shadorne
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| Audiophile Classical cds? Sugarbrie is right Zander has done some masterful stuff. I met him a couple of years ago in Boston. Terrific person as well as a legendary conductor.Zander produced a CD of Mahler's 3rd with the Boston Philharmonic which includes a bonus CD with Z... | |
| Cable Break-in....again? Like it or not, it seems this discussion thread has gone quiet. | |
| BEST monitor speaker with a 90db senitivity rating Check out what the Pros use."Monitors" are used professionally for mixing/mastering music. If you want the BEST for "monitoring" then I suggest you look in pro studio/recording magazines or check out pro studio websites to see their equipment list... | |
| Speaker suggestions for less than ideal accoustics To follow up on Cdc's commentsI use ATC SCM 100 active monitors, an SCM 0.1/15 sub and the SCM 20's. I fear the 20's may be a little small for your needs (they definitely need a sub). I am not sure about the 50's as I have not heard them.What I ca... | |
| Best processor that is excellent for 2 Ch music Anthem AVM-20 or 30 is excellent. I spent ages studying the issue of 2 channel and multi-channel from a single device and ended upselecting the AVM-20. It is one of THE most flexible DSP pre-amps out there and includes balanced outputs (critical f... | |
| Sound/video quality of a Sony ES 400 disc changer? If you can, perform your own listening test experiments. Arcam versus the Sony DAC...if the differences are minimal or not audible then you have nothing to worry about! | |
| Cable Break-in....again? Ridgestreetaudio,Wow. That was authoritative...cable burn is real. Doesn't matter what anyone thinks...it is real, like it or not.For the benefit of others....especially the skeptics out there.....let me play the devil's advocate a bit and challen... | |
| Dedicated CD player or multi-plr for 90 music ? Mainlymusicman,If they have something markedly better then surely they should not mind comparing.....just watch out for the volume level trick...louder almost always sounds more impressive (except at extremely high levels when it causes intermodul... | |
| So You Think You Know Your Mozart? 10/10 the first time through for me too. The Haydn versus Mozart piece was the tricky one for me and I don't believe I had heard that one before...so I had to make a judgement call.I won't give the answer away but it is not always easy to tell the... | |
| What to use with Dynaudio Contour T2.5 Suggest you should stick with Dynaudio, the Contour S1.4, Special 25 for surrounds?Tonal balance will be better preserved if you stick with matched speakers by sasme manufacturer. | |
| Dedicated CD player or multi-plr for 90 music ? Mainlymusicman, Agreed. A CD player is very important...without it you would not have sound....but it stops there...the beauty of digital and SS circuits is that it is the great equalizer...you should not have to spend a fortune to have a good CD ... | |
| Efficient full range floorstanders to match SET Have you considered a tube preamp driving active speakers?I am not sure if the high input impedance of active speakers will prevent your tube amp from being stressed enough to make its lovely tube-like sound.Matching with actives might give you bo... | |
| Dedicated CD player or multi-plr for 90 music ? I see no reason why a well built multi-function device cannot read digital data off a spinning disk, feed this into a buffer, and accurately clock and convert multiple digital formats into multiple analog formats..."Dedicated" has an aura of quali... | |
| Help Needed: Is my system balanced? Line,You may be ok with your cheap DVD player. I have compared the digital ouputs of my cheap Sony CD mega changer players through my $3000 Anthem AVM 20 preamp DSP processor (Burr Brown amp and 192kHz/24-bit DACs)....and frankly I hear no differe... | |
| Best Isolation for stand mount speakers Blue Tak.This is one product that has withstood the test of time!Blue Tak is critically damped (it doesn't resonate at all) and it sticks to all kinds of surfaces, often without leaving a mark.It is ideal for many audio applications and some will ... |