the_smokester
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| best recordings for a sense of scale If you mean a good sense of space, then I would suggest Duke Ellington's "Jazz Party in Stereo". | |
| Your favorites amplifiers for their visual look ? I think my Wavestream V-8 is very cool. 'Cept when it's playing music. | |
| Preamp inverts phase question: I think that the original question should be re-posted and all those who participated in this thread be barred from answering. | |
| Turntables better than a Wadia 861SE w/ Statement Just to note: The original thread here is a almost four years old. | |
| Which cd players have digital INPUT? Wadia 861xi has multiple digital inputs.An issue with plugging an external source into a cd player is clock jitter. | |
| DAC or CD PLAYER?...again Why not get something like a Logitech Squeeze box and use the digital outs to go into a DAC? Then, WiFi your music from the PC. | |
| Recommended acoustic recordings Any record featuring Eva CassidyJoan Baez "In Concert" | |
| Balanced vs Unbalanced? There is no fundamental difference in sound quality between "balanced" and "single-ended" circuits. The major upside to balanced circuits is that they are less susceptible to correlated noise picked up by interconnects, ground loops and power supp... | |
| Rega P3-24 help required.Right Ch. Distortion Another thought: Is your turntable level? | |
| phono stage / step up for Koetsu carts What cartridge did you get?Another thing: Regarding Step Up Transformers, there are opinions about this. Here is mine since I had to make the decision with my setup.Compared to a mediocre phonoamp, a good transformer can often produce a seductive ... | |
| phono stage / step up for Koetsu carts I started out with a Tom Evans Microgroove+ with my first Koetsu. This had an excellent tonality to it but was somewhat noisy. Probably a Groove would be way better but I have never heard one.After trying many phono front ends--Nagra, CJ, Manley, ... | |
| High powered point to point tube amp? Another $50k possibility is a pair of Wavestream V-8 monoblocks...Not sure they would do the trick at 1.8 ohms but you could contact the manufacturer. | |
| amp to power paradigm studio 100s I drove Paradigm Studio 100's successfully with a Classe CAP 151 integrated. | |
| Why are server setups so costly relative to CDP's? I have SlimServer installed on my PC in another room. All my seedees have been ripped to the PC (the hardest part of the process). I have a SqueezeBox attached to the DAC on my Wadia seedee player through a S/PDIF optical fiber. Music is wifi'd fr... | |
| Fav Hi Res downloads... What & Where? Try Linn Records (linnrecords.com). |