slipknot1
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| Question for First Sound Owners I had the opportunity to listen for an afternoon to the First Sound MKII paired with a Berning ZH270 driving Merlins, all Cardas cables. Source was a Cary CD player with a full set of Modwright mods. The First Sound/Berning/Merlin combination was ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? tonight:Leroy Jodie Pierson (APO 005) New release from Chad Kassem's Blue Heaven Studios, recorded direct-to-disc.Bill Evans "The Tokyo Concert" (Fantasy F-9457)Oscar Peterson Trio w/Milt Jackson "Very Tall" (Verve V-8429)Beethoven "String Quintet... | |
| Kubala-Sosna & Meitner Emm Labs Gets my top Vote Albert,I think I DID save it. That's what I'm looking for. (I also switched computers) | |
| VPI Scout Placement Get yourself a 2-3" thick maple cutting board, put some cones underneath it, put the Scout on it. If you want to keep the whole shebang near your listening position, place the maple/cone assembly on top of an inexpensive amp stand.That will raise ... | |
| Kubala-Sosna & Meitner Emm Labs Gets my top Vote Good one Albert!PS: I am still looking for my file that has the goof on user names you did a while ago. I know I told you I would send it to you when I saw you in NY, I didn't forget, it's just not as accessible as I thought.... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Albert,I bought the Jodie Leroy Pierson disc from Chad in NY myself. Stunning realism, and a lot of fun to listen to.Both releases highly recommended! | |
| Tube Pre-amp recommendations for Maggie 3.6 I am biased, of course, but here is what I have in my system:Magnepan 3.6RWolcott P220 Tube ampsSupratek Chenin preampI find a VERY synergistic mating of these components. They seem to reveal the organic rightness of my analog setup as well. Timbr... | |
| How Big is Your Music Collection 2500 - 3000 LPs (50% Classical, 25% Jazz, 25% Rock)200 - 300 Redbook CDs20 SACDs200 DAT Master tapes (My own live recordings)150 Cassette Masters (My own recordings)10-15 Reel to Reel at 7.5ips | |
| NY HE Speaker Standouts Dracule1,No worries mate. That's the beauty of this hobby and the reason for Chocolate AND Vanilla.Hope you are enjoying your Hyperions. I came very close to going with a pair myself. But, in the end, I kept my Magnepans/Wolcott Presence tube amp ... | |
| NY HE Speaker Standouts Dracule1,I actually think Mike's comments at his website were directed more at the source material than the system. I will agree again that it was very un-natural sounding as everything seemed to hang in mid-air, but the ability of the TAD to proj... | |
| NY HE Speaker Standouts Dracule1Your point is well taken. I must say though that your first post sounded to me that it was in the third person:I heard the room was a resounding disappointmentI read that to mean you personally had not heard it. For that I apologize. My co... | |
| NY HE Speaker Standouts Dracule1,You heard the room, or someone told you the room was a resoundng disappointment? In what way? The speakers, the music, the presentation? I was in that room myself, listening to Ray's recordings of the Weaver State University Chamber Choir... | |
| Trelja in New York - 2005 Thank you Joe!Very nice job. Sorry you and I couldn't prowl the halls together this year like we did last year.Maybe I am jaded, but Hyperion did not trip my trigger the way they did last year. I still believe they were giving tremendous bang for ... | |
| Anyone at the Stereophile show I liked Gilbert of Blue Circle's "Music Pumps Manequin Music System" In the hall outside their room.The GTT Audio room with the Kharma 3.2/sub/new 150 wpc class D amp/Kubala-Sousna/Kuzma setup was making for some very nice analog playback. I prefe... | |
| Best Digital source - HE2005 I have to be honest. I was so impressed by the mbl 116 speaker/mbl 9007 amp combination, I didn't even ask about the source even though it had a lot to do with what I was hearing. I was in the room on Thursday afternoon and went back just before 1... |