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| What's your favorite Audiophile label, and why? Viridian, most of the early MSFL releases I have were mastered by Ricker (mastered is appropo here). In Stan we Trust... | |
| What's your favorite Audiophile label, and why? MFSL, although I am stunned that Nrchy would believe that the new releases sound better than the old. FOr my ears, nothing I have ever heard even approaches the quality of the early releases. | |
| Who's Your Favorite Bass Players; Why? Another vote for Dave Holland. An outstanding musician although I have to admit, I'm mildly disappointed with his latest stuff which appears more refined but less interesting. | |
| Best Neil Young Album? Curbach: Come on dude. Anyone that doesn't think the lyrical content of 'mideast vacation' on Life isn't at least amusing should get a L... | |
| Best Quality Recording On Vynil MFSL release of American Beauty by Grateful Dead. A real classic. | |
| Which Conrad Johnson pre is a step-up from PFR? I suspect that the PFR was probably the best value product ever offered by CJ. I have no doubt that the Overhang has experienced a superior product with the 16LS2 but for what price - $8000 new and $5k to $6K used on the open market? I consider my... | |
| Best Used Solid State Amp for less than $5000? Uh...4Yanx....I have a confession to make. I pulled the trigger about 6 months ago and purchased the Ayre V-5x. Guess that puts me in Bigtee camp now, doesn't it? I sent mu unit to Ayre two weeks ago to have the evolution upgrade. Funny that Bigte... | |
| Who is your overall favorite guitarist? Jorma Kaukonen. A talented guitarist that has just gotten better and better.... | |
| Speaker for Threshold amp and preamp My short list:Hales T8'sVandersteen Model 5'sThiel CS6Montana's (model #?)Dunlavey model 4a'sI have heard both the Hales and the Dunlavey's. Both are excellent. The Vandersteen has been remarked as sounding similiar to the T8's. | |
| Discs you play again and again Pehare: great suggestion. The early Metheny discs are a real treat. Folk Songs on "80/81", especially the last part when Charlie Haden's bass kicks in gives me shivers every time I listen to it. Also, "New Chautauga" (sp?) is equally great. | |
| Hi rez: Led Zep and the Beatles Hope this thread isn't limitted to SACD. I have LZep 3 and 4 releases by CLassic Records and 3 is nothing short of amazing. 3 has a lot of acoustic cuts are fabulously rendered on this LP. 4 is very good as well. | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? Maineiac: I was wondering when someone was going to suggest the Lector. Not a universal player but does have the added benefit of playing SACD too.Is there anonye out there that can compare it to the DV-50? | |
| Amplifier reviews from Hardesty's The Ayre is not an amp that wil grab you by the throat. When I first heard it, to be truthful, I was a little disappointed. FOr myself, it reresented a very subtle improvement over my threshold S300 (really, a testament to the threshold). Yet when... | |
| Ayre V5X, Sim Moon W5 vs. BC-28. I know nothing of theBlue Circle unit. However both the Ayre and the Sim were on my short list (along with the Pass X350, Rowland Model 10, and Plinius SA 250Iv). I ended up with the Ayre (which replaced an older Threshold unit). The Ayre definite... | |
| Good preamp suggestion for around $1000 I've seen conrad johnson PFR's advertised for $600 on ebay. Nothing even comes close to this in terms of sound for the money IMO. |