albertporter
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| Japanese Voltage and Power Cord Settings? I think Ontjesr means "step up transformer."Japan is 100 volts and you are requesting a way to use USA (120 Volt) equipment in Japan.Lots of these on Ebay from $18.00 on up, mostly transformer based. | |
| Any fans of Jordi Savall? What is there on vinyl? Absolutely Rushton. | |
| Any fans of Jordi Savall? What is there on vinyl? I love these threads about music, thanks Rushton. | |
| Maple platform question Knownothing, did you notice the post by Jdoris suggesting Johnboos.com? That's the same board sold at Williams-Sonoma here in Dallas. A friend bought a 2" thick 18X24 for about $80.00. That compares favorably with many other brands not nearly as w... | |
| Maple platform question Kitchen supply stores frequently stock maple butcher block boards. William-Sonoma stocks Boos Block cutting boards here in Dallas. Boos are well made, come in a variety of sizes and are reasonable price for the quality.I would call before driving,... | |
| The Messenger Preamp Mike, Thanks for the invitation. My next trip to Houston I'll email you in advance and see if there is a hole in your schedule for a listening session. If you're ever in Dallas, you're welcome to join us for music too. | |
| The Messenger Preamp Elliot Midwood is indeed a great guy. I'm pleased you found so much pleasure with the Messenger, good on you for bringing this into Audiogon forums. | |
| Ridge Street Audio Sason Ltd. Loudspeaker Robert (Ridge Street Audio), All these people's glowing reviews are very encouraging, but the question remains, is the Deer Urine™ tweak thrown in at that price or an extra cost item?You can answer privately if the other guys didn't get the tweak,... | |
| Beryllium-Copper: How safe? From WikipediaAs beryllium is toxic there are some safety concerns for handling its alloys. In solid form and as finished parts, beryllium copper presents no particular health hazard. However, breathing its dust, as formed when machining or weldin... | |
| Amp Stands, Butcher Blocks Etc. I've had my amps on the floor or short stands since about 1979. This is a natural and tidy place for them when using long interconnects and short speaker wire.In my experience, a slab of butcher block plus footers are superior to amps flat on the ... | |
| New Music: Oh Laura If it's anything close to Bjork and on LP, Albert's in dream land!You can tell John Frech has listened with us on many occasions :^).Have you heard the new album by Pink Martini? | |
| New Music: Oh Laura Clicked on a few short sample cuts of this album at AMG, the girl sounds very sweet. I always fall for "pretty" girl voices. Checking with my sources it appears to be CD only. I'll continue to look, if comes up as LP I may buy it. Thanks for the h... | |
| Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2008 I just purchased my round trip air, hotel room (on site) and registered for my badge.This show is a must in my opinion, more fun and laid back than CES with lots of time to listen and visit with other music lovers. | |
| Vinyl vs. top-notch digital You're going to get answers all over the place. Basically, if you're happy with digital and never owned analog, you are not likely to be prepared for all the work involved to make LP playback enjoyable. Musical enjoyment is basically a trade off b... | |
| What Cartridges to use with Triplanar IIV Tonearm? Dynavector XV1s is wonderful with Triplanar. |