zaikesman
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| Stereophile looses Jonathan Scull Scull? You mean Mr. Italics? Mr. Large Butt? Ribbon Chair? The sad part is that through attrition, he had actually become one of the more interesting writers they had left, which I mean as a backhanded compliment. You might remember how lots of fo... | |
| PV-10, PV-11, PV-12, SFL-1 Sig or LS2? Help The c-j PV-8, 11, and 12 (all zero-feedback, cathode-follower designs) were all positioned above and cost more than the PV-10 in their day. I own an 8 w/phono and like it a lot, but I've thought about trying to find an 11 w/phono because the 8 has... | |
| help please. i need opinions of high output carts The Marantz 7 is designed for MM carts, and you love the Grado house sound. Seems to me you should just invest in the regular output Grado Reference of your choice instead of looking for an HO MC. If you can trade-in or sell your present LO Statem... | |
| Clou Blue Jaspis for Senn HD 580/600 Headphones To the previous posters on this topic (and others who know): Yesterday the connection in the mini-jack termination on my 4-month old pair of HD600's went south. A background buzz showed up intermmitently in one or the other or both channels, and c... | |
| Great sound at high volume As a brand, the cleanest audiophile-grade sound I have heard at ridiculous volume levels has come from Wilson speakers - expensive, though. I'm not gonna comment on their other sonic qualities, but will add that, in general, fidelity to absolute v... | |
| If i want to record FM to a CD recorder, do i need With the occassional exception here and there, and then only in certain fortunate areas, I couldn't agree with Fatparrot more about the state of radio today. The FCC has conspired with the business interests to practically destroy (along with MTV)... | |
| Acoustic Guitar CD Recording/track to test Spkrs? I don't have a specific test disk to suggest, but would note two points. Firstly, beware New Age "acoustic" guitar recordings such as those made famous by Windham Hill-type artists. These generally feature very pumped up, exagerated sonics, design... | |
| If i want to record FM to a CD recorder, do i need If you have a stand-alone component CD-R recorder for music systems, it will have a built-in ADC and analog input jacks. If you are using a computer-based burner for digital data input (and don't have a soundcard installed with its own ADC and ana... | |
| Cardas spkr. cables: Quad vs. Cross vs. Golden Cr Well, another set is bound to come along soon - there is mucho Cardas listed on the A-Gon. I know that the Neutral Ref is close in price to the Cross, but I haven't compared the sound. The construction does seem rather different, though. I'm prett... | |
| Cardas spkr. cables: Quad vs. Cross vs. Golden Cr For not too much more than Quad, I would hold out for Cross at least. I basically had this same type of conversation with the folks at Cardas before I got my Cross (single-wire) as an upgrade from entry-level CrossLink, and they told me to skip ov... | |
| recommendations for tube dampers??? I use the Pearl Tube Coolers on some of my small-signal tubes (as well as all of my power tubes), but I can tell you that though they seem to be effective at the job they're named for, they should not be looked upon as damping devices, and will in... | |
| Do "Cardas Caps" make a difference? I own a systemful of Cardas cables, and think they are a good product and a good value. I have no experience with Cardas Caps, and don't intend on getting any. What I think these are is an absolutely genius idea from a marketing and profitability ... | |
| Make/buy rumble/warp filter for pre phono inputs? Onhwy61 - I will be using Sound Forge on some of these (which has the filter feature you mention) for scratches, but I suspect the results on the warped disks will be superior if the phono pre-preamp never has to deal with the heavy sub-bass modul... | |
| Make/buy rumble/warp filter for pre phono inputs? Thanks for the concern Albert, but maybe I need to make my situation a little more clear. I have a more-or-less audiophile system, but I don't buy audiophile software. My record collection contains a lot of less-than-pristine rare vintage vinyl (3... | |
| I'm Freaked Out by this Tube comparison I don't use 6922's, but I have heard differences like are described here - just not between tubes of the same new manufacture and vintage (some can be noisier, more microphonic, etc., but the basic character is similar). Where I have heard these d... |