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| Whats on your turntable tonight? Bill Berry, "Shortcake" reissued by Pure Audiophile (PA-004, half-speed mastered by Stan Ricker, spread across 4 sides to allow for maximum dynamics, with three added bonus tracks - phenomenal! Link)Respighi's "Brazilian Impressions" Mercury SR 90... | |
| very basic newbie question Great summary, Patrick!. | |
| Supratek phono stage dark? Have you checked the impedance loading to make sure it is matched for your cartridge?. | |
| very basic newbie question Some additional links to good information that will help you get oriented:The Audio Asylum FAQ, with many additional links:http://www.audioasylum.com/cgi/d.pl?audio/faq.html#vinylLaura Dearborn's excellent discussion of turntable setup:http://www.... | |
| AMP-Preamp Combo for Vandersteen 2CE's Good comments above. I have particularly liked the 2C speakers with tube amplifiers, but not under 30 watts or so. As Siliab says, these speakers are revealing enough to reward you with each improvement in electronics driving them. Among the ampli... | |
| Looking for an acoustic guitar recording.. For outstanding finger-style guitar playing, with a bit of celtic, blues and jazz flavoring, any of Martin Simpson's recordings are highly recommended, particularly:"Live""Leaves of Life""When I was on Horseback". | |
| Philadelphia area audio club? Two activities coming up: regular bi-monthly meeting this Sunday, July 18; group trip to Red Trumpet in York, PA, at the end of July. If you're anywhere in the area and have an interest in participating with us, drop me a note. . | |
| $5000 to spend.... Get Walker Audio SST direct from Walker Audio: http://www.walkeraudio.com610-666-6087Or the usual mail order suspects:Acoustic SoundsMusic Direct. | |
| Which is better Nautilus VS Classic Records "CSN" I rather hate to admit this, since I value and really enjoy all of the wonderful vinyl reissues that have been coming out recently, and I by no means have an original pressing bias (quite the contrary in fact), but to my surprise I found a nondesc... | |
| Amplifiers:A Keeper for Life. Do you know of one ? Atma-Sphere MA-2, a superb amplifier design that keeps getting better and better in it's MkII.2 and .3 iterations. Easily updated by the factory as significant design improvements occur.. | |
| Question from tube y newbie If you can bias each tube separately, you should be able to replace just the single tube without causing any harm, and the sound quality should not be materially impacted (depending on how critically you are evaluating the sound). One big advantag... | |
| Otl's with AvantGarde Duos? Allanbhaganinfo, you seriously don't get it, do you?And Ralph was being so polite.... | |
| phono preamp with volume control The Aesthetix Io has an option for a volume control plus a single switched high-level input. Also not inexpensive. Alternatively, the full function Aesthetix Janus preamp gives an outstanding phono stage combined with a very good line stage in a s... | |
| Nimbus Label Amazon.com seems to have them. A search at their site on "Nimbus Records" returns 719 listings.http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search/102-0189827-4556169?tag=earlymusicrec-20&keyword=Nimbus%20Records&mode=classical-music | |
| Tube amp for Avalon Eidolon ? John, you're on the right track to consider using tubes with the Eidolons. People who have heard the Eidolons only with solid state amplifiers simply have not experienced what this speaker can truly deliver in terms of pure musicial enjoyment.I us... |