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| CJ premier 8 - please share your comments Thanks for the update, Fernando. Congratulations! And welcome to the land of tubes! (I would have nothing else in my system for exactly the reason you mention: musicality. Tubes continue to do for me what solid state just cannot begin to touch.). | |
| Atma-sphere M60 II.3-Any good for 4 ohm speaker? Jwin, I've not heard this combination, but they might work depending on the minimum impedance, how smooth the impedance curve is, and the characteristics of the bass driver. Adding a "Zero" autoformer might be useful. The best answer would come fr... | |
| What's wrong with classical music on vinyl? Eldartford and Psychicanimal, please let us not hijack this thread into a CD versus LP debate; there is no constructive benefit. Sufentanil is enjoying both media. His experience with pop vinyl is very satisfying. His experience with used classica... | |
| What's wrong with classical music on vinyl? Michael, these are all great comments above. Help us with one thing: you mention buying some "audiophile" reissues on 180/200 gram vinyl, but I only see mention of Alison Krauss. Have you purchased any of the "audiophile" reissues of classical mus... | |
| What's wrong with classical music on vinyl? G_m_c, I admit to being puzzled by Sufentail's experience, too. His experience doesn't match mine, but I'm not inclined to discount it either because I talked with him about this same issue two years ago when he lived in the area and was participa... | |
| What's wrong with classical music on vinyl? G_m_c, he didn't claim it was logical, he said this was what he was experiencing. And, as we've been discussing, there is certainly a reason he may be hearing more surface noise on classical recordings as a result of the greater dynamic range of m... | |
| What's wrong with classical music on vinyl? Yes, I remembered you'd had some problems with excess surface noise. I'm somewhat at a loss to understand why you keep having as much difficulty. That's why I suggested that perhaps I'm just more used to it and the level of noise we experience is ... | |
| What's wrong with classical music on vinyl? Hi, Michael. Some of what you're experiencing may come from the fact that most pop music has very little dynamic range. All of the non-classical music you list is very limited in dynamic range and as a result can be mastered onto LP at a much high... | |
| Tenor Audio Jonathan, I sense I've touched a nerve, and for that I'm sorry. Ralph's comments speak to the issue I believe. The only point in mentioning this originally had been to give Tenor owners some confidence that Atma-Sphere truly was competent to provi... | |
| cartridge for Eminent Technology ET2 tonearm? When I had this arm, I had great success with the Grado Reference/Reference in it. It will be happier with a cartridges with medium to lower compliance cantilever assemblies.And, here's a link to another recent thread on this topic:http://forum.au... | |
| CJ premier 8 - please share your comments The "guys at AA" either don't know what they're talking about or they have some other agenda: pure poppycock as to any difficulty. If the caution is over cost of retubing vis-a-vis a solid state amp, sure, there will be more cost over the life of ... | |
| CJ premier 8 - please share your comments One way to get this estimate would be to check with C-J on the current cost of their replacement tube set: RTPR8 (with 6550 output tubes):703-698-8581 or service@conradjohnson.com. | |
| CJ premier 8 - please share your comments Fernando, it seems that you do indeed have a good grasp of the differences between these two amps. I don't think I can help you any further on the choice you need to make; that choice will depend on your listening/sonic priorities.As you say, the ... | |
| Where has the respect gone? Ezekiel, thanks for your post on this topic. It is valuable to consider. Spates of rudeness in the Audiogon forum threads seem to come and go, but usually the conversation here seems to me much more civil and respectful of others than some other p... | |
| Help on wiring dedicated circuit for Audio Bryanhod, if you want a reference book, you might check to see if this is covered in Robert Harley's book: "The Complete Guide to High-End Audio."Here's a summary of what I've pulled together from the various threads over the years and eventually ... |