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| Help me emulate the best speakers I've heard There's a pair of Shahinian Arcs listed right now on Ebay for a buy-it-now price of $1000.That's a steal even if you have to invest another $1000 into factory restoration. The Arc is the next model up the line from the Compass and is almost certai... | |
| Help me emulate the best speakers I've heard The Vienna Philharmonic playing Bruckner in Carnegie Hall produces a full, rich, plump, microscopically textured wall of highly fattening tone which can fairly be described, overall, as 'succulent.'This sort of symphonic plushness has been well ca... | |
| Help me emulate the best speakers I've heard If you think the sound of the Shahinian Compass is the best you've ever heard, I suggest you may not think as highly of anything not made by Shahinian Acoustics. The designer, Richard Shahinian, designs very much and closely to his own taste. All ... | |
| Which Rel subwoofer 12-12-12: Sksos1"All I can say is I've had several RELs and had reliability issues, stay away from REL!"I've had a REL Q401 for about five years with no reliability problems and have been very happy with it. | |
| Linn Majik DSI into Sunfire 300x2 strange result Repair for virtually all Carver and Sunfire electronics is available from Hi Tech Audio in Gresham, OR. | |
| Linn Majik DSI into Sunfire 300x2 strange result Rita's is closed permanently I believe.Best place for Sunfire repair is in Oregon: carveraudiorepair@gmail.com.Phone: 503-618-7605.Good Luck. | |
| It's All in Your Head This notion that you get more emotional response on a good system always comes up against this fact:I have had many (I mean very many) deep reactions to music heard above lots of distracting and masking road and engine noise on a junky car radio.I... | |
| When was the last time you listened to live music? I live in the SF Bay Area.There are several symphony orchestras in the area, ranging from the local community group all the way up to the world-class SF Symphony.They all perform without amplification.Performers from pianists to chamber groups all... | |
| Why so low? I listen to classical orchestra recordings more than 90% of the time. I have approx. 3500 LPs and about 400 cds,again about 90% classical orchestra.I have been listening to records for over 50 years and now have a $25K system.I have learned not to... | |
| Speaker Placement Issue/Thoughts I have lived for years with a similar situation. The balance seems always weighted toward the left side. I tried everything you can try (speaker placement, component replacement, etc.). I have even had my hearing checked and found no difference, r... | |
| Memorial Day I would like to use this Memorial Day podium (since Audiogon has decided to provide it) to express, with humility and respectful gratitude, my deep appreciation to all those who have fought, sometimes at the cost of much physical and psychic perse... | |
| Memorial Day Theo: You and I may have different definitions of freedom. Nobody--not even the hallowed dead--can speak for all. | |
| Plinius vs. McCormack Just for the sake of continued unsubstantiated assertion, I will comment on this subject.I have owned both a McCormack DNA-1 (unmodified) and a Plinius power amp of identical claimed power (200W/side) called, I believe, the M-8. In any case, it is... | |
| Anti-Skate dial-How to set it? + a bonus question Are you guys saying that the mass of the cartridge, varying from one to another, has no effect on skating forces nor their possible correction?Only the vtf?And what about stylus size and configuration (e.g. elliptical vs. spherical)?I am not at al... | |
| Poulenc double piano concerto? Oops. Errors in my previous post:1) CD is on London, not Argo.2) Soloists are Sylviane Deferne, Peter Hurford, and Pascal Roge. No Lionel Roge anywhere. (Lionel Rogg is a much recorded organist.But not here.) The rest is either correct or, being... |