zaikesman
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| Driving Thiels Matt, IMO the 3.5 does not compare sonically with the later-generation 2's or the 3.6. The 3.6 and 2.2 are of the same generation, begin here with Thiels if you ask me. You can use a good 100w amp if you're not attempting to bang your head in a la... | |
| Your vote: Most Useless Audio Adjective I think "mid-fi" is mostly a marketing term (as opposed to a sonic descriptive), usually understood to mean a brand (as opposed to a piece of gear) that is intended to bridge the presumed gap in sound, design, appearance and price between mass-mar... | |
| Does such a player exist? Ljgj: Thanks for the suggestions, I checked out the manuals for the KPS-20i and 30i at the Krell online archive, they do look like interesting machines with a definite player/processor mission. Unfortunately, I think my dream of saving a maximum a... | |
| Two line sources into one amp No. Keep swapping the interconnects, don't try what you're proposing, it won't work well even if the unused component is off or unplugged from the wall. There was another thread about this general question not too long ago that went into some more... | |
| Is a good Cermic Cartridge an Oxymoron? "...my posting was all wet." Now there's a colloquialism that's a little before my time! :-) | |
| Is a good Cermic Cartridge an Oxymoron? "Piezoelectric (crystal and ceramic) cartridges were extremely common in low-quality record players. If you buy one of those junky nostalgia things advertised right now, it'll come with one: guaranteed. These have always been low-compliance, high ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Mostly some old Columbias...Miles Davis Quintet - Round About Midnight (6-eye mono, '57) His first for the label, with Coltrane, Garland, Chambers and Philly Joe. "Ah-Leu-Cha" is the highlight for me, managing to both slither and kick.Miles Davis ... | |
| Does such a player exist? Dan: I already know that the sound of my Alesis MasterLink recorder can be improved with outboard decoding, and as a pro machine it has balanced digital outputs, which currently feed my Theta. Experimentation with the Theta combo years ago showed ... | |
| which power conditioner unit? Davehrab: I too own the ExactPower, a fine product. However effective it may be though, it's certainly news to me to learn the unit is capable of generating "square sine waves" ;^) | |
| McIntosh MA6500 Integrated amp "Thank goodness the list is back, thank you Audiogon!"What is this about? | |
| Indian Sitar Stuff Great info, I'd never considered buying Indian classical on CD, mostly just getting what used records I find, which means primarily Ravi Shankar. I don't know much about this music, but the point about uninterrupted running time makes good sense, ... | |
| Review: Technics SL-1200Mk2 Turntable Dan: Alex_yakovlev's thread is one place to check for info about using a Rega 'arm on a 1200, though I'm not sure if he used the Origin Live part. I'd imagine there must opinions about this on the web from Brit DJ's though... | |
| Your vote: Most Useless Audio Adjective Marco: Well, it's quite obvious we can't consider seriously anything you have to say about expanding the Pipe'n'Slippers program. To imply that it will take Stereophile as long as "a few years" to feature another Musical Fidelity product on their ... | |
| who surprised and who disappointed Big disappointment last night, even though I didn't have any major expectations going in. I won't say who the band was because they were local heroes from the 60's, with one album to their credit, who recently re-formed but with only 2 of 5 member... | |
| Review: Technics SL-1200Mk2 Turntable Ferrari: I feel like "time, expense and grief" are probably some things I'm avoiding by staying with this "aging design". But I'd switch anyway if I wasn't happy with the sound. |