timrhu
Responses from timrhu
| 3 Recomendations "Twelve" is a favorite of mine. Patti's version of George Harrison's "Within You Without You" is a rarity as it's one of the few covers that may better the original Beatles' version. Great bass on that one also. | |
| How do you listen to your music? Start with a single cd and see where it leads. Almost always play entire album. | |
| Do you plan to buy The Beatles CD remasters? You betcha! | |
| Cheap Trick brings back the 8-Track I thought the trick was to take the cartridge and bang it on something. That worked for me, also worked wonders on VCR tapes. | |
| Suggestions for first hifi system Sounds like a nice start for a first system.The Kestrels are great at rendering a life like soundstage, I know as I currently have two pair of them. Use solid core cables to get an extra three dimensional quality. Don't need to be expensive, low e... | |
| oh no, I may have taken out half my system Have you checked the fuse box? It sounds like your mains took a hit. | |
| Own Magnepans? Got Cats? Create a system page with pics. | |
| What Printed Magazine do you prefer? Stereophile would be my choice. I have been an off and on subscriber since the early 90s, much better read back then, but still the one I prefer. In fact I will definitely not renew my AS subscription next time around. Of course with all of this s... | |
| CDP with Optical in ? Many of the Linn universal players accept optical inputs. | |
| Bel Canto left channel cutting out with distortion I had the eVo2i gen1 and encountered a similar problem. One channel had low level when I used the balanced input. Disconnecting and reconnecting the cable would fix it temporarily. My problem wasn't as severe as yours. Bel Canto replaced my input ... | |
| Establishing a common analog listening bias Well I just reread your post and you were specific to analog. Too bad Agon doesn't allow post deletion.Still a good idea. | |
| Establishing a common analog listening bias The notion of music we all could become familiar with and use as reference sounds like an excellent idea. I no longer listen to vinyl though, do you suppose any high quality media would work? | |
| old cdp that hangs with new ones Resolution Audio CD-50. There have been several different cd players and dacs in my system which were supposed to be replacements. The only one that came close was the Arcam mentioned above. Keeping it until it dies. | |
| DIY Balanced Interconnect Connectors Don't forget that you want to put the plug body, clamp/strain relief and end plug on PRIOR to crimping/soldering your wires!!Who hasn't done that? I wish I had a nickle... | |
| best cd player for 300-500 bux Second for the PS Audio D Link III. At the prices these are going for used it's a true bargain. You need to spend a lot more $ on a cdp to beat it. |