albertporter
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| Would an Audiofile really download music? I use Windows medial player (on my Macintosh) along with QuickTime to review music I'm interested in buying.While searching through LP's or tapes at Audiogon and Ebay, I'll have another browser page open at AMG and the artist located via their sea... | |
| Buying Vinyl in Vienna Austria??? JafoxLyrics (Excerpt) "You Did It" Soundtrack from "My Fair Lady"There he was, that hairy hound From Budapest. Never leaving us alone, Never have I ever known a ruder pest.Fin'lly I decided it was foolish not to let him have his chance with her, s... | |
| Buying Vinyl in Vienna Austria??? This will be a required LP purchase once you're there Nate:Ultravox - Vienna (Single Edit) LyricsWe walked in the cold airFreezing breath on a window paneLying and waitingA man in the dark in a picture frameSo mystic and soulfulA voice reaching ou... | |
| Planar speaker that don't require herculean amp? Sound-Lab M1 and A1 will work with that amp in a reasonably sized room (not gigantic), provided 80 to 90 DB is sufficient max SPL. The need for power goes up on Sound-Lab as you increase volume and suffer insertion and compression losses.Max volum... | |
| About Lugnut -- Patrick Malone Pat, I miss you, but grateful your suffering is over. It's hard for me and the others left behind that knew and loved you.There never seems to be enough love to go around. Your were the exception. You opened your heart and shared yourself, creatin... | |
| Loading for Benz Micro Ruby 2 Low Output Cartridge In my system 22000 was the preferred setting. 47K was too bright and lower than 22K blunted the high frequencies.All my experience based on equipment at that time, changing phono stage or even tone arm wire can skew the tonal balance enough to pre... | |
| JJ EL 34 tubes for integrated amp How are they for audio amps?Very good in my opinion. JJ and SED Wing C are best of what's out there today for my taste. The best is still old Mullard XF1 or XF2, but they are getting harder to find all the time and the price has certain risen in t... | |
| Red Trumpet still in business? What happens to orders placed at the site? I just placed a big order Nov 4th, not knowing these facts.Should I call AX and stop payment or does anyone know ? | |
| My girlfriend is pissed My disappointment was seeing Angela100 posted to this thread and realizing we never get to hear from her anymore. | |
| Can a scratched record... Eldartford, I had two ECM (Jazz) recordings that failed to play on ANY CD player, not mine not anyone in my group. I cleaned them only after they failed to play.The typical problem was music played fine and then at one particular spot, it repeated... | |
| Care for Painted Speakers My experience is, Flash by Malco is the best product for this job. Although I have not used Flash on Wilson speakers, I used it on the new Maxxhorn speakers (ultra gloss black) during photo sessions for CES literature and it worked better than any... | |
| Where can I buy long interconnects See this site:http://www.bluejeanscable.com/Not sure if worth building your own inexpensive cables though, these people install Canare and guarantee their work for about what it costs for raw parts out on the web. | |
| Can a scratched record... Not that Im aware of. In fact, I've owned CD's that in spite of careful and repeated cleaning, would not stop skipping.Sometimes the software is just damaged. Enjoy as it is or dispose of it for a fresh copy. | |
| Do you care about the LOOK??? Matty, your preamp wears "cat eye" glasses ?preamp girl | |
| What components would you take to a desert island? I say Natalie Portman and no equipment, unless I can have Nicole Kidman too.If I have both, I can trade the disagreeable one for ALL YOUR STUFF after about three weeks and still be set for life. |