tomcy6
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| My tube amp sounds darker now. Siemens CCa's are not considered dark sounding and generally are considered clear and neutral sounding. The easiest check you could do is to put the original interconnects back on the amp and see how that sounds.Leaving your amp on overnight shoul... | |
| 500 Greatest Albums of all Times These lists are really nothing to get excited about. Every person alive would come up with a different list of the 500 best. If you are expecting a lot of post bop jazz to show up in a Rolling Stone 500 best, I'm not sure what you're thinking. You... | |
| Diana Krall Survey I don't know. On first listen on a pair of old cheap computer speakers it sounds like Bluzak to me. I'd much rather hear her work in a Kenny Burrell bluesy jazz style if she wants to try the blues. | |
| where can I purchase digital re-master cds I'm not sure exactly what you're asking, but Amazon has a very large selection of cds. You would have to search artists that you are interested in and sometimes read the reviews to determine if the cd is a good quality remaster.If you are looking ... | |
| Diana Krall Survey I'd love to hear her keep working with her trio, no strings, and stay firmly in the jazz genre. Keep up the high sound quality of her recordings also. | |
| Review Fantastic 4 - 4 USB DACs Face Off Thank you for the extensive report Blindjim. I think that digital is just starting to realize its potential. I think we will see significant improvements in digital sound for years to come. | |
| Upscale Audio -- Tubes and Reliability conrad-johnson supplies an all plastic screwdriver (just a thin plastic rod with the ends flattened) to use in biasing its power tubes. Would something like this solve the problem? | |
| Fine trumpet , alto sax recordings? Mark Isham is as relaxed and mellow a trumpeter as I can imagine, but he is real jazz not smooth jazz, IMHO! He is not challenging jazz either, so anyone who thinks jazz has to run the "unsophisticated listener" out of the room to be good stay awa... | |
| An SACD question I still buy them but wish the price would come down. I purchased a few from BMG music club before it closed for about $6 each. I assume BMG was not taking a huge loss on them so why do they usually cost $25 and up? | |
| CD upgrade. James,No one can really tell you how a specific piece of gear will sound to you in your system, or how dependable it will be. All you can do is get a diverse set of opinions.Audiogon has a bluebook which will tell you, for a fee, what equipment ha... | |
| CD upgrade. Audiofreak,L&M is a top notch dealer. Sounds like you got a good deal considering they did the set up. Enjoy! | |
| CD upgrade. Audiofreak,I'm sure you've got a great sounding system. What did the the digital portion (Linn DS, NAS, controller, router, etc.) cost and how easy was it to set up? Who is your dealer in AZ?James,There are a lot of DACS available and I don't know... | |
| CD upgrade. James, Regarding the claim of the Olive, as you increase the sampling rate (from 44.1 to 96khz) and word length (16 to 24 bit) you greatly increase the amount of data being stored. This does not result in anywhere near a proportional increase in s... | |
| CD upgrade. P.S. You may find with the newer players that cd sound has improved enough that you don't need the tubes to take the edge off the sound. There are still prenty of good tubed players around though | |
| CD upgrade. A few relatively low priced ($1,000 US new) current CD/SACD players with digital inputs that many people seem to like are:Sony SA5400ES (recently discontinued)Marantz SA8004Oppo BDP95 Digital inputs allow you access to the DAC inside the player fr... |