shubertmaniac
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| Review: Spectral DMC-30SL The preamp is passively shielded with nu metal. It helps eliminate stray magnetic fields. If you ever have an MRI done, with their tremendously high stray magnetic fields, the walls, floor, and ceiling have some kind of passive shielding, usually ... | |
| Shostakovich...WHOA But which set? | |
| MIT Cables web site? There seems to be a server problem at this time. It happened about a year ago too. | |
| Review: Spectral DMC-30SL Bombaywalla: I started out with an ARC SP8 and ARC D115.2 with the Acoustat 2+2 and enjoyed the system for years. I also had a DMC10 and a pair of DMA50s also. I would mix and match various combos to see which would work. However about three years... | |
| Shostakovich...WHOA For a complete set of the string quartets, the best sounding are by the Emerson String Quartet, they either won or were nominated at the Grammys for their set. The Emersons are one of the best if not the best string quartet around, they are Shosta... | |
| The Best Inexpensive Wines Available Now Most any 2000 Bordeaux red will satisfy. I purchased 10 cases of Chateau Potensac for $16 a bottle. Absolutely superb wine for the money! Tannic, blackcurrant, with a hint of rasberry, very long finish and did I say dry? If you are a Parker fan, h... | |
| Joseph Audio RM33si & others in the $8,000 range In defense of Jeff Joseph, I have heard them just once and thought for a dynamic speaker, they gave a balanced presentation from top to bottom. If I were to look at purchasing a new speaker system they would be one of a handful that I would auditi... | |
| I just puked Flex: Beethoven was one of the first to look back on the past. He read the scores of JS Bach. I will accord you the fact that the phonograph is one of the compelling reasons for the downfall of classical music. However,the mass media led it down t... | |
| I just puked Onhwy61: I disagree concerning that A'goners spend to much money or a disproportionate amount on audio equipment. In fact we spend too little. A'goners are the last remnants of the cultural elite. We need to hone our skills as the last outpost in ... | |
| I just puked Nrchy: That is the murky question can art have an exchange value and an use value? Adorno, stated that it was the middle class that created musical art not the upper class (remember it was the nobles and clergy that used the middle class artists l... | |
| I just puked Is music an exchange value or a use value? And to boot are you forgetting what is the subject and what is the object here. To some of you, the music is the subject and thus hasa use value, to the artist who created the music it has an exchange val... | |
| Electrical problem associated with all of my amps Fixed! The power company put in a new transformer next toour home. No voltage droops now. | |
| Review: Spectral DMC-30SL After 6 months of critical listening to the whole system, I replaced the DMC30SL with both a DMC10 and and an ARC SP8; switching back and forth between the two. Then the following day going back to the DMC30SL. There is just no comparison! The DMC... | |
| your favorite violin or fiddle cuts, and why? Gideon Kremer: any Schnittke he performs is absolutelyout of this world because you have to play out of this worldto play Schnittke! | |
| Where do you draw the line??? Gentlemen: a $75,000 system will sound different not better than a $15,000 system. You are trying to reify a subjective into an objective. Ask agoner ASA about that. |