tomcy6
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| To Pre or not to Pre? Here is my take George, the perfect recording has not been made yet and probably won’t be made in our lifetimes, so the right preamp can help ameliorate the deficiencies in the recordings we do have. If no preamp works for you, great, but active preamps may work ... | |
| Best female vocal recording on CD? +1 for Carrie Newcomer. She has a warm alto voice. The music is acoustic/folk, band not solo. It’s not challenging but it is good. I think "Before & After" is a good place to start sound and music-wise. | |
| To Pre or not to Pre? Here is my take George, Active preamps can also be fixing poor recordings or manufacturing problems that cannot be fixed by greater transparency in the home system. | |
| Best female vocal recording on CD? Emmylou Harris: Songbird: Rare Tracks & Forgotten Gems (4CD) 4 cds for under $30. If there isn’t something in this set that reaches deep inside, you have no soul. Start with disc 2 if you’re not familiar with Emmylou.Sarah Jarosz - Undercurren... | |
| Think twice before concluding some thing sounds better Onhwy61, I wish to God that recording engineers spent more time trying to get better sound. So much of what they produce sounds like crap that no amount of money spent at home can fix. The improvements that could be made in the recording studio... | |
| amperex 6922 pq white label tubes Unless you plan to really get into tubes, learn about them, and get a tube tester, buy from a reputable dealer and talk to them about what you want soundwise before placing an order. That will save you a lot of money and help ensure you get the so... | |
| PS Audio BHK 300 mono VS Modwright KWA 150SE mono VS D'agostino Classic stereo I think you’ve made your point Charles and we all agree. Listening is the best way to choose an amp but specs are not meaningless. The only remaining problem is that sometimes you need to listen for weeks or months to really get the sound of an am... | |
| Anyone having trouble with Tidal cutting out? I unplugged my Bluenode 2 streamer when I was moving some gear around and later when I went to stream Tidal, it kept cutting out. I logged back into the network on the tablet I was using as a controller and the cutting out stopped. | |
| PS Audio BHK 300 mono VS Modwright KWA 150SE mono VS D'agostino Classic stereo Theiliste, I would read the Stereophile review of the Ypsilon and check out the measurements. I don’t know much about your Theils, but a demanding speaker does benefit from a doubling down of power down to 2 ohms. It can result in a more relaxed s... | |
| What's the deal with coloring CD's and/or tray mechanism No matter what the wavelength of the laser used in cd players, wouldn’t any scattered light picked up by the photodiodes be miniscule compared to the direct reflection that the photodiodes read and wouldn’t any halfway well designed cd player be a... | |
| What's the deal with coloring CD's and/or tray mechanism Don't bother with it. It's an old tweak that died out years ago. My apologies in advance to anyone still doing it. | |
| PrimaLuna Prem Preamp. tubes on left channel running 20* hotter than right. I don't own a PL, but that's not right. Talk to your dealer about it. | |
| Best value in pre-owned preamps right now? There is an Aestheetix Calypso for sale for $2400. A very nice preamp. | |
| Tube integrateds and Electrostatic Speakers Check out Robert Deutsch’s review of the Montis in Stereophile. He tried 3 different tube amps, including the PrimaLuna Prologue Premium integrated, and a Simaudio W-7 ss amp. He ended up liking the McIntosh Mc-275 the best.I own a pair of the Sum... | |
| How good is Blue Sound Node 2 in WiFi vs Ethernet connection vs external CD player? I have the Node 2 and play Tidal via WiFi. I connect it to the DAC in my Esoteric K-05 SACD player and it sounds very good but not as good as a cd. I haven't tried it with an ethernet cable. |