rcprince
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| SACD vs ANALOG 914nut--your post raised many interesting points, some of which I'll try to address. Your short question was if we're talking about the same deficiencies of CDs. My experience, having listened to SACDs for the past four months, is that SACD offers... | |
| Amp for Acarian Alon IIs The best I've heard with any Alon speakers have been VTL and ARC amps, in part probably because the Alon's designer prefers tubes. They have also sounded great with (yes) Krell products, and sound good, though not as refined as the above amps, wit... | |
| What Happened to 3D Acoustics Speakers ? I still have fond memories of that speaker system, which I sold years ago when my wife took over the library they were in as part of my second system. It sounded far better than it had a right to at that price. I think that 3D was owned originally... | |
| Most achingly-beautiful music I nominate whatever it was the opera troupe was singing in the concert scene in Hannibal. Very haunting... | |
| SACD vs ANALOG Fat Albert and ears--remember me for that list as well! | |
| SACD vs ANALOG Tmartinjr, as an owner of an SACD player, I hope you are correct, although in each of the cases you mention the new medium was a considerable step up in convenience (CD vs. LP, DVD vs. Laserdisc) or quality (in the case of DVD; perceived quality w... | |
| SACD vs ANALOG My impressions are similar to Mr. Porter's. SACD is probably getting you closer to the master tape, and as such has certain advantages, but still doesn't have the warmth or intimacy of vinyl. It is a clear step above CD. I tend to get the same let... | |
| Top Ten Interconnects of all time... Oops, left out the Quattro Fil, it really is as good as they say. | |
| Top Ten Interconnects of all time... Purist Audio Dominus and Proteus, NBS Monitor 0 and Siltech's G-3 line of those currently available, and Full Spectrum of those not currently available. The Kimber Select silver interconnects also belong on the list, as well as their KCAG and, as ... | |
| Need Speaker Recommendation 1600 At $1K, I agree with Tracer's recommendation for the Alon IIs, they have a nice open sound and very good bass extension. If you can bring them out a little from the wall in your setup it would be a plus, as they have an open baffle and benefit fro... | |
| Graham 2: Reliability Issues I've owned a Graham 1.5t for about 7 or 8 years and the 2.0 for one with no problems at all. Surprised to hear about any problems with these arms. Now I'm probably doomed! Maybe it'll be the 2.2 upgrade I just ordered..... | |
| Best Integrated Davetan, I do find it funny that of the seven posts so far, only one has made reference to your list of six candidates. Question really is what's your price range, what are your power requirements, what are your musical and sonic priorities and pr... | |
| Best Integrated Not sure what your power requirements or musical priorities are, but you might want to add the Jadis Orchestra Reference to the list, if you are considering an integrated purchase. | |
| Sony 900ES SACD sound vs CD - Help Martice, good luck! If nothing else, at the worst you'll have a fine DVD player that also plays CDs, DADs and SACDs. I'm interested in how you like it, so let us know. | |
| Sony 900ES SACD sound vs CD - Help Jadem6, I think you (and I too) may have misread some of Martice's post, as I went back to re-read it. Martice, I'll try to answer your ultimate question as to why I bought a 777ES with limited (certainly not no) software available. To begin with,... |