albertporter
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| Federal Telegraph Co vintage 18 inch speaker You might contact Andy Bauman at Vintage Tube. He is an expert on field coil speakers, which I believe you may have. He is also one of the best people for supplying both used and NOS tubes if you have amps or associated tube gear that accompanied ... | |
| electro-harmonix vs svetlana tubes The Electro Harmonix tubes are basically Sovtek. The EH is the tube supplied in the Wolcott amps, and I have tried several tubes against the EH since buying the Wolcotts a couple of years ago. First, there is very little difference between the Sov... | |
| tough sounds to reproduce ??? Stand in the street, right beside a parade that is passing by. Add the sound of twenty or more US Marines marching in perfect cadence and striking their drums in perfect synchronization. This is so startling that I cannot describe it. The dynamics... | |
| Would you sleep better at night if..... Rcprince has already touched on some important parts, I might add that unless your components are TRULY balanced, there may actually be a loss by going to balanced connectors.Some equipment appears to be balanced, but the jack is supplied as a con... | |
| Pros and Cons of Platter Mass Onhwy61. In an ideal world, your ideal zero mass platter would be great. In the real world mass is required to smooth out the energy drain from the stylus retrieving heavily modulated passages from the vinyl.The motor you propose would have to not... | |
| Which would you buy? I did buy the Sony E9000ES, but admit that did not make the comparison against the Muse 9. I have no idea how they compare. I am totally satisfied with my Sony. It has the best picture quality from DVD that I have experineced to date, and the SACD... | |
| Pros and Cons of Platter Mass Fatparrot, does it include a guide to the galaxy? | |
| Pros and Cons of Platter Mass Jameswei is correct, his answer is absolutely in accord with my own experience, and I have owned perhaps fifteen turntables . My current table utilizes a 70 pound platter and must be push started, even though it is air bearing. No doubt it is the ... | |
| Reynaud's Evolution 3 speaker.---Rave or Rag It ? Great answer Chris. I have heard several reliable sources rave about the Reynauds. Would love to be able to audition a pair some day. | |
| Electrical current polarity That is as difficult as telling the Pro's from the Con's at Audiogon. | |
| Linear tracking vs. Pivoted tracking tone arms. Djnorth, Nice web site, great images of the Airtangent.Glad I included it in my list since you (seem) to be connected to the company. The Airtanget 10B is one of the linear track arms I was referring to, among the six I have owned. A truly beautif... | |
| Anybody willing to admit? It would be difficult to choose more than a couple of hundred LP's to discard from my collection. This from what is probably near 6000, not counting CD's. I purged and binged this collection over many years, buying things that amused me when I had... | |
| Linear tracking vs. Pivoted tracking tone arms. There are many linear tracking arms, here are the ones I know of that are currently being produced:Rockport. (USA)Walker (USA)Eminent Technology (USA)Clear Audio (Germany)Air Tangent ( Sweden)I am not certain if all of these may be purchased separ... | |
| Phono cable for 100? The Micro Seiki is probably a DIN connector at the tonearm with RCA type at the electronics. Try buying a "stock" modern cable, perhaps from someone who had upgraded to a ultra high end aftermarket cord.One of todays modern tonearm cables from a h... | |
| Best way to organize 6000 albums? I have at least that many albums, and all are stored with spines facing out, like books. In fact, they are all stored in a large book case that I designed and had built into my wall.The cost of a bookcase is low compared to hi fi furniture, and pr... |