rzado
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| What is the first album you purchased, and do you still have it? Some really great albums listed above, folks - Animals, Iron Butterfly, Pink Floyd, Goldfinger soundtrack, Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass!! For me, the first LP I purchased (as opposed to inherited from m... | |
| Power Conditioners: Audioquest Niagara 5000 or Shunyata Denali 6000S Hi Skyscraper,In a week I should be able to provide a more informed comparison that may be of some interest to you on the Shunyata v. Audioquest issue, but right now I have in house both an Audioquest Denali 5000 and the latest Shu... | |
| Dunlavy SCIVA'S... Mine sound bland I owned a pair of Dunlavy SCIVa's many years ago, and found them to be quite sensitive to the amps driving them. After trying them with at least a half dozen amps, I found the best combination by far to be with CAT JL-1s (although other high powe... | |
| Verdi's Macbeth opera conducted by Riccardo Muti Hi cspiegsThere are about a couple different versions, depending on country of release. The original UK EMI SLS 992 is a 3 disc set that was actually recorded in quadrophonic sound. My understanding is that there is also a German, non-quad EMI v... | |
| To Graham Phantom Owners - Request for Help He benjie,Awesome advice! That was the problem (with the SME 30, you can't see the DIN connection very easily, so I missed it). Thanks for the assist. | |
| Phono stage Hi David,You list some good options above (I am a fan of the Herron in particular), but it would be helpful if you provide a more specific price range, as those options are all over the map in terms of price. However, if "bass" is really where yo... | |
| New or Old CD Player? Wow - searching for the proverbial "white whale" of a high dollar, one box redbook CD solution - now you are a hard core audiophile imgoodwithtools! In my experience, I have not been overwhelmed with the most recent "advances" in digital, and w... | |
| Should I eliminate my preamp? As a long time (>20 year) user of and believer in passive line stages / removing active line stages, the answer is a big "it depends." I.e., it depends on the output impedance of your source, the overall quality of the output stage (including... | |
| Best used or new DAC under $3500 EMM Labs DCC2 / DAC6 - from my perspective, at their used prices, they really represent the knee of the cost / performance curve. Can easily be found for $2.5k used. | |
| Whats in your second system? My current second system is a ridiculous hodge-podge of leftover components that makes no sense (the digital front is is 10x the speaker price, so taking the full Linn approach here), but hey, if you've been an audiophile long enough ... Accuphase... | |
| Merlin Owners... Hi tomryanI had great success with Purist Aqueos Anniversary and Merlin VSM-Ms, and preferred the Pursit over the Cardas. You can find them biwired used for about $600-700 (retailed for about $1800-$2200).Best of luck. | |
| Curious about older "world class" D/A converters Hi Mark,I think older DACs have gotten an unnecessarily bad rap in this age of higher resolution audio, and a number of these older DACs, on 16/44 CD quality recordings, still sound quite wonderful. To give an example, my reference DAC is a Stahl... | |
| Eggleston Works Andra II speakers as forever speakers. Hi dorkwad (feels awkward writing that),Speaking as someone who demo'ed the Andra IIs on several occasions without actually having owned them, the answer is no at either their new or used prices. Starting with used, speakers available for about t... | |
| Best indoor FM antenna, your experience. Hi whatjd,I searched for this for a number of years, trying all the options I could find (including MD, Terk, Godar, Radio Shack, etc). The Audioprism 8500 is the by far the best indoor antenna I am aware of, hands down. Please note it is not at... | |
| What's been your turntable ownership over the years? This is just off of the top of my head - I am pretty sure I have had other tables over the years.1986 - vintage Audio Technica (inherited from my father)1988 - JVC direct drive (high school table)1998 - Oracle Delphi Mk II plus various upgrades (f... |