Low bass performance on the Mercury CDs are not lacking at all in any of the 3 pressings. They sound veryI focused, dynamic and tonally correct. I also have about 50 RFR and FR Lps and most of the Golden Presence(?) reissues. The early LPs vary in sound quality much more than the CDs. I highly recommend the CDs and reissues. My primary CD playback equipment consists of an EAR Acute player with early large O getter Amperex output tubes, Stillpoint ultra SS and custom wiring. Even on my Kyocera 310 CD player, the CDs sound great and analog like.
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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highstreamFleschler, not here! George, if you think that those of us who claim that fuses can make a difference are just gullible, why are spending your time here? In any case, you've made your point, so please move on.You need to read my post again, it's not you I'm calling gullible, but the non fuser's that are easily led down the garden path, by the voodoo fuser's that state things like. " I find that the SR black fuses increase the color and certainly the texture of instruments. The added detail and ambience give more life to the music, not just leading edge transients." Still no manufactures links that state improved sound from these fuses. Cheers George |
Mapman, With your 50 CD box set of MLP recordings you own far more than I do. I have a few MLP CDs of Janos Starker accompanied by pianist Gyorgy Sebok and both the music and recording sound quality are fabulous. Al, I know you are an aficionado of the classical music genre. My classical music collection and knowledge is miniscule compared to jazz music. Gyorgy Sebok was a complete unknown to me up until 2 weeks ago. I spent hours a couple of weekends ago listening to him accompanying cellist Janos Starker, it was beautiful. Al, Are you familiar with Sebok? Do you enjoy his playing? What is his stature amongst the hierarchy of classical pianist (yes I know, purely subjective)? Do you have any recordings of him and/or any suggested recommendations? As a classical music novice I really like him playing along with Starker. Thanks, Charles |
Fleschler just wrote, "Low bass performance on the Mercury CDs are not lacking at all in any of the 3 pressings. They sound veryI focused, dynamic and tonally correct." Uh, there appears to be some disparity between your two statements regarding Mercury Liivng Presence CDs. Your first statement indicated some dissatisfaction with at least some of the Mercury CDs, to whit, "I have two complete sets of the classical Mercury Living Presence CDs (as well as the boxed versions) in which many of them have tonally different sound, one set is generally brighter and more forward sounding and the other more rounded and less forward sounding. It’s a mystery as to why it is that way." If they have tonally different sound, as you say, they can’t all have accurate tonality, no? As for bass performance, everything is relative. You maybe perfectly content with yours but all I’m saying it can be improved. Everything can be improved. Can I suggest, as they say in Nebraska, you ain’t heard nothin yet? Everything is relative. - A. Einstein |
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