stands making it impossible to remove. Most likely, hardened cement has its own resonant properties, like stone. If sand is hard to find, try a p... | |
| Is there a cd player that sounds close to an LP? I too suffered the CD hurts my ears problem, especially on high-pitched instruments like flute, soprano sax, violin and upper register piano. Like you, at first I thought it was the CD setup. Upgrading to a dedicated DAC and then a transport certa... | |
| Song intros that really grab you? ? The intro to Gasoline Alley from Rod Stewart. | |
| What does "Sounds too Hifi" mean??? Hifi music reproduction is artificial. Too hifi means the artifice is not well hidden. | |
| Have you gone hi-rez? Which format and why? Nope, I'm clinging to stereo redbook. Back when home theater came out it was heralded as the salvation of the beleaguered audio retailers. But at that time home theater was anathema to two channel fans. Somewhere along the line the backwards compa... | |
| Cowboy Junkies WarrenH, like you I fell for Trinity Sessions. For another fix I got Miles From Our home. It's got some catchy tunes but it's mediocre. When I got Lay It Down I thought I'd refound the magic. It's pretty good pop but still not magical like Trinity... | |
| XLR wiring question? Oops, after reading your question more carefully, you have nothing to worry about. The European and American Wiring Standards both use pin 1 for ground. As long as pin 2 connects to pin 2 and pin 3 to pin 3 at both ends of the cable, your XLR inte... | |
| XLR wiring question? Nope, but the signal phase will be out 180 degrees. | |
| Adding a phono stage component ? Advice needed When I faced the same decision I used an old SAE Mk XXX preamp just for its phono stage. It worked fine but looked a little clunky and dated. After reading a favorable review in Stereophile magazine, I splurged on a $200 Rotel RQ970-BX dedicated p... | |
| CD Player newbie questions Use the noise and distortion specs to compare units within a single manufacturer's range. Along with original price, it is a way to determine which model may sound better than another. But whether Macintosh's spec is relevant to another maker's sp... | |
| what really happened to j. skul As I recall J-10 reported from New York and then Stereophile moved from Sante Fe to New York. This put its British editor that much closer to home and made J-10 redundant. | |
| 60's/70's Talking/Singing Story Ballads Thanks Zaikes and apologies to the Shirelles :^) |