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| I don't understand Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue" try the book, cd included, "what to listen to in jazz" by barry kernfeld. the cd includes 21 "historic" jazz recordings! Listen to Manteca while you are at it...ENJOY! | |
| Phono Cartridge Recommendations... I understand that as good as the SHO is it is very relentless (tiresome) this came from an audio guy who can afford anything and spent many months coming to that conclusion and then dumped it. | |
| 2 channel system? rule of thumb is you can't hear what doesn't exist... buy the best source you are able to afford so that if the software has the info the hardware can read it and send on down the line. | |
| 25 customs/tax fee to ship audio to Canada ?? i buy used AudiogoN from the US and have only paid the GST (7%), how does Ontario get its hands on 7%?Brokerage is the other component that must be paid.The math is adding up. Is Ontario is due their % tax? Fortunately I live in Alberta where prov... | |
| Linn or VPI Have TNT will travel. Previously had Oracles that aside from a lack of bass compared to TNT was a marvelous table that needed tweaking. Aside from leveling occassionally due to feet losing air the TNT is low maintainence and sounds incredible whil... | |
| Should Class A Amps be left on?? I am an Aleph user and the class A operation on the 5 uses 300 watts, that's a lot of heat/electricity, when turned on regardless of whether there is program material. The Aleph 5 seems to take 1 hour to warm up and become most musical and fluid, ... | |
| Bright room, help Rule #1The best equipment can and typically will sound like sh!t with a poor room. Acoustics of a room come before gear. J A Pan gear can sound better than the most expensive gear if it has a great room and the best not.I like the leafy plant idea... | |
| Bright room, help live in your room don't strip it... do as rives says and get the first reflection point on the damn parallel walls and lay a carpet with underlay for the first floor reflection at the minimum.Leave the pictures on the walls as they will absorb som... | |
| Tonearm/cartridge sugestions for an Oracle Delphi? I like the MMT and a new cartridge route.Grab a MM like the Sonata and be satisfied until more dough allows an upgraded Table/Arm/Cartridge if that is your direction. The Oracle is a very good table but IMHO is as flawed as the Rega when you consi... | |
| Pass Aleph vs. McCormack: What to Expect? The Aleph 3 is a little power house and is more musical than powerful and 30 watts is still only 30 watts. The Aleph will reasonalbly control the bass drivers and do it similar to a well controled tube amp.If you are after more bass and control fi... | |
| FM Antenna placement, wiring stick it in the attic, i have a radio shack uhf/vhf and it works great even picks up tv stations that almost don't exist | |
| Pass Aleph vs. McCormack: What to Expect? aleph lacks bass due to power, has incredible musicality and period outpaces the Mc.power cord for the aleph is over rated. All alephs charge themselves fully and operates at full power at all times... anyone selling a bigger better faster power c... | |
| Grado Sonata, I need help. understand that the grado may have too much output, i am uncertain of this but think i understood correctly, and on Rega tables there is typically a grounding problem. So if it is mounted on a Rega table I suggest this very well may be the problem... | |
| Moving coil cartridge advice needed I have not had the luxury of a second cartridge comparison and therefore comments about the sound of the Helikon are moot.What I do enjoy is the image and soundstage delivered by my system. Is there a better cartridge arm combo out there, I don't ... | |
| little known musicians we should hear harry menks, think i spelled it right.plays a mohanvina, pronounced the way i have spelled it. 13 string guitar. studied in india with a master, V.M. Bhatt who played with ry cooder on A Meeting by the River, Waterlily Acoustics... another great c... |