twoleftears

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Are there very good/audiophile blu-ray players?
Anything modified by Modwright.With the demise of Oppo, Pioneer is the way to go--UDP LX 500. 
What's up with TMR Audio?
Will someone please alert Josh, aka @tmraudio, that there's a second thread blowing up. 
Classical Music for Aficionados
Since there's been a lot of love in this thread for Schubert (the composer) I decided to pull what CDs I had off the shelf and work through the (very incomplete) piano sonatas.So far:D. 157: Volodos--excellentD. 784: Brendel--as usual (and I apolo... 
Speakers for audio and home theater
GoldenEar Triton.  Choose the biggest model you can afford. 
Classical Music for Aficionados
I'm glad I wasn't hearing things.  At times I was imagining an omnidirectional microphone dangling from the open lid over the middle of the frame/soundboard.I'll look into BIS. 
Classical Music for Aficionados
So I listened to Mariam Batsashvili's CD of transcriptions.Music: I'm no expert, but the pianism seemed really excellent.Sound: the timbre of the piano was very natural and entirely credible.But... the audiophile in me had a problem with the sound... 
Classical Music for Aficionados
Jim, please, please try listening to V-W's Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus.  If that doesn't win you over, nothing will.The problem with The Lark is that it's pretty instantly appealing, and so it gets trotted out overly frequently and hence be... 
Living with Magico S3MKII & Luxman C900u +M900u (long term Impression)
E.B.M. The initials stand for Alon Wolf. 
Buying on Audiogon
City-dwellers will have two brands of speaker available to them for purchase: Bose or Polk. 
What's up with TMR Audio?
From that other thread, it seems as if the owner is more concerned/motivated to keep all his customers happy than some of the employees. 
Which balanced IC between pre amp and power amp?
Agree with @soix Besides those, take a look also at Audio Envy. 
What's up with TMR Audio?
Instant gratification around the holidays is hard to achieve.  Look at where Xmas falls this week: Wednesday.  And the New Year.  Basically two whole weeks which are a total scrub.The only thing I'd fault is that they could have posted a holiday c... 
Forever speakers around $5000
New: Proac DT8.Used: Vandersteen Treo CT. 
Music with differences between class A and class D amplifiers
LS50's aren't letting you hear the differences. 
Need recommendations on stand mount speakers
A lot of the best speakers in this category are not from the major manufacturers, but rather from Fritz, Watkins, Buchardt, etc.Looking at today's listing of monitors, if I were deciding today I'd choose between the Proac, Silverline, Harbeth and ...