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| Experts: Why is preamp important? Atmasphere, What do you consider a low impedance? | |
| arguments against starting a vinyl collection? One reason for not *starting* a vinyl collection at this point is that it is quite possible that high rez digital downloads that would provide superior sound quality to the best digital and vinyl available today may be available in the not too dis... | |
| Tube cdp with ss units... There are a lot of tube cd players out there and one of them might be enough to warm up your system but you'd probably get more warmth out of a tube preamp or amp. I have a Primaluna integrated and it has a nice warm sound. | |
| Goodbye CD's That's good with me. If I can buy hi res downloads I'm all for it. Cd players will continue to be produced and improved for many years to come, just like turntables.According to Nielsen SoundScan, of total album sales for 2007:vinyl makes up about... | |
| Why vinyl? Digital is still in its infancy. I think that digital, maybe not cd but maybe 24/96 downloads or whatever comes next, will surpass the best sound quality available today in the not too distant future. As far as sales numbers go, there's a January ... | |
| Why vinyl? Why do vinyl lovers feel that they have to disparage cds and people who listen to them? Michael Fremer started this trend and it has been adopted by too many of his followers.As others have said, there are good and bad sounding lps and cds. If you... | |
| Why Can't Tubes Be Mass-Produced Cheaply? Some of the difference in opinion on whether NOS sound better than current production can be differences in hearing. As I get older I am less and less able to tolerate harshness or grain or glare. Speakers and gear that I once enjoyed now grate on... | |
| Economic Safe Way to Ship an Amp I don't like to use UPS in general, but I believe they offer a packing service, which does a good job of packing and they may actually pay insurance claims if you use their packing service. I am not recommending UPS and I don't know if they would ... | |
| Conrad Johnson owners - I don't own a c-j tube preamp yet but I have been reading up on them. My understanding is that a CT5 would probably sound more refined and more neutral than your CT6 (I don't know how much more) whereas a 16LS2 would have a warmer, more golden sou... | |
| Why Can't Tubes Be Mass-Produced Cheaply? I think that it is quite possible that small signal tubes that can compete with NOS tubes could be manufactured again. Tube gear is very popular again so there is plenty of profit to be made and with the design and testing technology available tod... | |
| conrad johnson CT6 with solid state amp Thanks for the replies everyone. I understand that newer cj gear is not as colored as the older gear, but there is a richness or palbability or depth or whatever term you choose in tube gear that most solid state doesn't have. That's why you use t... | |
| Got a New CD Player and Now I'm Bummed I would not spend significant amounts of money to get a marginal improvement in vinyl playback. I would save the money for your next digital upgrade. I think that most of the sound quality improvements have been wrung out of vinyl but cd players a... | |
| Best sound on classic rock cds Capitol recently reissued Linda Ronstadt's four albums for the label on a remastered two cd set and they sound pretty good.This is when Linda was more country or country rock. Definitely not as rockin' as her later stuff. Heart Like A Wheel is the... | |
| Trumpet cds like Chinatown I have 3 cds by trumpeteer Mark Isham and I think his sound could be described as ethereal. Mark played with Van Morrison on some of his more ethereal stuff but his work as a leader would be classified as jazz.Blue Sun, and two soundtracks coincid... | |
| Used CD player for under $2000 I have a Cary 303/300 and I like it but I don't know if I would recommend it unconditionally. Like you I don't have the opportunity to listen to a lot of gear.The Cary gives you the option of tube or ss output and a number of upsample rates. If yo... |