Concierto di Aranjuez, Pepe Romero and the Academy of St Martins; as it's guitar and orchestra, and great music, it goes down very well with friends who are not highly into classical; I think you'll love it. I strongly recommend the above version, it's the best on CD that I've heard. I've heard...

Yes, yes, YES! R2R chip, no oversampling or digital filter, a good valve output stage, good quality components and fine build quality by an expert. To my ears, this recipe is absolutely superb, unbeatable. I'm sure you are enjoying it as much as I love my TDA1541A based CD players , modded by...

Sincere thanks! Excellent, in that I understand it all and it gives me the full info; I'll try it ASAP. Also I guess it may be worth trying a full reset, which I have not done as I'll lose the internally stored music; but as I go to card storage this will not matter. Sorry I'm late replying...

Hi folks; I could do with some help on two points. I have tried searching here and have found the user guide online but still struggling. All I want to do at present is load CDs to the internal storage and then efficiently look for them and play them. I have: ripped CDs in windows media player...

Hey, I really share your taste in music here as I also find that CD amazing - even better than Sessions from the 17th Ward. I really must try these pads ...

Great suggestions from Monsterzero, thanks. I'll just add a comment, I much prefer Morgan James's version of Little Girl Blue. Personal view, YMMV!

OK, here goes, no special order Athena, Breathe with Me Loreena McKennitt; everything. Early works are more folk style, later more celtic/new age, all recommended Inge Marie Gundersen Zoe Lewis; not well known but I like most things, particularly 'Fishbone Wishbone Funnybone', unusual as you'd...

And it's great to have valid differences of opinions understood and respected! Unlike some discussion groups.

I also listen to a lot of female vocals, I know most on your list; Loreena's Wind that shakes the Barley is superb, up wtht her best IMO. Do try Morgan James Live; Inger Marie Gundersen; Judy Collins 'In My Life', I could also go on and on, but enough for now, back to Atrium. I recently had a...

I like your choice of valves but do try CV2493 (Mullard, often also labelled E88CC-01); I'd say it's significantly better than CV2492 even though only one digit different. Expensive, not that easy to find, but to me definitely the best of the 6922 family, and the only one of this family I ever...

Your reservations are exactly what I'd expect before things have run in. The bit of dirt will go away, and as things loosen up you will get more low level detail (which you may not hear directly, but affects the quality of the sound including tonality). Be aware that cables can also need to run...

Hey, what a coincidence; I've recently discovered Morgan James and I particularly love her live CD with this song on it. Very highly recommended! I also love Tierney Sutton's version of Blue on her After Blue CD.; worth getting, IMHO. OK, perhaps we stray a little from the subject of Atrium...

That is a very good question, with no simple answer I'm afraid. I can only give you some thoughts which are not absolute truths so take them with care. It is often said that the quality of implementation of a dac chip matters more than the choice of chip, and there is a lot in that...

Looks a really good unit! Non oversampling, many power supplies, and he does some very special things to allow high sample rates; the latter is beyond me, I'm a valve analogue guy. I'm half tempted to buy one and add a valve output stage .... You have valves in the system already so you may not...

Indeed, female vocals are gorgeous, especially with a good source and a valve amp. Recently I've listened to the following: Sarah Reed, Singing Solo Lucy Ann Polk Amber Rubarth, Scribbled Folk Symphonies Kelly Sweet Kat Edmonson, Take to the Sky Loreena McKennitt, Wind that shakes the barley...