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Looking for an amp....Opinions about Odyssey or Bel Canto audio anyone?
I had an Odyssey Stratos and replaced it with a Van Alstine 450, definite upgrade and service is good . 
Line Magnetic quality
Chinese can build anything as good as anybody .The main thing anywhere is to find honest people .. 
Jazz for aficionados
THANKS Frogman, The young Carmen was even better on the upbeat pieces, she put the R in rhythm , job  # 1 in jazz ! 
Tube phono stage, or solid state,pre amp
I have a PS phono stage , bought a tube Pro-Ject  DS2 tube ($700) which is FAR better . The fact I put 2 of the best  12ax7's ever made into it is a factor . 
Cartridge alignment tool
I have a Fiekert, recently used it to finish up after I had used My Geo-Disc as a rough start on a Soundsmith cart .The difference was so little it was impossible move my finger such a minute difference .. 
pioneer sx 780 receiver
Because the Klipsch are not capable of sounding any better , at least not without tubes . 
Jazz for aficionados
Her early voice was even much better than on the clip Frogman gave us .At one time I had the first  recording she ever made, if memoryserves me right(which it often does not) it was made right after WW II .I believe there is a CD of it. 
Jazz for aficionados
O-10 Thanks for the Carmen , The voice I'm talking about was about at least a decade before your clips . 
Jazz for aficionados
The early recordings, as in VERY early, of Carmen McRae showed a perfect voice as clear as a mountain spring ! If you did not know who it was you would never guess it was Carmen . 
For those of us over 60..
Bach, Brahms , Schumann, Janacek, Bartok , Mozart and about 900 others. .I am over 80 . 
Classical Music for Aficionados
Thanks, was on a pilgrimage to Leipzig . 
Power Cables - Which Is Best For My Setup?
Try the AudioArt  Statement Pc 's from San Diego .Very quiet , very dynamic, very transparent and play well with anything .Not to mention the owner and maker, Rob, is dead honest !In 50 years years in audio one of the 2-3 guys ever that I believe ... 
Classical Music for Aficionados
One of the greatest pianists I have heard in person who is all but forgotten, Is the American John Browning, born in Denver in 1933 .Truth be told , I had all but forgotten him myself till I found a mint recording by him yesterday at Goodwill .Rav... 
Cartridge for Symphonic music .
chactster, I used Pickering X-3000 for about 5 years till they shut down ,THE best I ever had !How could you get one today ?? 
Cartridge for Symphonic music .
I have a Project tube DS2 phono pre with which I am well satisfied .