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| Classical music for newbie I've mentioned this before a while ago but thought I'd do so again. I would strongly recommend classical music newbies go to the Naxos website and invest in a one year ($20) subscription to their on-line catalog. You will be able to listen to over... | |
| SUT shootout Toufu:I got my Hashimoto SUT's (HM-3, HM-7) thru Choir Audio. He (John) also has a Cinemag version as well. | |
| Some of the best pre amps used for $600 or less AES DJH (made by the folks at Cary) is currently available for $699 on Audiogon (No, It's not mine). While I have since "upgraded" to much more expensive preamps the AES DJH is a wonderfully musical tubed linestage at a very good value. | |
| What amp/pre-amp would you buy for $12-15k? The preamps (all tube based) from Shindo are excellent. The Monbrison and Masseto are both in your price range. | |
| Magico Q5 Hi Weseixas:The answer is both. While audio is a wonderful hobby my true passion is going to live concerts - mostly symphony and chamber. Been doing this for about 25 years in both Chicago and San Francisco. This is my musical reference point. I w... | |
| Auditorium 23 SoloVox... I agree with JohnK above. If you are looking for PHY based speakers you should make the effort to hear a model with the 12" drivers. | |
| Sophia 300B vs Jeff Korneff 45 Amp A lot will depend on your personal tastes. I currently own 45,2A3,300B and GM70 SET amps and enjoy each with different types of music. There are times I really want the warm, liquid tone of a 300B. Likewise, for large orchestral recordings the GM7... | |
| Magico Q5 I was disappointed with the Magico speakers at the California Audio Show. They do a lot well (large soundstage,good dynamics) but I thought the basic tonality was off. It's suprising to me how so many uber $ speakers just can't accurately reflect ... | |
| Shindo Aurieges L versus Monbrisson Agree with first poster. In my experience as you move up the Shindo preamp line the improvement is noticeable - much more than 10%. Given the price points of the varying units I sure hope that would be the case as well. | |
| Cowboy Junkies: Trinity Sessions on Vinyl Don't forget their first album "Whites off earth now". If anything, I enjoy this album even more than Trinity Sessions. A great reinterpretation of many blues standards. | |
| best powercord for atma-sphere amps MA 1 I agree wit Tvad. You should not be looking at cabling or PC as tone controls to fix problems in your system. Most likely your fundamental issue is upstream. | |
| Tube amp, more low end Agree with Rodman. Consider Biamping. I use a tube amp to drive my Coax with a pair of inexpensive SS 300W plate amps driving my bass drivers cut over at around 60z. I love tube amps but very few will provide the level of bass slam or control as S... | |
| Higher output SET or SE tube amp for Daedalus Spea I'd recommend a larger powered (845 or GM-70) SET. I think a 300B would be a bit strained given your room size -especially with larger orchestral music. I have a 35W GM-70 from SAC Thailand that I have been very happy with. Check out their website... | |
| shindo pre-amp and power amp reliabilty No problem at all with my Masseto. Equipment is built one at a time by true artisans with extremely high standards. This is the type of gear you put in your will. | |
| Phono Stage for Koetsu Black To each his own I guess. I have used a modified EAR 834P with a Koetsu RSP and it was fine. Currently using the Koetsu with either Shindo Masseto's internal MC (Lundahl transformer) or thru separate Hashimoto SUT. I like these a bit better than th... |