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| Tube rolling Audio Note DACs I put a pair of new JJ/Tesla E88CC into my 3.1x Balanced, and they did a very nice job - better extension and even more of that wonderful midrange clarity. A pair of NOS Brimars didn't work out as well. I left the rectifier alone. | |
| Does it make sense to introduce/buy CD-only player I've put my money on redbook, because the format has just so much music available. With a good player the sound quality is as good as one could reasonably need, for entertainment purposes, anyway. Of course, what constitutes a "good player", and w... | |
| TAS Total Victory Review I own these speakers, and I just read the review. My reaction was that HP overall really liked the Total Victories, but found a couple of areas where their peerformance wasn't to his taste. Fair enough, though it says something about his perspecti... | |
| Do You Remember Your First CD Player? I held out longer than most, listening to a Sota Sapphire/Alphason Xenon/Grado combination. But in about 1990 I realized there just wasn't any new music coming out on LP any more, and I caved.I bought an Arcam Alpha, and it was ... well ... OK, I ... | |
| Review: Argent Audio Pursang Interconnect Richard, given that you're already using Ric's ICs, Id suggest trying the Pursang speaker cables. The only problem is that you're going to need two pairs if you want to continue bi-wiring, since he doesn't make a biwire cable.Even not knowin g the... | |
| What qualities do you look for in a good amp? I've gone over to SET amps, so what I look for isn't so much technical as musical. A liquid midrange without being syrupy, a smooth, sweet treble, and adequate bass extension are fundamentally important. Palpable imaging goes without saying, along... | |
| Review: Argent Audio Pursang Interconnect Ric doesn't have the Pursangs on his web site yet. You have to phone or email him to talk about them. He's a seriously nice guy to talk with, so I'd strongly recommend giving him a call.About gliders - I flew flew in Ottawa up till a few years ago... | |
| Review: Argent Audio Pursang Interconnect I know what you mean about the Brujos, too - I'm using a pair of Brujo HCs on my Wavelength amps. Once they had burned in they were significantly better to my ears than the Nirvana power cords that the amp's designer recommends.The only non-Argent... | |
| Review: Argent Audio Pursang Interconnect As another ecstatic user of Ric's Pursang cables, let me add my enthusiatic agreement to your comments. You're describing exactly what I hear in my system. I've never heard cables with such clarity, dynamics, naturalness and realism all rolled int... | |
| Hours sitting around just listening to music? After 52 blissfully child-free years I suddenly fell heir to a new girlfriend with three teenage daughters. Not much cuts into listening time like that, especially when the big rig shares a room with "their" TV :-/My kvetching is pretty "pro forma... | |
| Digital Front End: Critical Listening I dunno, I've just beeen through a raft of digital upgrades in the last 8 months. I started with old Arcam Alpha / Assemblage 2.6 / D2D-1 lashup, bought a SimAudio Nova, then switched to Audio Note gear - ending up with an insanely expensive CDT-2... | |
| Best single-malt Scotch... Rsuminsby, I've never been to Islay. The closest I got was Oban, and that was 35 years ago before I'd developed a taste for the water of life. It's on my list of places to go, especially so now that my new girlfriend has an appreciation as well. P... | |
| Best single-malt Scotch... And let's not forget the cask strength whiskies!There are quite a number of distilleries that have "cask strength" bottlings, with an alcohol content ranging from 55% to 65%. They can be a remarkably potent experience, from the alcoholic start, th... | |
| Best single-malt Scotch... Blended? Pinch, probably. It's been so long... :-)I had a shot of Johnny Walker Blue in a bar once, courtesy of my boss (it was during the tech bubble, 'nuf said). I was seriously underwhelmed. | |
| Personal Preamp Evolution I was an integrated guy up till 2000. Since then:2000: SimAudio P-32003(May): SimAudio P-52003 (October): Bent Audio NOH (Transformer passive - the proverbial "curly wire with attenuation") |