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| Best CD tracks used to compare equipment? Nojima Plays Lizst, cut 2 La Campanella. Listen to the percussive attacks of the highest notes. Should sound crisp, clear, but meaty and "woody"...not metallic or thin.Great test for comparing amps and wires, processors, and of course tweeters. Ha... | |
| Dvorak 9th Symphony I've always enjoyed Chesky's reissue of Horenstein, but also want a reference for a great MODERN, quiet yet ultradynamic recording? Again...favorites in the latter camp?Thanks. | |
| ONE shot to show off your System's Stuff ZANDER leading the BPO in Stravinsky's Sacre de Printemps, original live recording at Jordan Hall of 1990 on Pickwick CD. Better than last year's attempt. | |
| A subwoofer for my NHT SuperZeros I really like my Boston Acoustics PV-1000 ($1200 list; $700 used); pretty much a good-looking, user-friendly QUICK clone of the Velodyne HGS12! | |
| Replacing Tweeter in JMLab Cobalt 806 This is going to be a terribly difficult adventure.First you'd want to get Focal's freq response curves ON YOUR BAFFLE, which is probably impossible, so you'll have to measure it yourself. Oy.Then try to find a tweeter that is slightly different i... | |
| Looking for the right interconnect Why do recording pros use Canare at $0.34/ft to make GREAT mic and IC cables? I just finished rigging up 25' mic runs with this stuff into a Grace class A ultraflat, ultradetailed pre, and then to my Alesis Masterlink. Then came the decision as to... | |
| Cable vs. Electronics: biggest bang for the buck I know a pretzel factory in Pennsylvania that's looking for help. | |
| Is the SPM/Quatro fil still a good choice I found that the Discovery Essence to be more balanced with my EMC-1 MkII than Red Dawn, Siltech st48b or Pro-Silways.I also found that SPM speaker cables to be more natural on percussive transients than Red Dawn rev II. I probably WON"T try SPM o... | |
| Red dawn vs SPM I just replaced my RD rev II 2.5m speaker cableswith SPM, and was surprised to note improved naturalness of leading transient edges on percussion. Drums sound less "poppy". Spectral tilt seems the same. I got the SPM cheap, so it was well worth it... | |
| My EMC-1 24 192 experience Judit, FYI the balance of my system is a pair of Verity Audio Parsifal Encores, set up in a 7.5' equi-triangle in a well-damped room. I sit on-axis with the toe'd-in drivers, so I suspect that I needed a bit of softening, as Redbook, even with the... | |
| WHat about four speakers....... I'll admit to using the Dynaco-style L-R rear speakers scheme in my reference rig. I have a 6x8 pass-through library just behind my listening chair, and mounted small monitors high up on the sidewalls, facing each other, using barely visible AWG20... | |
| Looking for the right interconnect Ha! I'm building an entry-level system for a good friend from the new NAD C541i to the same Audio Refinement Complete, to baby Spendors. I just bought him Blue Heaven, and maybe a Kimber Silver Streak to start (tuner to amp too).Hope our results a... | |
| 240v Any reason not to use? Why don't you describe your system and room in detail? I'll bet we might discover a "slow" woofer due to room interface, poor design, or too-low damping factor....or even a PRaT-less CDP! | |
| transport/dac combo beats any one-box player... An upsampling DAC upgrade finally allows the 44lb EMC-1 one-box's transport to show its excellent PRaT and deep bass with sultry, detailed and edgefree treble. I'm NOT familiar with $10k+ transport + DAC combos, but this $3k street-price player ha... | |
| What's the best add lib ..: guidelines proposed Cripes, I don't even know what an "add lib" is, except an attempt to balance a Republican Convention! |