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| How to reproduce sound of piano The tough part is finding recordings that have RECORDED the piano accurately.. very tough instrument to get right, in my opinion. Many recordings get it wrong. | |
| What is meant by IMPORT? For all:I recently picked up two very clean import pressings of two of my favorite records thinking/hoping they would be better.. when they were not.1st was a UK import pressing of Weather Report's "Heavy Weather" now I used to have the orig. U.S.... | |
| What is meant by IMPORT? Mrmitch: You are right about the Island UK pressings. | |
| What is meant by IMPORT? Audiofeil..Well, you must have had better ones than me.. I think I had two U.S. pressings of Royal Scam and both suffered from noisy/distortion sounds like bad vinyl or vinyl with 'dirt' pressed into it... I had a 'shootout' of sorts with a german... | |
| Most resolving solid state amp you've ever heard? Eagle 4 | |
| What is meant by IMPORT? If it's a RECORD LP then the import will probably not be better than the ORIGINAL U.S. pressing. The only import pressing of a Dan record I found to be better was the German pressing of Royal Scam as the U.S. pressings all sucked (from noisy vinyl... | |
| Jazz at the Pawnshop - LP Was the original Direct to Disc? | |
| What is meant by IMPORT? For LP's? any record not pressed in the United States.Pressings from UK, Holland, Germany are USUALLY better masterings or pressings over those in U.S., for certain types of music and certain artists. usually rock/pop. BUT if the mastering tape or... | |
| Rega P5 or move up to the P9 ? I don't know about the P5 but I went from the P-3 to the P-9 about 5 years ago and it was night and day. That super hard dense ceramic platter on the P-9 is something else | |
| Live Santana... Viridian, True, true.. Great music (I love the Naima rendition) but that recording is not quite as good though.. lacks bass overall. Sounds like the early Mahivishnu's. | |
| Live Santana... Viridian, If only Santana had kept it up! my three fav. Santana's were Caravansarai, Welcome, Borboletta... after that, he changed again. Bits and pieces on later albums refer to this era but never equaled again. Some people do not talk highly of ... | |
| best support shelf/isolation device for a rega p9? I have a P-9. At the suggestion of my dealer, I removed the stock Rega feet and use Walker large cones/pucks. These sit on a 1/2 thick slab of solid steel plate with a soundcoated paint. this sits on the top shelf of my Solid Steel 5.4 rack. Rack'... | |
| Forward sounding speakers that Rock Also above post on Westlake is good advice. | |
| Forward sounding speakers that Rock "Forward Sounding Speakers that Rock"Immediate response is of course JBL. From the 70's of course:L-166 Horizons, L-300 Summits if you have space and $$$, L-65 Jubals, L-150 various versions tall ones with the passive radiators. These will rock an... | |
| Advice on Shure cartridge, please It is the small rubber cantilever suspension part or parts that dry out... I suppose it is true however I've used some cartridges over a decade with no audible problems that I could detect. If you like the Shure V15, well, you could get a new one,... |