rcprince
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| Best Pressing Recommendations Please I agree with both of the posts above. The Classic reissues have been criticized in the past for being less sweet or lush sounding than the originals, but they're just getting you closer to the master tape, IMO. They are quieter, more dynamic and h... | |
| Is shielding cables that important? I agree with Sugarbrie about the VDH cables, that was my observation as well. Same is true with the Kimber PBJ vs. their KC-1. Most reviewers seem to feel that the PBJ sounds better. If what you've got works well, I wouldn't worry about it at this... | |
| The Best DeKay - Copper or Silver Wire? I did extensive testing of the DeKay silver speaker cables and found them to be the best of the lot tested, followed, in order, by the De-L, De-M, De-N, De-O and De-P cables, respectively. And you thought this post couldn't get worse....... | |
| Fly in the SACD Ointment? Jkoestner, I think you're right, although I'm certainly hoping that DSD doesn't sound as bad as those early DDD recordings did! Actually, there are a lot of great analog recordings out there which could sound equally great on SACD, there just aren... | |
| Sony SACD Monsters: Already Obsolete? Joyfulsound--Massvm is correct. The Sony 9000ES plays SACD and DVD-Video (such as the Classic and Chesky 24/96 DADs), but will not play DVD-A discs. Still too early in the format competition for Sony to admit DVD-A exists! CW, there are a lot of p... | |
| Fly in the SACD Ointment? I agree with Onhwy61 about being encouraged by the appearance of SACD in a more prominent place at Tower. A few months ago, it was with the minidiscs in the pop section at Tower here in NY, virtually out of sight. As far as Cwlondon's point, I've ... | |
| How much does your system retail for? I was wondering, has this thread been started so we can be blackmailed to keep this information from being revealed to our significant others????? | |
| How much does your system retail for? This is surprising to me, including all the spare NOS tubes I keep (at what they cost now, not when new), I'm close to $135K. A lot of this I bought when it cost less years ago, and most I got used so I've spent far less than the current list pric... | |
| BEST brand for Classical Recordings? Detloff's answer is right. DG sounds like it does because they multi-mike everything, then use the engineer to mix everything the way the engineer feels sounds natural (not necessarily what the orchestra sounded like in the recording venue, either... | |
| What length digital cable? Panzercat's post is what I've heard as well, and it confirms what my dealer and I felt we heard after a number of months of empirical listening using different lengths of the same cable--roughly 1-1/2 meter lengths seemed to sound a little better.... | |
| Bi-wiring mishap And NEVER have the positive and negative (red and black, in your case and in all likelihood) speaker leads touch each other, unless you want to start arc welding. Very funny writing, hope your friend is fully recovered. | |
| The Lengths You ve Gone Through Justlisten, how much can you bench press??? Carrying two Krells, even KMA 100s, for a 1/4 mile is an Olympian feat! | |
| What makes a speaker thousands more... I disagree with Abstract7 only in that, in my view, cables are the highest margin items in the industry (phono cartridges too, but they're an art in the labor, so I'll live with that). | |
| What makes a speaker thousands more... Jeff's post is excellent. One thing I'll add, based on the experience of friends of mine who build speakers, is that the cabinets are a huge portion of the cost of speakers, both the enclosure itself and the veneers. As you get into speakers with ... | |
| Dustcovers.. on or off... Rfj, remember we're only talking here about during play. I have a dust cover for my Basis Ovation which I put back on after listening. Of course, it is a pain with some turntables with hinged dustcovers, I guess, but I think most of them can be re... |