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| what are you listening to lately? Just picked up the new Rodney Crowell and the new Joan Baez--both are excellent! And despite the reviews, I really like Neil Young's new one, Greendale. | |
| Worst remote nomination... Audio Research preamp/integrated amp remotes. Like Smokester says, you have to point it with a scope to get it to work, then press the button multiple times and hold it down to get it to register. Plus it's a thin little plastic thing. I have a CA... | |
| Open-Minded or Gullible? This week someone posted what had to be a spoof classified ad for a CD player (I think) that he raved about. The highlight of his ad copy was that for the first time he heard Diana Krall inhale with a booger in her nose. I'm not kidding. I guess t... | |
| Amp for VA Beethovens? With my Beethovens, I used an Ayre V3. Fantastic sound! | |
| insuring vinyl I don't know why your insurer said they won't insure vinyl. I asked my homeowners insurance co., USAA, to increase my personal property insurance to a LOT higher to cover my stereo equipment and book, record and CD collections, and they had no pro... | |
| Budget Amp for Maggie MMG's Given your close living quarters, I would go for smaller speakers, like the ProAc Tablette Signatures or 1SC's, with an integrated, either tube or solid state. Or the Linn Classic, which is an amp and CD player and, in some models, an FM tuner too... | |
| New Vinyl Playback Technology I saw the ad too, but stopped reading after the sentence "Plays LPs like a CD player!!" | |
| CD player with volume control Resolution Audio CD-55, available used for below $1500 with highly regarded volume control. | |
| Best Pre-Pro especially considering 2 channel The Aragon Soundstage, sells for $1400 used, is an excellent two-channel performer, with analog bypass. | |
| Best Integrated Amp for Linn Tukans Creek 5350SE and Musical Fidelity A3.2 both for sale used here right now for under $1000--both excellent products with great reviews. | |
| What are best power tubes for the ARC -D250 ? I think the 6550's ARC currently stocks its big tube amps with are the Svetlana 6550C's. They are different from plain 6550's, supposed (of course) to sound better. They certainly sound great in my ARC VT100 Mk III. | |
| Best small speaker I'm with Jameswei on the ProAc Response 1SC. Also, they sound wonderful with tubes. If you go with a higher powered amp, at leastt 100 watts, also consider the ATC SCM-12's, very very dynamic and punchy, lots of snap and slam. | |
| which speakers best for my system /musical taste? Look at the ATC line of speakers, they are hugely dynamic and punchy for rock. The monitors I have are the ATC SCM-12's. They need power, but with the Krell you have it. | |
| Review: Linn Akiva Cartridge I also thank you. I really would like to hear the Akiva but my Archiv is almost new and I can't justify trading it in for only $800 right now. YOur review makes me very tempted, however. | |
| Power Conditioner - balanced power hookup? Correction to my post above: the BPT-2 has 10 not 8 outlets. It is a real powerhorse. Website is: www.b-p-t.com |