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| Stop compression of music petition via Stereophile Odd timing. Sony claims they are deeply committed to releasing a large catalog of DSD downloads and components to play them on. Acoustic Sounds has some on their site described as "Super HiRez." Sony also claims that the other two major music grou... | |
| Seeking Ten Years After song Alvin moved on to "The Great Gig in the Sky" last spring. The other three guys still tour as Ten Years After with a new guitarist/vocalist. | |
| KIND OF BLUE Mobile Fidelity has been advertising an SACD version of KOB for a couple of years now, but the release date is still To Be Announced. Only time will tell if they ever get it released. | |
| Sony HAP-Z1ES Hi-Res Music Player RMAF 2013 Sorry Petland, I didn't answer your question. I can't confirm that both outputs are variable, but two reviews I read stated that the outputs were for connecting to an amp and the remote has volume up and down buttons. Those clues make me think tha... | |
| Sony HAP-Z1ES Hi-Res Music Player RMAF 2013 The Sony does have both single ended and balanced analog outputs. There is a "light" article about the new Sony components in the December TAS and information about them on Sony"s website. | |
| tube amps and electrostatics Atmasphere, I have a pair of ML Ethos driven by a Plinius SA 201 (class A/B) with an Aesthetix Calypso preamp. They sound great but I would love to get a more natural, more 3D sound. What tube amps would you recommend trying with a pair of zero au... | |
| Midwest plains travelogue The compilation on ECM "Works" would make a good relaxing listen for that drive. Not if you need something to keep you awake though. The song "Last Train Home" is another perfect fit. | |
| Midwest plains travelogue Same to you 77! You might want to try some Pat Metheny next time you make that trip. He was born and graduated high school in Lee's Summit, MO and that wide open spaciousness of the plains can be felt in a lot of his music.He has put out a lot of ... | |
| Duane Allman Warning!! I read some reviews of "Dreamin' My Dreams" and learned that in the name of "copyright protection" if you play it on your computer Sony installs a root kit that is really bad news. Don't go anywhere near this album! | |
| Duane Allman Raks, Yeah it's a good song. You can get it at Amazon on the album it originally appeared on, "Motel Shot" or on, "Best of". You can also get it as a duet by Patty Loveless and Dwight Yoakam on Patty's album,"Dreamin' My Dreams", which I haven't h... | |
| Mag editors and interviewers could do better There is a "Critic's Corner" forum at Audio Asylum where folks from the magazines post pretty often. You may be able to get a response to your question there. | |
| What CD sound is the best? One correction, the first generation recordings were called "slaves" rather than "slave masters" as I stated in my post above. | |
| What CD sound is the best? There is a cd + dvd-a version of King Crimson's 40th Anniversary edition. The cd has the 2009 mix plus 5 bonus tracks. The dvd-a has 2 surround formats plus the 2009 mix in 24/96 stereo and the 2004 mix in 24/48 stereo.The reason for the remixing ... | |
| What CD sound is the best? I have the CD/SACD version of the Moodies album and the 40th Anniversary edition of the King Crimson and can recommend both of them. Neither album is overly compressed. | |
| Aesthetix Calypso Tube Rolling Here is a link to a discussion of your question:http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?aamps&1278987403&read&keyw&zzaesthetix=calypsoThe made in Heerlen, Holland Amperexes are very good tubes. They were sold under a variety of lab... |