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| Your ONE all time favorite love song? Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen | |
| New Audiophile - Upgrade Amp First or CDP First? Ask 10 different audiophiles about equipment and you will get 10 different answers and possibly 50 different recommendations. I think that you should at least listen to some of this equipment. Make a plan to audition the next time you travel to Po... | |
| Recommended female vocalists? A few faves:Patricia BarberMargo TimminsDiana KrallCassandra WilsonJane MonheitJoni MitchellThese are just off the top of my head and in no particular order. | |
| Audiogon "RECORDINGS TO DIE FOR" list 1. Miles Davis, Kind of Blue (correct speed remaster)2. Patricia Barber, Cafe Blue3. Aaron Copland, 100 (Reference Recordings)4. Holly Cole, It Happened One Night5. Beethoven, 9th Symphony (Gardiner) | |
| Sand bags under a cdp - didn't work well If the bicycle inner tubes are not working, try using one of those inflatable hemorrhoid cushions that can be bought at almost any pharmacy including Target, Walmart, CVS, etc. They are a lot wider than inner tubes and made to hold a lot of weight... | |
| Sonic frontiers Line 3? vs. BAT? I auditioned the line 2 and the BAT VK5i and preferred the line 2 because of it's neutrality and overall presentation. I then traded the line 2 for a line 3 and love it. It does exactly what I want it to do; get out of the way of the music. The cu... | |
| Options besides the PS Audio Powerplants Another alternative that you may want to entertain is waiting for Shunyata Research's "Hydra" power conditioner (supposed to retail around $2,000). If it's anything like their power cords, it's at least worth a listen. Like everything else in audi... | |
| good xlr cable I'm running MIT 330 Shotgun Prolines (impedence-matched) from my SF line 3 to Classe 300 and it is smooth as silk. I've tried Kimber, NBS, Transparent, Audioquest and nothing comes close to the transparency and detail. Don't take my word for it, l... | |
| Best amplfier for Dunlavy SC IV's The Dunlavy SC IVs sound so good it probably doesn't matter what you power it with. I have a Classe CA300 running them now and the sound is open, detailed, widely sound staged, with plenty of bass to spare. I tried them with the Bryston 4bst, but ... |