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| 50's Jazz Club Sounding Songs? Bill Evans Trio - Sunday at the Village Vanguard Sure, it's 1961, but you can hear glasses tinkle at the front tables. Not to mention that this and Waltz For Debby both capture the famed trio at their prime, these are Evan's masterpieces. Cheers,S... | |
| Amp Stands, Butcher Blocks Etc. Timbernation makes nice stuff, reasonably priced. You can see a couple of their amps stands on my system page. They also list many on auction here. If the size is what you need, they can be a bargain. Cheers,Spencer | |
| Idea to reduce RFI Milen,Try it and let us know. I don't have any experience w/them. Cheers,Spencer | |
| Have you heard the latest Merlin VSM-MXe speakers? Fosse,Bobby will almost always recommend that you use the tape loop as first choice. 2nd best alternative is between your source and preamp. BAM or SuperBAM between amp and preamp is not recommended and only a last resort. In addition to sounding ... | |
| Which preamp Dodd or Cary slp-98L The Dodd is a winner! I've previously owned Cary 2002, Joule 100mk3, Joule 150, Herron 1/166a, CAT SL1mk3, Atma-Sphere MP3, a couple of Audio Research pres, and some others. Go with the Dodd. Cheers,Spencer | |
| Idea to reduce RFI One cheap, easy way to see if interconnects are your problem is to temporarily try the typical cheap ones that come w/VCRs, you know the type(i.e red/blue/yellow, 3 all together). Sonically they suck, but they are very well grounded! If RFI disapp... | |
| Harbeth SHL5 compared to Merlin VSM ? What surprises me is that all the comments so far don't mention anything about what gear you will be using it with. This stuff needs to be paired with appropriate electronics, and without knowing what you've got, and if you plan to making other ch... | |
| Experience With Grover Cables? In my experience, they are great value and outperform most other cables at a fraction of the price. Read the threads on stevehoffman.tv. Cheers,Spencer | |
| Is the magic in shindo or verity? The Verity speakers are very nice, but I have to agree that the huge differences between the two rigs is probably mostly due to the Garrad/Shindo analog setup vs. the Zanden digital. Tough to compare and draw very meaningful conclusions. Cheers,Sp... | |
| System advice I would look at upgrading amp and preamp, especially to tubes. Vandys have a lot of potential, and your analog rig is nice too. You can get more out of them. Search the archives for suggestions on what others use w/their Vandys. Cheers,Spencer | |
| Best 'Gon humor Take my WAF, please! | |
| tube ringing? Try Herbie's tube dampers on the preamp tubes. Cheap & effective. Cheers,Spencer | |
| Merlin room positions After treating primary reflection points, the next thing to do if you want to get crazy is to treat the secondary reflection points w/absorption, and then try diffuser on the wall behind your head. A bookshelf with books of random depth works grea... | |
| Share your real knowledge on cartridge arm matchin Paging Raul...Raul? | |
| Amp recommendation please Thiels mate nicely with Audio Research tube amps. They tend to not be as rolled off and warm sounding as many other tube amps and might be the midpoint that you're looking for. FWIW, IMHO Krells would be a poor choice. I owned that combo long ago,... |