mikelavigne
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| Best female vocalists on LP still available Kocsis, there are many excellent Lp choices for female vocal fans that you can buy new right now. here a few of my favorites;1. Ella Fitzgerald, 'the Gershwin Songbooks', 5 Lps.2. Norah Jones, 'Come Away With Me'3. Allison Krauss, 'New Favorite'4.... | |
| ARC Reference Phono vs. BAT VK-P10 SE Rvlardon, i was staying away from this thread because it appeared you were limiting your choices to the ARC Ref Phono and the BAT VK10SE.i had the BAT VK10SE in my room for about a week, 2 months ago. it was fully broken in and even had some NOS t... | |
| do you have a sperate audio and HT system? i do have 2 separate rooms, although only my 2-channel room is listed on audiogon. my priority is heavily 2-channel and that room is without compromise to the degree that the room will allow me.one big reason for a separate 2-channel room is my de... | |
| What's best CD player one piece price no object O.K. Brulee.....fess up....what's his damn name???your post has to be the best tease so far today..... | |
| What's best CD player one piece price no object here i am......and yes, the Linn CD-12 is still the best i have heard in my system.....one or two box. i have not heard anything at dealers or shows that i feel is better......but the differences between the better redbook players are not substant... | |
| audio aero capitole and biamping hi Bruce, your idea will work but you will need some sort of attenuation on at least one side of your amplification since balanced has 'about' 6db more gain. there are very simple attenuators that can be placed between your interconnects and amps ... | |
| Which components knocked you out on first listen? my top 'knocked out on first listen' would have to be a few weeks back with the Rockport Sirius III turntable. i had driven 1800 miles over 36 hours to go pick it up from it's former owner. i purchased it without ever hearing it.....it took 4 hour... | |
| What's the best isolation system? Subaruguru, if YOU think it qualifies....then it does.strickly speaking, whatever assembly that is holding your amps onto the ceiling (some sort of bracket or strap) would be the suspension. if they are rigidly attached....there is no isolation...... | |
| What's the best isolation system? there is no doubt that the best isolation system is a combination of mass and air suspension, tuned properly and in layers. the concept is the extreme example of a constrained layering. the mass keeps the air from influenceing the next layer.my Ro... | |
| Verity Audio Lohengrin: WOW Can't beleive this... Kevinkwann, your credibility is zero since you listen with those cold, sterile, incoherent, and muddled Fischer & Fischer speakers. any conclusions you have reached are clearly invalid.the Wadia and Clearaudio might not be my first choices eit... | |
| Tenor amps..."to pre or not to pre" Jerry, on the one hand i am entirely happy with the Placette passive.....on the other hand if there is better out there.....i do absolutely demand remote volume control (i'm real lazy) and balanced circuts (low output cartridge and relatively low ... | |
| Tenor amps..."to pre or not to pre" Kurt, i keep hearing abouit this transformer coupling with passives.....i guess i'll just have to check the AN out and keep my mind and ears open.i also always try to avoid any definative statements and keep to the "personal experience" track........ | |
| Tenor amps..."to pre or not to pre" Kurt, i too am a "no active preamp" Tenor owner. my list of preamps easily bettered by the Tenor passive attenuators (or the Placette RVC) in my system includes the Levinson #32, Lamm L2, and the Aesthetix Calisto. friends with Tenors have tried o... | |
| Rix Rax or Grand Prix hi Tim, i would be careful with the combination of the Grand Prix rack and the Basis 2500.....the fluid suspension of the Basis and the 'sloppy' suspension of the Grand Prix will probably not work well together. i don't know that for sure but when... | |
| neutrality vs. realism Paul, only 2 dimensions? i experience 3 dimensions with most recordings and regularly have that "this is really happening here and now" sensation. there is resolution in the software to recreate the 3 dimensional illusion if you can reach it and t... |