albertporter
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| Whats on your turntable tonight? Last night was music night for our group, eight showed up and this is what we spun on the Walker TT.Eels, "Electro Shock Blues"Terry Clark "Cool Struttin'"Sonny Rollins, "Way Out West"Dead Can Dance, "Serpents Egg."Bjork, "Gling Glo"Patsy Cline, "... | |
| Mullard New ReissueTubes??? St. Petersburg Russia is the home of the original Svetlana tube that carries such a fine reputation. It was chosen by Audio Research, Tube Research, VTL and others and proved to be a very reliable tube.The Reflector plant is the home of Electro Ha... | |
| speakers with Ebony finish Gaudio_eek,70 inches high, 13.75 inches deep and 12.5 inches wide. | |
| Mullard New ReissueTubes??? They are the new Russian tube from New Sensor. New Sensor acquired the rights to both Mullard and Tungsol Trademarks and are now marketing the same Sovtek and Electro Harmonix tubes with new names.The original Svetlana trademark is also owned by t... | |
| speakers with Ebony finish Jphii, I hung out with Danny of GR Research at the Denver show, he and Gary Dodd of Dodd amplifier fame are fellow Texans. I had Gary's Dodd's mono block tube amps here last week and they are extremely good. They use EL34 outputs, which are one of... | |
| speakers with Ebony finish Gaudio_eek is correct Riwainwright, the entire speaker with custom cabinet is $4500.00 retail as a kit, within $500.00 of his stated maximum.Most Audiogon members are handy enough with a screwdriver to install the drivers and damping material. The... | |
| speakers with Ebony finish Here is an option that is not as well known (yet). These are wonderful sounding speakers.I viewed both the Rosewood and Ebony finishes last week, and they are beautiful. The link I've provided will allow you to view several of the veneers that are... | |
| Copy protection My son uses a program called Alcohol 120 and so far has had no issues with circumventing any copy protection thrown at it. I have not personally tried it as I am a Mac user and this is a Win only program.My son even broke Diskwarrior, a repair pro... | |
| The Show vs. C.E.S. vs Home Entertainment Audiofile9 has answered your question, and in case you don't understand his suggestion, ANYONE can sign up for CES. Do it now and avoid the late registration fees. Once you have your CES badge, you are automatically allowed entry into all off site... | |
| Amp Help for an amature why I shudder to think of the consequences.What else could we expect from a shudder bug? | |
| Rectifier tubes? I cannot speak from experience with this exact product but in general, NOS tubes are far superior to new stocks.My luck with NOS 5U4GB has obviously been better than yours. My first choice would be Sylvania Gold Brand with old Tung Sol running a c... | |
| Amp Help for an amature All of those amplifiers have merit. It would help Audiogon members if you included your choice of speakers, how large your room is and how loud you like to listen. | |
| Calling all electricians for advice on wiring home Your story reminds me of when I went under my house a few years ago to run the PVC pipe for my long runs of interconnect.I had been in total darkness for about half an hour, except for the small flashlight that was resting between my face and the ... | |
| Zenn record cleaning machine. Anybody experienced? Here is what I found with a brief Google search.http://www.zenn.com.sg/zenn_record_cleaning_machine.htmBasically it "flings" the liquid off rather than suction. I guess I would have to try it to have an opinion. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Tuesday night music sessions with the gang. This is what I remember, (we played other titles).Peggy Lee, 1956 mono LP, "Black Coffee." Rickie Lee Jones, "Traffic From Paradise." Ella Fitzgerald, 1960 Stereo, "Let No Man Write My Epitaph"Vitaly Gnu... |