tomcy6
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| Primaluna tube amps... Great sound, great build, and autobias for the power tubes. They're a great deal. | |
| Been listening to The Beatles ... Yeah, they sound great. The early albums' strength is an infectious joyfulness. I think that if Traffic had kept Dave Mason and not gone off in that jazzy direction but stayed in the classic rock vein, they might have given the Beatles some compet... | |
| No preamp 'Balance' control? I think that most people do not have symetrical dedicated listening rooms so balance controls are necessary for many.I don't think that fewer parts = better preamp. You don't want unnecessary parts in the signal path but I'm sure there are many pr... | |
| digital front end to rival best vinyl? You will have to do a lot of research to find a hard drive based system that works for you. Here is a company offering hard drive front ends: sonore.us I have not heard these products so I'm not recommending them, but it may be a place to start yo... | |
| Beatles for sale? Well ... The Mono Remasters are also still available at Best Buy. I wouldn't wait too much longer if you're thinking about getting a set. | |
| Does Pass Aleph 3 heat up the room like tube amp? Kentchai, Plinius now makes class A/B amps that they claim sound "frighteningly close" (see their website) to their Class A amps.I own a Plinius SA 201 and it sounds great to me. I have not been able to compare it to their Class A amps. To my ear ... | |
| Divorcing..Splitting the cd collection.. You probably have some ripping and burning softwear on your computer, if you have one. Let us know if you do.My first bit of advice is to buy quality cd-rs (Taiyo Yuden - made in Japan [the Japan part is important] or MAM-A [Mitsui]). You can buy ... | |
| Do you plan to buy The Beatles CD remasters? The stereo versions of the early albums had the vocals in one channel and the instruments in the other, so I think the mono versions of these albums would be preferable.Does anyone know which albums were mixed in this way (vocals one channel, inst... | |
| Charles Lloyd suggestions If you like the mellower Charles Lloyd, check out Fish Out of Water and Notes From Big Sur. | |
| Another interesting vinly vs CD article If one prefers vinyl to cd that's great. But please understand that others may not share your preference.Also, there are many albums that sound better on cd than vinyl. So enjoy cd, sacd, vinyl or whatever, but always respect the right of others t... | |
| The Entire Band Gets Writing Credit The Doors, of course. The songs on their albums prior to Morrison Hotel are credited to The Doors. | |
| Opinions: PASS Aleph 5 with a CJ premier 17LS? The Premier 17LS will improve on the PV8 in many ways but it will not be as warm or tubey sounding as the PV8 (some people would describe that sound as thick or colored). The 17LS is more neutral sounding (neutral by c-j standards). | |
| Mellencamp on Music Business Is John going to donate to charity all the money the corrupt and greedy music business made for him? If not, all the righteous indignation rings a little hollow to me. | |
| Emmylou Harris - All I Intended to be - Love this Emmylou is one of my favorite artists. I generally prefer her pre Wrecking Ball albums. She's been making them since the 70s.For best sound, she put out a 4cd 1 dvd set not too long ago titled Songbird. It's a collection of some of her favorite tr... | |
| Plinius 9100 vs 9200 I own a c-j CA 200 (the integrated mentioned above) and I don't know if it sounds like their tubes but it is a very nice sounding integrated. The one word description that always comes to my mind is "sweet". |