rcprince
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| New tubes every year...or every five? ? Detlof, my tube guru Andy Bouwman has some tube testers he keeps available for sale as well, and the prices were not high. I'll probably pick one up, although I can always send him my tubes for testing, since I buy from him. | |
| AM tuner performance? Good post, Onhwy61. Most high-end tuners seem to have AM as an afterthought, and I thought most people knew that. Would also be interested in the buyer's side.... | |
| Classics and Cults. Bogus Journalism? Cwlondon, I recall in one of the recent TAS year-end issues the BEL is up to, I think, a Mk5 version, and continues to be a fave of a few of their reviewers (I think the Mk2 was the original rave). BEL seems to get by on word of mouth, probably a ... | |
| Favorite nos tube? Well, the favorite NOS tube really depends, to a large extent, on the equipment involved, and what it's mated to in the system. For my Jadis JP80 preamp, my favorites are Telefunkens for the 12AX7s and Amperex Bugle Boys for the 6DJ8s in the MC st... | |
| Heavy Metaller needs some class ical . No need for embarassment, Dekay. I must admit every time I hear the second half of Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 I think of the Bugs Bunny and other Looney Tunes cartoons, which used that music all the time in chase scenes. My son learned Grieg... | |
| How come nobody mentions Marantz DV18 Top Nuc, I used the DV 18 briefly as a CD player (while my Forsell was being upgraded) and DAD player to hear what it sounded like before I switched it to be used solely as a 24/96 transport. My impression was that it was a very smooth player, not... | |
| Classics and Cults. Bogus Journalism? You're not thinking of the BEL (Brown Electronics Labs) amplifier that TOM raved about in TAS, are you? They are still made and popular, so I wouldn't call them a one hit wonder. The Crown Macro got hit with a controversial Lewis Lipnick pan in St... | |
| Heavy Metaller needs some class ical . Good suggestions, gentlemen. When I started getting weaned from acid rock into classical, I started with tone poems like the Mussorgsky (I'd add the Levi/Atlanta Symphony version on Telarc), Sheherezade (Reiner and the Chicago SO on RCA) and Respi... | |
| 24/96 Transports Marantz DV-18 does as well; you have to set it up on screen also. I believe the less expensive current models of the Marantz DVD players do as well, but I'm not 100% sure on that. | |
| Best Tube Dac you ve heard Jsbail: I didn't realize they even had a website. You can call Jerry Ozment directly at 203-966-1732, he'll tell you everything you need to know. | |
| absolute best component you ever owned Tireguy: You mean he wasn't talking about cleaning his ears with the corkscrew???????????????? | |
| absolute best component you ever owned My Jadis JP80MC preamp and JA80 amps, each with Andy Bouwman's Romantic Era treatment. I've had each of them over 8 years and have pretty much built my system around them. Extraordinarily natural. | |
| Cough vigilante Here in NJ, Maestro Macaal has had to turn in the middle of some concerts and beg the audience to try to keep their coughing to a minimum. When recording for archives or for Delos, the announcements mentioned by Albert have been made as well befor... | |
| Best Tube Dac you ve heard Another vote for the Audio Logic 2400 (upgraded from the 34). Simply more alive sounding, natural and dimensional, with superb bass extension. I preferred it to the Jadis and Altis, both of which were at least originally designed by the same desig... | |
| Classical Music-High Quality Cornfedboy is right, there are a lot of threads on this. As a general rule, Harmonia Mundi, Reference Recordings, Delos, Telarc (some controversy here, as some don't like the Telarc spaced omni sound, which tends to lack the pinpoint imaging of ot... |