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| How many audio systems do you have in your home? "Just" four:Living room (main system) -- all tube; great for jazz, classical and acoustic musicFamily room/kitchen -- vintage solid state (mid-80's tandberg and klipsch)plus tube dac and dvd/cd player; gets the job done for rock (and good enough f... | |
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| Do You Remember Your First CD Player? In 1983 or so, I bought an early Philips unit followed by a Sony Discman in 1984 (that one was really ghastly!). The first good sounding player was a Tandberg 3015 I picked up in 1985, to the best of my recollection. I really liked that one. There... | |
| Mississippi John Hurt If you're a fan of Mississippi John (which I sure am), you might also want to listen to Bill Morrissey's Songs of Mississippi John Hurt, a 1999 release on Philo. It's a very well done set of covers sung in Bill's creaky yet haunting voice, backed ... | |
| Best Sounding Red Book CD Changer Under $400 I bought a used CAL Audio CL-10 for around $400 on eBay two years ago and, as Sammie points out, the sound is terrific and the build quality is outstanding. It's used mostly for parties but it is just fine for critical listening too. Last month, I... | |
| CAL dac compatibility? You write: "more of a problem with copied CDs but I suspect some newer transports might handle it better than the Cal Alpha."I'm guessing you mean a CAL Delta transport? I have two of them and neither have had any problems (yet) with reading copie... | |
| Mullard CV4004 I have tried a matched pair in my DAC and found that they made the system sound indistinct. For example, Miles Davis' trumpet on Miles and the Jazz Giants sounded tubby and a wall of hiss arose around the music. Gillian Welch's opening notes on he... | |
| How much does your system weigh? Mine depends on the specific gravity of the music it's playing. | |
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| Review: Grungebuster CD Mat Herbie's Audio Lab Tweak Zaikesman,thanks for your thoughts on the Herbie's turntable mat. I have a glass-platter Rega, as it turns out, and you've given me some things to think about. Like you, I also use the Herbie's halos, plus the iso-cups with ebony balls. Together t... | |
| Review: Grungebuster CD Mat Herbie's Audio Lab Tweak Zaikesman,thanks for your thoughts on the Herbie's turntable mat. I have a glass-platter Rega, as it turns out, and you've given me some things to think about. Like you, I also use the Herbie's halos, plus the iso-cups with ebony balls. Together t... | |
| Review: Grungebuster CD Mat Herbie's Audio Lab Tweak I've been using the Grungebuster 2 as well. It's easier to deal with than the original Grungebuster and seems to work just as well if not better. When I forget to put it on a CD, I notice its absence right away. Now I'm thinking about springing fo... | |
| Review: Grungebuster CD Mat Herbie's Audio Lab Tweak I've been using the Grungebuster 2 as well. It's easier to deal with than the original Grungebuster and seems to work just as well if not better. When I forget to put it on a CD, I notice its absence right away. Now I'm thinking about springing fo... | |
| Music Your Wife Will Really LISTEN To with you ? My wife was a music composition major in college and is a decent horn player and pretty good singer. She also has the uncanny ability to detect tweaks and new additions to my system, and the decency not to ask (too often) what they cost. She'll dr... | |
| CD player vibration control .................. Herbie's "iso-cups" with gabon ebony balls under the transport and DAC (and amp). Plus Herbie's "tenderfeet" footers under our DVD player - really helped there too. |