twoleftears
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| Publication bias and confounders in product reviews - TAS, Stereophile, Audiogon, etcetera The point is that frequency of coverage, or indeed coverage at all, in the mainstream mags is no indication of anything really. Certainly not of a component's quality or popularity. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados @jcazador Does that include this?http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=14872 If not, please give it a listen.And a second plug for John Field. | |
| The ups and downs of tube vs. SS... I started off SS. Then I discovered Cary 300B. Loved the presentation, but it needed at least 1/2 hour warm-up, couldn't be left on constantly, so spontaneous listening sessions were sidelined. Short of time, like @jtweed, I switched back to SS... | |
| Vandersteen 2CE Signature II: Is it worth the price of $2700? Why are so many for sale? Short answer: because there are so many of them out there.If you're seriously interested, talk to Johnny Rutan and get his highly informed advice on which version/iteration to get, and any tweaks he recommends. | |
| Dedicated Red Book CD player vs. "Universal" type players.... I believe the Mohican lists for 5K. As they seem to be broadly comparable products, I believe the 1.5K premium puts the Hegel at something of a disadvantage, marketing-wise, to the Bryston. | |
| Dedicated Red Book CD player vs. "Universal" type players.... @1graber2 The Mohican got very good reviews in one (or two?) of the mainstream mags, but so far I haven't come across a real live person (OK, r.l.p. on an internet forum) who owns it and wrote about it. As a long-time, satisfied owner of a BCD-1,... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados If you enjoy Chopin and Liszt piano concertos (as I do), check out John Field. There are a couple of recordings, both good. Also, get his Nocturnes. I like John O'Conor's recordings on Telarc. Enough to buy also, back in the day, the set of Be... | |
| Comparing Bel Canto and Schiit DACs Didn't they divide off into Bel Canto and Wavelength? | |
| Dedicated Red Book CD player vs. "Universal" type players.... Check out James Tanner's various pronouncements on the design parameters of Bryston BCD-3 over on AudioCircle. They eschewed a digital in, SACD capability, etc. etc., in order get Red Book as good as possible, which according to them isn't possib... | |
| Publication bias and confounders in product reviews - TAS, Stereophile, Audiogon, etcetera There are two factors here. The speed with which products get reviewed. (Time of product launch to time of review publication.) And whether a brand/product gets reviewed at all.The frequency with which Musical Fidelity appeared in the pages of ... | |
| KT120 back to 6550 @salectric that was pretty much my experience too. In a tube integrated, you can take care of the sweetness factor with the pre-amp tube(s). | |
| keeping perspective on evaluating improvements P5 dropped off at Fedex today.Ordered up a Granite Audio 502 to give that a try.Currently running (oh the shame!) a Niles iPower, what with the power cuts we had yesterday with the wind. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados +1 to pianist recommendations. I also like Vladimir Ashkenazy.For earlier keyboard, Andreas Staier is really hard to beat. Top choice for me. | |
| Where do I start-amp or speakers ? What a luxury to start with a clean slate... and a respectable budget.Let's face it: most people, most of the time, have some "heirloom" components that they bought or were gifted, and they start out on the upgrade path, one or two items at a time... | |
| KT120 back to 6550 Out of curiosity I swopped in a matched set of Genelex Gold Lion KT88s replacing the T-S KT120s. Perhaps a hint more of sweetness, but definitely a loss of authority, that I liked so much to begin with. Went back to the 120s soon after. |