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| Back into vinyl - part 1 "I want to ask a question but have no technical knowledge so forgive me if it appears stupid."I have to stipulate to the same ignorance but will not be able to beg forgiveness after what follows :-)"It seems to me that the finest sounding products... | |
| VTL Tetrode/Triode Larger woofers to control at the least, and maybe a more difficult impedance, I don't know. The 802 was always my favorite B&W, over the 801, although I haven't really auditioned the N-series. But I never heard one with tubes. Your experience ... | |
| Ayre V-5x vs. McCormack DNA 225 02Pete: Hey, you talk as if a McCormack was a high ticket exotic or something :-) Think of it as a Toyota among amps - more than a taste of Lexus quality for not much more dough than a Chevy. As a former NAD owner myself (where I started with sepa... | |
| Back into vinyl - part 1 Thanks for clearing that up - now I can see what this product is, and presumably how it works. The pics imply it is designed with the 1200 in mind, so leveling has been taken care of with the appropriate threaded post.All the hoo-ha on the website... | |
| Review: H2o Audio Signature Monoblocks Muralman1, you mention some comparo's - any feedback vs. the ICE Rowlands, or the Spectron digital amps? | |
| Ayre V-5x vs. McCormack DNA 225 Thanks for the 'story' Bigtee. Look forward to your future report 4yanx (and Bigtee too if the Belles deal works out). | |
| Ayre V-5x vs. McCormack DNA 225 Bigtee: Just to reiterate, I don't personally have a take on the 125 vs. 225 question, because I haven't heard the 225. I was just alluding to things some others have opined - including, it seems, yourself. All I can say is that the 125 sounds qui... | |
| Ayre V-5x vs. McCormack DNA 225 To throw in my $.02 (or maybe more like $.01, or $1, depending on your point of view :-) by way of affirming that we sometimes hear things a little differently depending on our ears and gear:I own a DNA-125, and have no experience with the 225 or ... | |
| Preamp suggestions for a McCormack DNA-125? RE "Just picked one up to try out": No matter what the pre, I've found it's important to leave this amp continuously powered-on for best sound, so I recommend giving at least 48 hours warm-up before passing final judgement or when auditioning comp... | |
| Back into vinyl - part 1 Even listening through phones, the needle riding in the groove is always a constant source of vibration dealt with by the turntable. If the table is not supported in such a way that is compliant (to isolate the table from outside inputs) but also ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Right before we left for the holidays...VA - Phil Spector's Christmas Album (Warner re-ish LP, prob. late 70's/early 80's, orig. 1963) The heavyweight classic of all times and still champeen. Like the man says, Back To Mono! Darlene Love, The Ronn... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Hard to spin vinyl when you're cooking up a storm in the kitchen - too much running up and down the stairs. But to help get in the spirit of the season (I don't happen to celebrate Xmas, but I do enjoy a lot of Xmas-themed music - and food):James ... | |
| Back into vinyl - part 1 A passive switchbox might potentially introduce less degradation than running the phono input in and out of the receiver, but depending on how the internal routing on the receiver works the difference could be fairly negligible. The bigger differe... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Slipknot1: Right-o, that was their first and biggest hit, and also happens to be a Paul Simon co-composition (seems one of the group had backed S&G on tour). They recorded two other Simon tunes not done by S&G, but inexplicably turned down... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Catchin' up...Barney Kessel & Friends - Barney Plays Kessel (Concord Jazz LP, 1975) All Kessel compositions. The friends include Victor Feldman, Jake Hanna, Milt Holland and Jimmy Rowles.Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (Tamla LP, 1971) IMHO one ... |