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| Pink Floyd best CDs soundwise I have the Japanese remaster of Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here". It is one of my best sounding cds. It was done by Toshiba EMI (Japan) with a street date of Oct. 14, 2002. I see that it is still available @ CD Universe for $38. They have 2 in st... | |
| Best jazz or blues female vocalist ever Gentlemen, Thank you for your recommendations. I've been listening to more female vocals lately and this gives me a direction to pursue. Thanks again! Best regards, Stan | |
| The most important link in the chain... Hello Mrjstark, I never said that it was the most important. I said that it made a huge difference. I've already listed my personal opinion of the order of most important links in my above post. I specifically aimed the response at digital, especi... | |
| The most important link in the chain... Jaybo makes a good point. The software makes a huge difference too. With digital, cd disc recordings are much better than say 10 years ago. But even today, there are large differences in recently done recordings. I've been buying alot of Japanese ... | |
| The most important link in the chain... Here's my .02 cents worth: 1.) room 2.) dedicated power 3.) source-(I'm discovering the importance of this more and more lately.) 4.) speakers 5.) preamp 6.) amp 7.) cables 8.) isolation devices 9.) power conditioner... I agree, if there is one li... | |
| What is the best place to buy tubes? Andy @ Vintage Tube Services and Brendan @ Tube World. Andy has an amazing knowledge of vintage tubes. | |
| Vandersteen 5a vs. B&W 802D vs. Maggie 3.6 vs.? How about Egglestonworks Andra II's? Awesome speakers. There's a used pair being sold by a dealer on Audiogon right now for $12,900 that you could maybe cut a deal on. They do sound best above around 85 db though. They're a bit bloomy and soundsta... | |
| What made you select "audio" as your hobby I need to give credit to my father as well. Ever since I can remember, every Sunday, my Dad would play comedy record albums and Dixieland Jazz on his modest system. He had several hundred record albums dating back to the early 1950's. He especiall... | |
| What made you select "audio" as your hobby Hello Goldeneraguy, I grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan and I still can call the same group of guys friends. The Yamaha NS1000 speakers were my dream speakers back then. Best regards, Stan | |
| What made you select "audio" as your hobby Back in 1976, which was one year out of high school for me, my stereo system consisted of Yamaha NS690 speakers-(anyone remember the Yamaha NS1000 speakers?), Yamaha receiver, and Dual 1229 turntable. My friends and I would dream of 10k systems an... | |
| Any previous Wadia users?? Or did everyone move? Hi Steve, I'm currently driving my amps directly with my Wadia 581, as I'm between preamps. I think that it had a better sound overall with the Audio Research Reference 3 preamp that I had. I'm waiting for my new Pass Labs X 0.2 preamp to arrive. ... | |
| Any previous Wadia users?? Or did everyone move? Hello, Yes, I found out about a week ago that Wadia is now shipping the SE version. When they offer an upgrade path, I'll probably be getting it. For one thing, it's sapposed to have a larger power supply. Stan | |
| Any previous Wadia users?? Or did everyone move? Hello Nsgarch, I liked the Wadia 861se with GNS Statement upgrade very much--awesome bass and backround detail, good precision. Steve @ GNS really knows how to improve an already good player. The EMM Labs CDSA-SE was the best that I have heard in ... | |
| Any previous Wadia users?? Or did everyone move? Hello all, I have a Wadia 581 with Great Northern Sound Statement upgrade that is still breaking in. It has 450 hours on it right now. Full breakin, I have been told, is over 750 hours playing time. It has excellent texture-(the best that I have h... | |
| emmlabs into wall outlet or into shunyata hydra? Hi Michael, I recently borrowed a Siltech G6 Ruby Hill powercord to use on my EMM Labs player. It gave a better performance plugged directly into the wall than the Electraglide did, but the soundstage diminished noticeably compared to being plugge... |