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| Analog vs Digital Confusion I think all these opinions are fair expressions of people's experience. One of the concerns I always have when people ask me about entering into vinyl is whether they will get a true picture of what a vinyl front end is capable of on a modest budg... | |
| Analog vs Digital Confusion It may be helpful to divide the vinyl universe into two rough camps: the dyed-in-the-wool all analog brigade, which is one of the reasons so many of the pricey 'audiophile' reissues are of old records. This also includes the fact that many of thos... | |
| Stereophile Class A tables The biggest problem I have with those compilations in Stereophile is that they are based on a range of individual reviews, some of which are dated, and don't represent actual comparisons of equipment, so any one category can represent a variety of... | |
| Tannoy Westminister Royal SE Pre-amp Preference? I used electrostats pretty much exclusively from around 1973, until I switched to horns (Avantgardes) in around 2006. The amp change sounds right to me; on the preamp, I think it's all about synergy, why not try the Ref 5 for a while, and see how ... | |
| Avantgarde Trios too loud with my amps Agreed re gain, not power of amp, but the Lamm SET/AvG combo is special in my experience. (And yes, I have used other amps with the AvG as well). A pair of used ML 2.1 are probably in the neighborhood of 13k dollars US from an authorized dealer, a... | |
| Avantgarde Trios too loud with my amps I rarely recommend what I personally use, but the Lamm SET amps are very synergistic with the Avantgardes and will allow you to hear why both products are highly regarded. You should probably get some help from some one who knows the speaker in se... | |
| Can anyone explain cable risers? When you guys say 'dress' the cables, I use that term to mean a way of routing the wires so they don't cross or run parallel to each other, and keep the power cables away from the low level signal cables. That's what I use these things for. Syntax... | |
| Enter The Raven The GT and 10.5 Actureus: Take a look at Kuzma's site: http://www.kuzma.si/He shows a new Stabi M priced at 15~k Euro which he is going to be showing at CES. I had the impression that all models he released are still in production which is pretty amazing. I have ... | |
| $18k Tube preamp for large scale symphonies please I respect the willingness of various posters here to offer suggestions and sonic descriptions, but, at the risk of repeating myself, so much is about synergy with the rest of the system, once the basics are nailed down, and dependent on the listen... | |
| Quad 57' system upgrade suggestions requested What do you perceive the shortcomings of your current system to be? You are committed to a vintage speaker array but want to upgrade all else, and I'm curious to know where you want improvements. As you know, I have old Quads, Decca ribbons , and ... | |
| Calling Lamm ML2.1 owners Send Vlad an email, but I suspect you could use some fresh tubes. And my recollection was, those weren't necessarily expensive. The only one I roll in mine (ML2) is, like the Syntax, the 12ax7. | |
| Remastered White Album on vinyl The 'new' vinyl Revolver sounds sterile. The condition of the vinyl itself was fine, not warped, no overt nasties- just dead and thin sounding. I guess I'll have to search out some old copies to find one that has some life in it and isn't beat. On... | |
| New analog museum Nice. I am relocating to Austin very soon. Will reach out to you once i get there. | |
| Remastered White Album on vinyl I ordered the new US Revolver just to check it out. I have White Album and Abbey Road on old MFSL and never thought they were special sounding. My 'standard' issue copies of the Beatles are all US issue, but not in the greatest condition. People r... | |
| Enter The Raven The GT and 10.5 It's nice when an improvement is really an improvement. Bet that system sounds great. I had the Kuzma Reference for a while, what I like about it best was the ease of mechanical isolation. Jeff deserves the good rep he enjoys in the industry. Enjo... |