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| Steely Dan covers? Rickie Lee Jones does a good version of Show Biz Kids on "It's Like This". Cheers,Spencer | |
| Which Jazz Albums are similar to Kind of Blue Another great title is Cannonball Adderley's "Know What I Mean", featuring Bill Evans. It includes a great version of Evan's own Waltz For Debby.The other artist(also a trumpeter) not yet mentioned that will likely appeal to you is Chet Baker. If ... | |
| In the market for a plasma.........suggestions? hometheaterspot.com is a good place to research this stuff. Cheers,Spencer | |
| Sacrilege Going from Tubes back to Solid State Nuguy,Have no fear. Most tube preamps are low hassle and many at most price points are well worth it. Search the archives here, there has been TONS written on the subject already.When you are ready, post your system and your musical priorities alo... | |
| What new amp for my Merlins Jay,I had a stereo Berning that I used with 3 different preamps. First, I had a Cary SLP-2002(very flawed). Then I used a Joule LA-150(paired w/Pentagon PS3 phono stage), CAT SL1 Mk III w/internal phono, finally a Joule LA 100 mk III(& OPS1 ph... | |
| Shortlist of best cartridges with VPI I'm happy with a ZYX Airy 3S-SB on my 12.6 arm mounted on a TNT6-HR table. For those who listen to rock, the Airy 3 might be the best fit of the ZYX line. You would definitely want the SB weight. As for silver vs. copper, read the archives and tal... | |
| What new amp for my Merlins If heat is an issue, the Berning is the way to go. It runs cool, takes up little room, and tubes last much longer than almost all other tube gear. Berning gear also holds its value nicely, so you won't have a lot of risk if you decide to move in a... | |
| Balanced or single ended leads from your arm. Raul,FYI, I wish my situation had been as simple as a poorly shielded cable. I tried numerous well-regarded and highly shielded single-ended cables and none of them eliminated the RFI. Balanced cables fixed the problem and improved the sound immed... | |
| What new amp for my Merlins Jaydiane,As Rushton mentioned, I have recently moved from Berning to Atma-Sphere MA1s, and am pleased with the change. They both are very good matches, it really comes down to personal taste. In my rig, the MA1s provide greater ability to untangle... | |
| Balanced or single ended leads from your arm. Ken,My experience has been that RFI can be significantly reduced by going with balanced cables from the table to the phono stage. In my case, 1000ft. from a large radio tower, RFI is a significant issue, that led me to abandoning many a single-end... | |
| How Do I Build a Faraday Cage? Update for all:The Faraday cage has been sidestepped. I conquered the severe RFI by doing a number of things. The biggest impact was changing to a balanced junction box on my VPI TNT6-HR, allowing me to go XLR right from the tonearm output to the ... | |
| Von Schweikert DB99 vs Consonance M15-thoughts? Ask Stephen Monte of Quest For Sound. He carries both. Cheers,Spencer | |
| Experience With Grover Cables? They are remarkable for their price, and outperform many high priced cables. Money back guarantee, it's easy to find out for yourself. He's a good guy, too. Cheers,Spencer | |
| Speakers Like Merlin VSM? Having been away from my computer for a number of days, this thread has caught my attention, and apparently wandered far from the original question. Hey Avivey, the answer is that Merlin is "the new Merlin", and that the VSM-MX with Super-BAM cont... | |
| MERLIN VSM OWNERS WITH SUBS Another consideration is the room dimensions and their impact relative to speaker and seating placement. I apologize if straying too far from the original question, but just trying to help.In my similarly-sized room, I found that measurements usin... |