smandlej
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| Oppo UDP-203 I am more than satisfied with my Oppo 203, having previously owned a Linn Unidisk player. I replaced the mains input with one by Kimber and use a Kimber Reference powerkord. The difference between CD and SACD is relatively small although SACD's fr... | |
| Tiny Room (6' x 9') speaker advice How about a pair of Proac Tablette 10 - choose your veneer finish and similar in size to BBC LS3/5. | |
| Eva Cassiday Blew Me Away with her cover of Wayfaring Stranger.... Nightbird is a solid recommendation, but before Live at Blues Alley (1996), Eva got together with Chuck Brown for an album of duets titled "the other side" (1992), that I would also recommend for Cassidy fans. My personal favourite song is "Time a... | |
| Not sure Rumor or Truth that Max Townshend has passed? Sad news indeed. I first met Max at one of the London Hi-fi shows at the Penta hotel, Heathrow in the late 70's and the 80's. Always one of the rooms to visit, I heard him demonstrate his speakers (Galahad ?), Rock turntables and his siesmic sinks... | |
| Townshend Audio speaker podiums...three ways to install I have Monitor Audio Studio 50's which have an MDF plinth, I merely unscrewed the spikes and placed them "bareback" on the podiums, having positioned the podiums beforehand, I placed the speakers using MC's methodology. After a week or so I needed... | |
| Best speakers around $130k? Hi-Fi News, January 2022 edition has just reviewed the Wilson Audio Alexx V, the cost to us Brits a mere £139K !!! Ken Kessler reckons it's "the best damned speaker I have ever heard", but he is a Wilson devotee !!. | |
| Beautiful Music That Reduce You To Tears Dame Janet Baker singing the role of the Angel in Elgar's Gerontius : Part II No 8 "Softly and gently" under Sir John Barbirolli. To think she had to audition for the part !!!. Then again there is Elgar's Sea Pictures, which nobody has managed to ... | |
| Turntable upgrade recommendations: SME vs AMG vs Technics vs other If you are looking at SME, I would suggest either the 20/12 or the 30/12 with the 12" tonearm. SME no longer supply tonearms to other turntable manufacturers and the only way to acquire the arms (other than secondhand) is to buy a SME turntable. S... | |
| Products you added to your system in 2021 that made most impact to your music enjoyment Townshend Audio Seismic Podiums (for 2020 it was Townshend Allegri Reference), my two greatest upgrades !!! (see my system pics). | |
| Preamp recommendations for my system please Rafael Todes reviewed the Townshend Audio Allegri Reference for www.stereonet.co.uk and he uses the Bartok. He performs with the Allegri String Quartet. I believe he subsequently bought one for his own system - I've had mine for just over a year a... | |
| No Insurance with FEDEX as of 11/01 For my shipment the buyer took pictures of the damaged item on arrival showing all the manufacturer's internal packaging in several pieces and the damage done to the item. He shipped it back to me and I refunded him in full. Fortunately I had pict... | |
| Musical Fidelity I had a complete system of A308cr products, CD Player, Pre-amp and the Power Amp. Good value when new and good second hand values when sold, in particular the power amp. Musical Fidelity were renowned for the quality of their power amps and the A3... | |
| Solid state amp to go with tube preamp; used ok; budget: $3k max I use a Chord SPM 1050 Mk1 available second-hand for about £2K in the UK as people upgrade to the new Ultra range. Mk 2's are more expensive. Chord amplification is used by the Royal Opera House in London and by a very famous group (Pink Floyd ?),... | |
| The Most Digital Recording You Ever Heard Ry Cooder - Bop Till You Drop - well never mind !! | |
| Adding a Turntable Mat Turntables of this era came with a ribbed rubber mat that does not support the record over the entire playing area. Ken Kessler of Hi-Fi News has been experimenting with mats and weights that fit over the spindle, in recent issues. These are all r... |