subaruguru
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| CD player with best dynamics? I found the Levinson more analytical and "hi-fi" than my more-musical and VERY dynamic EMC-1 MkII, as others have noted. I too am breaking in that VD PC and wonder if my first impressions of somewhat more "air" than my DIY Belden 83802 or Harm Tec... | |
| Best female vocals on CD Lotte Lenya Sings Kurt Weill is a shockingly well-done reissue (Sony MHK 60647). She amused and melted me last night as I turned the Half-Century in the big chair.Enjoy! | |
| How many levels are there? There are NO levels. It's a continuum with noise on one end and musically-activated bliss on the other. Use whatever means works: changing seats at intermission, playing with your system and its components, playing a musical instrument,or varying ... | |
| Cigar Smell...How to get out of Maggies?? JJ and Highspeed are right: Fabreeze DOES work. I use it on auto upholstery if there's cigarette odor lingering.I tried the coffee grounds idea...simply a cheap version of activated charcoal. Works well, but where do you put it?(When I was a kid m... | |
| Wiring my house for sound I'm using Belden 83802 for both the mains AND DIY PCs. Nothing like consistency, eh? Nice tinned 12AWG in Teflon, and fire engine red! | |
| Amp opinions- ATI-B&K-Pass Labs I use the Aleph P through Nordost Red Dawn to Aleph 2 monos through Red Dawn. This amp system is quite fast, detailed, ULTRA-quiet, and linear. I too checked out the GFP750, and despite cousin Wes's review in S'phile, I was so put off by Adcom's p... | |
| Are silver cables on the way out? I continue to use Red Dawn silver-over-copper for long IC between pre and monos, as well as speaker cables, but have found that I prefer Discovery Essence XLR pure copper over the RD, HT Pro-Silways, and Siltech ST48b between my digital source (EM... | |
| Who has tried Virtual Dynamics cables? Got an email today from Rick announcing the recall of the past two weeks' production of PC P3, to be swapped with a P2.And I haven't even listened through it yet!Thumbs up to an organization concerned with maintaining quality and safety! | |
| Cable Fetish: Exotic, Warm and Romantic Harm Tech Truthlink smooths yet allows my tuner to please.... | |
| Who has tried Virtual Dynamics cables? I just got a pizza box with a 10 lb snake in it for cheap.How do I hang it without stressing the IEC connector? Since "mechanical" optimization appears to be part of the VD boilerplate, doesn't it make sense to reduce stress at the connector level... | |
| harmonic technology power cord I sold my Ac-11 also. Now I got a Virtual Dynamics cheap and wonder what to do with this 10 lb snake? Sheesh! | |
| Wanna hear your soundstage walk around ??? Slawney took the words outta my mouth. I visited EAW a few years ago and witnessed their high SPL tone burst measuring tests and was impressed with what these guys were doing: getting the room out of the equation when testing speaker response. | |
| Tone controls to get bass from small speakers? This is easy. Just chase a used NAD 7100, 7400 or 7600 receiver.They had a Bass EQ switch that pumped up the bass from 35-80 Hz or so, with a steep drop below 30Hz. This is pretty effective with WELL-DESIGNED 5 or 6 1/2" two-ways that don't have n... | |
| Best Used CD Player 1500-3000 Electrocompaniet simply sounds more analogue than the others in the group, IMHO. | |
| better gear, worse recordings Nice posts, all.Re People Time: I agree that this LIVE cd is a bit hot.But that's the best they could do in Copenhagen in a loud club: stick a mike in Getz' horn. It SHOULD sound hot and nearly painful!Re Piano width: When I play my B it easily fi... |