A friend of mine from San Maguel Mexico came over last night. He brought an ECM record over that was simply outstanding. It was recorded in 1961 with Steve Swallow on bass, Paul Bley on piano, and Jimmy Giuffre on Clarinet. This record is so musical what a treat. Its called Jimmy Giuffre 1961. This is a must buy and can be purchased on Amazon. I just bought it. I don't know if its available on cd.
Synergistic Red Fuse ...
I installed a SR RED Quantum fuse in my ARC REF-3 preamp a few days ago, replacing an older high end fuse. Uhh ... for a hundred bucks, this little baby is well worth the cost. There was an immediate improvement upon installation, but now that its broken in (yes, no kidding), its quite remarkable. A tightening of the focus, a more solid image, and most important of all for my tastes, a deeper appreciation for the organic sound of the instruments. Damn! ... cellos sound great! Much improved attack on pianos. More humanistic on vocals. Bowed bass goes down forever. Next move? .... I'm doing the entire system with these fuses. One at a time though just to gauge the improvement in each piece of equipment. The REF-75se comes next. I'll report the results as the progression takes place. Stay tuned ...
Any comments from anyone else who has tried these fuses?
Any comments from anyone else who has tried these fuses?
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sherod ... So far, the Von Gaylord 7000 is really impressing me. Like you, I've tried a slew of IC's over the years, finally ending up with FMS Nexus IC's. I have maybe 30 hours on the VG 7000 at this point, and it completely blows away the FMS it replaced. I'm waiting for a pair of bi-wired VG speaker cables to arrive, and once here, I will start an entirely new thread on the results ... from cold out of the box, to fully broken in. From what I heard from Von Gaylord's room at Newport, it should be quite a treat. jwm ... Thanks for the heads up on the Jimmy Giuffre recording. Such a great artist. I'm lucky to have a few of his LP's. OP |
The intense promotion of a specific product here seems unprecedented, and my previous post was deleted as I suggested Audiogon, who has accepted advertising money from SR, is simply looking the other way regarding the shilling "buy it and get yer money back if reversing after 100 hours doesn’t work" approach. Very interesting... |
^^^ Incidentally, over the past two listening sessions I've been enjoying some of Bach's orchestral music. Here's the Japanese import available on Ebay. Its a wonderful 2-CD set of beautiful music. If you like Bach, this is a must have: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Stokowski-Leopold-Stokowski-SO-Bach-Stokowski-HQCD-Japan-Import-/26245752393... In the meantime, the new SR HFT room treatments are doing astonishing things for the system. The strings on that Bach CD have never washed over the entire room like they are doing now. So beautiful, so focused ... and so realistic. |
wolf-garcia ... Too bad your post was deleted. Perhaps if you weren't so dismissive of your fellow A'goners, that wouldn't happen. When you accuse your fellow hobbyists of "shilling," when in fact, we are just trying to share good experiences with others so that they may experience the same improvements to their systems, its downright insulting. Surely, you are not such a social incompetent not to realize this. Based upon so many of your previous posts, and the humor demonstrated therein, you seem way too intelligent not to realize it. Do you have an ulterior motive with your negative posts? Suppressed anger issues? Envy issues? What gives? And no .. I am not responsible for having your posts removed. OP |
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