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| 8 channel volume control? Not sure if its out of your pricerange, but Jadis makes a 5 channel preamp called the Cinema. It is designed for your specific need but as with all Jadis gear, you can bet it will be expensive.http://www.northstarleading.com/cinema.htm | |
| BW Nautilus 805, better to have them ported or sealed You just can't go changing a ported enclosure to a sealed enclosure, speaker design simply doesn't work that way. Drivers, cabinets, and cabinet designs are mated to each other. The entire cabinet would need to be redesigned if the same driver was... | |
| Which is better, live performance or on your system? It blows my mind that someone would actually compare their stereo to a live classical performance and use their audio system as the benchmark. In my opinion, this is where the hobby starts to go to people's heads. Get out and go and listen to more... | |
| Help Revox or Studer CDPs as transports???? Anyone?? The B226 provides 2 digital outputs, they are not split into left and right but provide the same signal and can drive 2 seperate outboard processors (don't know why you would want to do this though). The Transport is a good transport but has high ... | |
| Great Percussion Recordings Corndfed- Have you seen any LPs of Dafos around? I have been searching for quite some time to try and find one but have come up short. I have settled for the gold remastered CD but would really like to find the LP somewhere... | |
| B W 802 Matrix III: Bright shrieky? You would be disappointed. I owned a pair of 802 II that I liked much better than the Series III. However, when I heard it compared to the N802, the N802 was superior in just about every respect. I loved my 802s and currently own the Silver Signat... | |
| whats up with jadis I dealt with the US distributor a few years ago to find out additional details on buying a used Jadis amplifier... the distributor berated me for such a thought and that the amplifier I was going to buy was a piece of junk. He claimed the power tr... | |
| Help I am in need of Expertise I have done a lot of work with analog and would like to offer friendly advice... You should run the output of the phono stage directly into the tape deck and avoid any additions into the signal path (unless using an outboard noise reduction unit).... | |
| does mixing kill the soundstage? Well, the good news about analog is that even though everyone thought it was going to die long ago, it is still the medium of choice when making high quality recordings. Just look at what everyone said about vinyl... it was supposed to be long gon... | |
| does mixing kill the soundstage? BMP- The track width on a 2" Studer and a 1/4" are the same. Also, the new tape formulations have made a world of difference (Quantegy 499 and GP9). The most kick-ass mastering deck is: http://www.atrservice.com/atr/onetwo.htm. It is a 1" 2 Track ... | |
| does mixing kill the soundstage? BMP- I have done some interesting experiments with 2 and 4 mic setups with non-acoustic type recording. I have tried to have bands play in a large room and position them at various distances from the mics but the results varied. I have also tried ... | |
| does mixing kill the soundstage? Speaking from experience both as an audiophile and having done professional recording engineering both in top notch studios and minimalist classical recording venues, I just had to chime in. First of all, 99% of all pop/rock music is completely ar... | |
| Hi-Fi Show???? Clamps- I believe you are incorrect in stating that Pass is out of business. Red Rose is Mark Levinson's (the man not to be confused with the company) new venture. Levinson closed down Cello but Cello has recently re-emerged with new ownership. As... | |
| Anybody else wanna pull their hair out ? Well, you should try and "plumb" 25 different components (not including the speakers) in the same system... and then try throwing balanced professional gear in the mix too... as well as seperate AC circuits for Analog, Digital, and Video. This ins... | |
| Infinity Epsilon I heard it through the grapevine that Infinity is discontinuing the EMIT and EMIM tweeters. This means that it will be difficult to get replacement drivers in case you need a new one. Hope this helps in your decision... |