celtic66
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| Requesting jazz quartet CD suggestions kplu.org sound stream. I've lived all over the U.S. because of my profession and this is one of the best public stations for traditional jazz and lots of quartet/trio music. They play the gambit of old to new artists and always tell you what they'... | |
| Best transport for redbook and HDCD? I run the Parasound BD 2000 top loader. Don't believe the belt drive affects sound, however this unit is unbelievably good. Must confess to a full Mod Wright modification though. I loaned the transport to someone with excellent ears; custom built ... | |
| Speakers--Epos? Spendor? ATC? What? ATC 12s. I've owned or listened to all of your possibles ( and you've picked some great ones), but the ATCs are the best coventional box speaker I've ever heard period. They are quick, musical, dynamic and very open. Down side is that they are cri... | |
| Best in depth of soundstaging and ease for 2k? ATC SCM 12s. New $2200, used $1300. Best cone speaker I've ever heard period. And I travel the country alot and slip into audio shops everywhere. | |
| Your favorite but unknown Taru Nakamura. Fine bassist. | |
| Changing to less expensive gear. I've done this with women. | |
| Jumpers vs bi-wire You want to stay within the same quality range, but no, the jumpers must not match the speaker cable. Your logic does make sense to a point. Here come the rebuttals........ | |
| need comments on my system Skim,Don't take this wrong, but you've started with what are considered to be possibly the best ML speakers ever made and pushed them with less than very best stuff. In another life I sold Counterpoint. Maybe they have changed, but really the soun... | |
| Help Me Interim Speakers Suggestions? I like Harbeths, but better yet I like the ATC line. They are quite amazing in every respect. | |
| Kimber 8tc vs. audioquest cv6 with dbs I've run both of these and while decent, have settled very firmly on the best from LAT International. They smoked my Analysis Plus Oval 9s and cost much less. Solid, detailed and very open. Best price from echohifi.com in Portland, OR. These are a... | |
| Question re Celtic/Irish/Chieftains music Loreena McKennitt "Parallel Dreams", Connie Dover "If Ever I Should Return", Donal Lunny "Journey", Rob Roy Sountrack, Altan, Capercaillie and older Clannad (pre synth). Those should push you in the right direction. | |
| Jazz Big Band Recommendations? Maybe I missed it, but in all of these great suggestions nobody mentioned the Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band or CBBB as often referred by. This was a band several years ahead of their time and many of their recordings have been reissued in CD... | |
| Speakers for NAD C320BEE? Like the Missions and the Acoustic Energy(s,ies?). Where is Axiom. You've got to include Axiom. | |
| What integrated amp under a grand is your favorite Great recommendatioins above. Audio Refinement Complete is often overlooked. Great deals found on the Luxman 491 which has a tubed preamp section. I upgraded the tubes and hardwired an LAT International PC and it really came to life. | |
| Vintage Turntable: AR Es-1 vs Denon DP-60L I've owned the AR ES-1. It sounds very nice but is certainly bouncy with its suspension setup. I've also owned a very good Denon at one time. The belt drive is certainly much better. Years ago a friend and I both owned Big Dog Denons thinking we w... |