albertporter
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| Good NOS tube dealers/New prod. tube alternatives? Fgm4275. Try BWS Consulting (Bruce Wenger) 703-536-3910, and Vintage tube 616-454-3467 (Andy Bauwman). Be sure to tell them the product you intend to use the NOS tubes in.Bruce at BWS sold me Siemens last year and they are indeed the real thing. A... | |
| RCA Females, chassis mount The Vampire M1F Female RCA is available as OFC copper with direct gold plate. I like these and the Cardas you are already considering.Visit this link at Welborne labs, ask for tech specs to see if the physical size is suitable for your application... | |
| Classical music for Rockers My first suggestion would be "La Fille Mal Gardee" / Herold-LanchberySecond, "E'Spana" Argenta / London Symphony. Both of my copies are Decca LP's and both are dramatic, lively and can hold my interest regardless of what was played before them.If ... | |
| JM REYNAUD OFFRANDE Opinions Please Great post 1967, honest appraisal of what you like and why. Makes me want to hear these now. | |
| 1st song you remember??? This from All Music Guide:Gene Autry was more than a musician. His music, coupled with his careers in movies and on radio and television, made him a part of the mythos that has made up the American identity for the past hundred years  John Wayne... | |
| RCA to XLR adapter, advantages of special boxes ?? I don't know what claims are made for the box that your link leads to, but if all you need is an adaptor Purist Audio manufactures one that retails for $75.00. The other option would be a RCA to XLR digital link such as (again) Purist Venustus, re... | |
| Bringin' that thrift-store smell home Twl, what they failed to tell you, the female audiophiles they refer to aren't human. | |
| Bringin' that thrift-store smell home Now that I've finally stopped laughing at Basements post, here is a product that I find works well at eliminating this problem.http://www.punati.com/Page.bok?file=Orig12.htmlAfter you have a look at it, typing the name at Google gets lots of hits ... | |
| Albertporter only needs 50 I resisted commenting because I wanted to give other Audiogon members an opportunity to post their results without my input. I had a huge head start on this project as my outlets were installed months ago when my sound room was completely rebuilt.... | |
| Proac Future point Five vs Thiel 2.3- Opinions Sunnyjim, I am working on a review of ProAc that will be finished soon. According to specifications on the ProAc web site, the .5 you're considering are close to Future Ones I have on loan.If what I have learned could help your decision, feel free... | |
| amperex 6922 options Tube777. I consider the 7308 CEP USA Amperex to be the highest quality 7308. This tube was designed for stringent military applications and manufactured (I think) in New York.Select guaranteed samples of this tube are available from BWS consulting... | |
| The Ferrari 288 GTO of ARC Tube Amps Shubertmaniac has spoken exactly what I was going to say. I can only add that there are tech people who can do a few upgrades with caps, resistors and tubes and these are absolutely unbelievable. | |
| VPI 10.5 vs Graham 2.2 I agree the Graham is the best of these. I owned three versions of it before moving up to the Walker turntable and it's linear tracking arm.Interesting that Extremephono mentions the arms he does. Not only have I heard most of these, I officially ... | |
| Marble or Granite shelfs in a hifi rack? Flex, if you're saying that the Neuance shelves don't work for you, that's the same results I had. Placed under my Io (all tube) phono stage, the system went completely lifeless.What does work is the custom aluminum stand I had constructed, with s... | |
| Albertporter only needs 50 Drubin, the weather this time of year in Texas is pretty humid. Even though it was a couple of days travel for the outlets to arrive after treatment, they were still cool to the touch. Possibly some condensation formed, and the Hubbell factory car... |