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| Placette RVC review in Stereophile Bob, I saw John Hammond in Kalamazoo maybe 34 years ago. My girfriend had a crush on John but never did meet him. Ha!Seem to remember Hammond having a father who was also a performing musician. | |
| Placette RVC review in Stereophile I don't know what the Blowtorch is (a passive of some sort?) and I also am not familiar with CTC. I recently listened to a CAT pre-amp, series III I think, and found it slightly veiled and resricted...pretty, though. This was with the CAT amps whi... | |
| Placette RVC review in Stereophile "...inexpensive solution." Aye, there's the rub! It only costs $1,500.00 so it must not be "...even close..." to an active pre-amp. I tried an $8,200.00 C-J, a $3,500.00 Classe, $6,500.00 BAT, and a used Krell (think around $5,000.00 new). The Pla... | |
| Merlin Room at 2004 HE Show in NY O.K., for the first time in 6 years, I'm considering getting new speakers. The Merlins have always looked good and gotten good reviews from everyone, I now have to check them out. Anyone know if they (the floor standers or stand mounted ones) can ... | |
| Classic Rock Fans? Music shopping is not like it used to be. In the late 60s, through the 70s, and into the 80s, you could go into independent music stores like Dearborn, make friendly aquaintances with employees (they'd have different people for the different types... | |
| Placette RVC review in Stereophile Rcrump...We have very good concert halls in our area, four of which I visit at least 3 times a year. This is total of 12 live, unamplified concerts. My wife and I also go to Baker's Keyboard Lounge 5-6 times a year and a number of other small club... | |
| Classic Rock Fans? Not really a fan of the MC5 but did like their, I think, 2nd album with short rockin' tunes that sounded a bit like late 50s rock. I did, just last week, pick up a CD of The Frost's live album...don't know if you've ever heard of them. Got it at D... | |
| Placette RVC review in Stereophile Mike...Makes sense. I have noticed that every pre-amp I've tried masks detail and lacks the micro-dynamics needed for realistic music production. The Placette seems to give me exactly what the source, amp, and speakers are producing and I can't as... | |
| Classic Rock Fans? You guys got to get Fleetwood Mac's "Boston Tea Party - Vol 1". This is from January, 1970, and is the original blues group with Peter Green. Excellent sense of a live concert.By the way, just today I picked up The Best of Traffic, Delaney and Bon... | |
| Placette RVC review in Stereophile I agree with Mikelavigne completely except don't really know what he (or anyone else for that matter) means by 'bass slam'. I have tried two active pre-amps, in comparison to my Placette, and found that only the Placette does not damage. The other... | |
| Tinnitus - do you have ringing in the ears? Buy the foam style earplugs (good ones can be had at Walgreens - Extreme Hearos brand - blue in color) and learn to get them deep into your ears. They should fit so well you have to reach in and pull out to remove. They should also reduce your hea... | |
| Best Player or DAC: ceiling $3k What is "The Lector"? | |
| Classic DAC - Bel Canto 2.0? Shuang,Do you know what the techincal differences are? I understand it's only that the 2.0 outputs 192khz. Is this correct or or there other changes/modifactions? Thanks. | |
| How many years before MP3 becomes king? Wow!! I want some massive stuff!!! Please give me at least 10 of everything!!!! | |
| Are Wilson speakers Let's hear it for tube amps! I really can't see any reason to go SS at this point - too many damn good choices from 2wt SETs through 500wt VTLs and everything in between. You can find an amp to drive any speaker around. I've been delighted with my... |