albertporter
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| Best of luck to Brian Kyle of Xtreme Cables I sincerely hope Brian recovers, and quickly.My thoughts are with you and your family. | |
| Testing 6550 on Hickok 752? You can use the KT88 setting but the real problem is 6550 tubes don't show short with the Hickok 752 even when they are bad.This may not always be the case but it's happened often enough with my 6550 tubes and my Hickok I only depend on it for tra... | |
| Disappointing Evening I realize this is unique to each Audiogon member but while looking at "My Threads" the last 7 days these titles (with a bit of my own text in between) lined up:Hey guys,What's on your turntable tonight? Well, it was pretty much a Disappointing Eve... | |
| Vandersteen 4 I owned Vandersteen model 4, they were excellent for that time, probably around 1984. They had twin 12" sub woofers per cabinet that faced each other (isobaric push-pull design). The bass frequencies emanated from slots at the base of the cabinet ... | |
| Disappointing Evening Some people just don't see things the same way. Any of you remember Navin R. Johnson (Steve Martin) in "The Jerk" sharing dinner with Bernadette Peters.Navin R. Johnson: [upset about the escargot entre] First they didn't have the bamboo umbrellas ... | |
| Grand Prix versus Stillpoints Tbg,I read your review, that was part of my encouragement. That and previous experience with standard Stillpoints and the new Stainless Ultras.The stands will be the new version, so I expect to be suitably impressed. My listening will probably be ... | |
| Grand Prix versus Stillpoints New Stillpoints stands on the way. These are the triple shelf model, 28" tall and 26" wide, two complete units.Hope to have an idea about performance late next week or early the week after, before I fly out to cover Salon Son and Image show in Can... | |
| The Blues.... 5. Blues cars are Chevies and Cadillacs. Other acceptable blues transportation is Greyhound bus or a southbound train. Walkin' plays a major part in the blues lifestyle. So does fixin' to die.You can sing the blues if you have an old Ford, maybe e... | |
| Who is the World's Best 'New' Female Vocalist CyclonicmanChina ForbesHave you ever listened to her 2008 album '78? Listen to that album version of "Eugene" followed by the Pink Martini album of the same name. I think the collaboration with Pink Martini really brought out the best in China For... | |
| Best SME arm for TD-124? There is no right answer. An original Thorens TD-124 could have been fitted with any number of arms. SME, Ortofon even the Decca.I sold them back then when that model was a new. In our shop it was sold almost 50/50 split between SME and Ortofon to... | |
| Woofer sucking in and out Your idea is good, just happened that it brought about another problem. I've had things like that happen ever since I set up my first system.If you don't make some mistakes you're not trying :^). | |
| Who is the World's Best 'New' Female Vocalist Wasn't me that said anything with a skirt and a smile. That was your quote.I admit female vocalist are high on my list when it comes to singers. I probably have twice as many female artists as male.The male artists tend to be Jazz, old favorites l... | |
| Who is the World's Best 'New' Female Vocalist anything with a skirt and a smile :)Are you sure "anything with a skirt and a smile?" I've been to Flicker and some fitting that description are not female, also suspect they sing poorly :^). | |
| Woofer sucking in and out From your description I'm guessing turntable isolation is the problem. Is the turntable near the speakers? Is it in a room with a suspended (pier and beam) floor?Lots of ways to help this situation, the best are all mechanical in that you resolve ... | |
| Who is the World's Best 'New' Female Vocalist Agree and perhaps I missed the point that Katie was new to others in this forum. I was quick to list her when I first heard her music. The reaction at that time appeared members were not all that excited about her sound. That being said, I bought ... |