yabe1951
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| Thiel CS 3.6 vs 3.7 Thanks so much for the very wise advice. The seller shipped the pair to Rob who checked them carefully and listened extensively. They passed his inspection, so I am confident that they will be correct. He did replace a tweeter in one coax, but oth... | |
| Thiel CS 3.6 vs 3.7 Thanks. How might that translate sonically? | |
| Seriously? Why Buy ARC Ref 6SE? seems Benchmark LA4 is a better choice. Here is what I think is a very good discussion about the importance of preamps. In many cases, they can make the single biggest differences of any component. They are not just "pass through" devices. In my experience they are truly interactive in ... | |
| 1st Album you Ever Owned? Crosby, Stills & Nash. Still have it. Worked at a college radio station in the early 1970s (WESS FM) and we got demo's of just about everything. The station had 1,000s of albums by the time I left school, so there was little need to buy record... | |
| If you could, what live performances would you enjoy re-living? I almost forgot. I sat within 15 feet of Stephane Grappelli at Ethel's Jazz & Supper Club in Baltimore while he played anything and everything. His totally mastery of the instrument was something beyond human. | |
| If you could, what live performances would you enjoy re-living? Sly & the Family Stone(d) at Bucknell University for homecoming in about 1969 or 1970. They were raw and funky and they were late, started around midnight and finished up around 2:00 or so. The place lifted off the ground. BTW, they were stone... | |
| Who are your three favorite female singers? Joni MitchellEmmylou Harris | |
| What tube pre-amps pair well with Pass amps? I have used ARC Reference 3 with SMc DNA 1 with great success. So, ARC Ref 3, 5, 6 and the SE versions should do very well. Perhaps other 6H30 tube pre's would do as well, like BAT for example. Be careful with impedance matching. PASS are terrific... | |
| What Combinations of Components Have You Put Together That Sound Good? Verging on vintage- A highly modified Rotel RCD 991 (Burson discrete Op Amp replacements, Dexa clock, higher grade audio caps in signal path, etc by Parts Connexion, Canada) to ARC Ref 3 to modified McCormack DNA 1 (SMc Platinum Ultra with Plitron... | |
| Amp recommendations for Joseph Audio Perspectives2 I would add to the suggestion that McCormack be a consideration. I do not know the current requirements/load presented by the Joseph Audio Perspectives, but the DNA 1 with mods that include the Plitron transformer, will correctly drive almost any ... | |
| Big source improvement using CD player I too have learned that really high quality CD players can sound as good as or better than some server/streamer/DAC front ends. However, it seems that it is the quality and cost of the CD player that matters. I have a Rotel RCD 991 player that was... | |
| What is up with Audio Research during the pandemic? I had no intention to start a political debate. Sorry for that, but just a sincere concern for the people who support products that I use... | |
| Are manufacturer AC cables good enough? My "thinking" and experience have been at odds when it comes to AC cords. Thinking tells me that "wire is wire" and so long as it can carry enough current, it can't possible sound any better. My experience is the polar opposite. In every case, no ... | |
| 10 Audio Cable Myths and Facts Why this? An endless discussion about how or if audio cables of particular designs "work" or not. I was in the "wire is wire" camp for 30 years or so. I just used the largest gauge stock power cords that I could. How could a piece of wire a meter ... | |
| Power Amplifiers I own a 1992 McCormack DNA 1 Deluxe (purchased used in 1998 for $1100 and upgraded twice by SMc Audio) that works well with low impedance speakers. It is on the warm side of the SS spectrum. Has never been "serviced" beyond upgrades to Gold then P... |