albertporter
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| Soundlab speakers I used them for years, imagine a Quad with bass and huge soundstage and ability to play loud.It's a great speaker and I understand they worked out the problems I had with mine a decade ago. If that's true it deserves to be on the top speaker list ... | |
| Rectifier tubes? I just did search on the 5C3PJ and came up empty. Do you have a link to where you bought them? Thanks!Correction, number is 5Z3PJ, keyboard fumble. Ebay has them at high price, maybe worth it to try one out and if you need quantity go elsewhere.Mo... | |
| Rectifier tubes? Does GZ34 and GZ37 are the same?According to the Tube Substitution Handbook the following tubes can be substituted for each other.GZ34, 5AR4, 52KU, U54, GZ37, and U54. 5AR4 shows the following are also compatible, U77, 5U4GB, 5AS4, 5AU4 and 5V3ATh... | |
| REVIEW: Einstein Turntables Choice I had the single ended version of the Einstein Turntable Choice in my own system a few years ago when I was testing phono stages. I understand your enthusiasm, it is a very fine phono.Later I tested the XLR version thinking it would be even better... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Movie sound track, "Drive." Donald Byrd, "Royal Flush." (this is out of this world, love it).Yello, "Touch"Massive Attack, "Heligoland"Joni Mitchell, "Blue"Agnes Obel, "Wallflower" | |
| ARC tube CD players - Burn in 50 hours is just enough break in time for everything turn ugly. You are beginning to expose the resolution it's capable of but tonal balance and integration is likely not there.Stay with the music, try not to get discouraged. I would not be surpri... | |
| Best Powercord for a TV? What is it about surge protectors make the LCD picture quality look so bad? Because that doesn't happen with my Plasma. I am still in shock to finding this out....I agree with that statement and in my own experience had similar degradation with my... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Philb7777Albert,Do you have Brendan Perry's solo LP's 'Eye of Hunter' and 'Ark'? If not, you are missing two more great records in DCD style.I'll check them out and order. Thank you ! | |
| Oppo BDP-105 Volume Control? The built in volume control works on my system. I use XLR out from Oppo BDP-105 to VTL 750 amps.This is not typical for me but I loaned my preamp to a friend and used Oppo direct for a couple of days so I had sound.Remember to set volume to zero o... | |
| Girlfriends and wifes, how do YOU cope? I'm going to listen to a slightly used Marantz 11s2 tomorrow afternoon on behalf of my dog Oscar. You should refer to the Marantz as the Oscar Award. | |
| Dallas Audio Club Mine is not really a club, just a bunch of like minded listeners that get together and enjoy music and even throw in a few tests now and then.Tuesday night is the time I have set aside, other members have sessions on their own schedule. Put my nam... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Rush, thanks. I have the original and a sealed second copy but always on the lookout for superior software. Do you have Dead Can Dance, Anastasis? Currently the LP is $25.00 but once out of print it will get expensive. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Rush Dead Can Dance, Into The Labyrinth - Mobile Fidelity Silver reissue - sonically scruptious, this 2 LP reissue is better than the original, and musically interesting and complex.How is this better than the original 4AD if you can explain I wou... | |
| How to get iTunes to play FLAC JRiver should have their Apple version ready soon, it's currently in Beta and by all accounts is already working very well and sounds superb. JRiver blog and download (you can follow progress there).The Win version is terrific, better sound than o... | |
| worse entertainer or performer of all time?? Sunnyjim,Good question, perhaps best put to Acoustic Sounds Chad Kassem. Chad has the clout to get master tapes like this and if remastered and pressed to his "Quality Records" standards it would be the best ever version. |