wspohn
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| Why Purchase A CD Player or Transport ? I'd forget about buying a transport. I keep my digital library (> 4000 CDs) on a network drive, ripped in FLAC on my computer and we have A/B tested CD play vs network several times without finding any preference. I keep a player in my main sy... | |
| After the thrill is gone @johnlnyc I listened to the very expensive, at the time, ML (CLS model). A solo piano record was played and I was stunned. It sounded like the piano was in that room with us. There is magic to electrostatics - the Quads and my series 1 ML CLS... | |
| Best Sound Track Ever Vote for One The Last Emperor, soundtrack by Ryuichi Sakamoto and David Byrne (also won the Oscar for best sound and best original score that year. | |
| Wilson Watt 3 Tiny Tots Tweeter issue Just buy a set of commercial casters with the same threading as the spikes for your speakers and then roll them around until you are satisfied. Mark the spots for the corners of the speakers on the ground with tape or whatever, and replace the ca... | |
| SUT for EAR 834p? I had grounding issues with a SUT so switched to a solid state head amp that had no such issues, lots of gain and sounds good, plus it is cheap! https://hagerman-audio-labs.myshopify.com/products/piccolo2-mc-preamp#:~:text=Probably%20the%20best%2... | |
| Need suggestions: High pitched female singers No contest - Yma Sumac! | |
| Speakers known for great midrange. Quad ESL-57 or original Martin Logan CLS will give you what you are after. | |
| $25k speakers, are we there yet? You ca pay $25K for new $25K speakers or you can pay maybe $10-12K for used speakers of the same model. Personally, I think that the best result is to pay $25K for some used $50K speakers..... | |
| Is Mark Levinson still considered up there with the best of the best? Levinson was a very decent musician - Jazz at Long Wharf is a good LP. | |
| Energy speakers I got into Energy way back when they were producing perhaps their landmark model, the Reference Connoisseur 22 - so good that I haven't been able to bring myself to sell them 30 years later. I haven't heard anything that sounds better from them, ... | |
| Homage to those who are pleased with your audio rig I maintain and use four systems. By a process of mixing and listening I have a main system I am very happy with and m unlikely to ever change - VPI TNT V, SME V, Koetsu Urushi, Vendetta SCP2-D, Conrad Johnson Premier 14, Conrad Johnson Premier 11... | |
| What's the heaviest speaker you've ever owned? What's the tallest? My largest stand 5' 10" and weigh 410 lbs. each. You do not want them to tip over on you! | |
| For classical music lovers best amp for large orchestral forces? A class A amp that has very good current capability and is stable into very low impedances is hard to beat (and often, to pay for). I use a pair of amps that put out 160 W into 8 ohms and 500 W into 1 ohm. | |
| How Much Do Your Subwoofer(s) Cost Relative to Speakers Speakers $60K (new - paid less that $2K) Subs - $2500 | |
| Many higher end preamps are dated and ugly, why is this? While I am not a fan of gear that looks like it was created by amateurs from articles in Popular Electronics I think that a lot of vintage gear is nice looking. Some of mine: |