rushton
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| Clash of the Titans I use a pair of Atma-Sphere MA2 MKII amplifiers to drive Avalon Acoustics Eidolon speakers. I can't comment on any of the other amplifiers listed, so I may not qualify has having heard a "combination of the amps listed."Over the past year that I'v... | |
| Clash of the Titans I use a pair of Atma-Sphere MA2 MKII amplifiers to drive Avalon Acoustics Eidolon speakers. I can't comment on any of the other amplifiers listed, so I may not qualify has having heard a "combination of the amps listed."Over the past year that I'v... | |
| BEETHOVEN'S LATE STRING QUARTETS Vegh Quartet are superb. On LP: Telefunken 6.35040 | |
| Reproduction of acoustic instruments with tube amp Dburdick, you may not find what you are looking for within your budget limitations. The Atma-Sphere MA-1 would deliver what you're looking for, but used prices are higher than the limit you've set. Another alternative that would work well for me w... | |
| Reproduction of acoustic instruments with tube amp Interesting... I am with Dekay on this issue. But, we each have our listening priorities that will impact what we perceive as sounding more "real." For me, accurate reproduction of timbre and harmonic overtones are critical issues, particularly on... | |
| Outlet shoot out Hubbell makes two versions of its Model 8300 hospital grade 20amp outlet. According to the Hubbell spec sheets available on their web site, Model 8300I has nickel plated power contacts. But Model 8300HI (slender/compact) uses brass non-plated powe... | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? The best I've heard (and I bought them) are the Avalon Eidolons (when carefully matched to appropriate electronics). But, I have not had an opportunity to hear the Sound Labs, Kharma Exquisite or Rockports, among others. Still, I love what the Eid... | |
| Which VPI LP Cleaning Machine? For many years I have used the following simple solution with very satisfactory results, and, most importantly, no harm across several thousand LPs:20% Isopropyl Alcohol (91%), with no additives80% Distilled water12-20 drops of Kodak PhotoFlow per... | |
| The best vinyl recording of .....Bruckner Sym 6.. My vote would have to go to Jochum/Dresden on EMI. Jochum did two complete cycles, once with DGG and then with EMI. The performances are different and some are better in once cycle than the other, but generally the EMI sound quality is better. | |
| LAST Record Preservative: Thumbs up or thumbs down Blackie, one possibility you might explore is that the LAST preservative has actually broken loose contaminant in the grooves. As I understand the process (and I admit I may not have the details right), the LAST preservative actually penetrates th... | |
| Dedicated Power Lines - How to? Outlier, there has been lots of discussion about dedicated lines on this site, and most of it is preserved in the archives. May I suggest you first do a seach of the archives for "dedicated lines" or for "isolated ground". Then, if you have more q... | |
| LAST Record Preservative: Thumbs up or thumbs down Sorry for the broken link. Let me try one more time to see if I can make this work...Last Preservative | |
| LAST Record Preservative: Thumbs up or thumbs down Rosstaman, if you check the archives using "Search" you'll find lots of prior discussion. The most recent discussion can be found at:http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1016909843&openfrom&1&4#1 | |
| Sibelius Symphonies Sym 2 -- Barbirolli/RPO or Monteux/LonSO Sym 5 -- Gibson/LonSOSym 7 -- Maazel/VPO | |
| Eidolon, Amati Homage, or Watt? Qualsound, I find that the Eidolons are easier to drive than the comments in this thread suggest. I've listened to Eidolons in my dealer's listening room using both Rowland 100 watt solid state amps and BAT tube amps with excellent results. At hom... |