rushton
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| SS versus Tubes Gregm, if you ever have the chance, try listening to a pair of Atma-Sphere MA-1 or MA-2 tube amplifiers. To my ears, they have all the best virtues of tube amplifiers discussed here, with the extension, quickness, neutrality and detail of the best... | |
| TUBE....Starting with Power or Preamp ? Supakit, I would suggest you follow Sugargrie's recommendation and try a good used tube linestage in your system. I have found that the linestage can have a greater impact on the overall sound of a system than most people realize. Amplifier choice... | |
| SS versus Tubes Excellent comments have been shared by all posters thus far. As Jctubes points out, a tube amplifier need not have any of that "old tube sound". As I listen to good solid state amplifiers and then to good tube amplifiers, I consistently find that ... | |
| ARC, Spectral, Cello for Avalon Eidolon? I've listened to the Eidolons with Rowland and BAT, but not directly with the other amplifiers you mention. In my system, the Eidolons perform exceedingly well with Atma-Sphere MA-2 MKII amplifiers. The combination has superb soundstaging, is very... | |
| Amazing Solo Piano Recordings On LP (can't vouch for the CD)...Nojima Plays Liszt - Reference Recordings RR25Nojima Play Ravel - Reference Recordings RR35 These are superbly engineered recordings of phenomenal performancesMoravec: Piano Works fo Debussy and Ravel - Athena ALS... | |
| Vintage Marantz I own a pair of original Marantz 9's that have served me extraorinarily well for over 20 years. They are no longer original because key resistors and capacitors have been updated, the power supply has been modified and the input filters and volume... | |
| Graham 2: Reliability Issues Jaica, Bob Graham offered the following comments recently in a posting to the Phonogram listserve: "For those of you who haven't looked lately, we have just introduced the new Model 2.2 tonearm, and which is a major step forward in performance, es... | |
| Coincident Cables Experiences? Any Good? For another comment on the Coincident cables, you might take a look at Arthur Salvatore's "Recommended Components" if you've not yet found his site:http://www.high-endaudio.com/index_ac.html | |
| Are MC step-up transformers better? Gerardff, you pose an interesting question. At one time, step up transformers seemed to have been somewhat of a mixed bag, according to the reviews I read from several years ago. There were problems of hum pickup which required the transformers to... | |
| Is My Room Large Enough? Here is a link to an article by Steve Deckert that you might find interesting on his efforts to get a room slightly larger than yours to work well as a dedicated listening room. (His room was 13x15.) His experience might at least help you identify... | |
| Good percussion recordings On vinyl, "Percussion Museum" from King SuperAnalogue (KIJC9207) is amazing. Side one is an arrangement for percussion of Bizet's Carmen Suite. Side 2 is Chavev "Tocatta for Percussion Instruments" and Takemitsu "Rain Tree." See: http://www.ciscom... |