albertporter
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| On the Fence with Analog Vs. Digital. Need Help I agree with Calbrs03 and Plato. Evolve your digital and slowly work toward LP until you see if the performance difference is worth it for you.I'm crazy about LP's, they work perfectly for me, but I have many years experience so there are no probl... | |
| MusicDirect On AMEX Commercial Awesome that they got the exposure, wonderful that people hear about LP's. Maybe some of those music lovers will get excited and join us here at Audiogon. | |
| Reel 2 Reel I use mine all the time, Technics 1520, you can view a photo of it at my system thread. Great machine and inexpensive to buy and maintain. | |
| Finding ultra-pure water locally... Thanks Jtimothya, good data.Regarding:If that is the case, MedicalMailOrder.com is offering the 20 liter (~5 gallon) 9800-5 Reagent Grade water at $25.32 plus shipping ($8.27 UPS ground to my zip in upper Midwest where it is a balmy 3 degrees F.) ... | |
| Wilson Audio fuse box ...plus you can change the tonal characteristics with different values by telling Wilson what you like and down like about the sound.That's the first time I've been made aware of that option. If true, Wilson just made points with me, it's a great ... | |
| Suspended vs. non suspended turntable I agree with Dan, I have one of each type and both are excellent. Implementation is all important. | |
| Hansen Prince V2 They were at the Venetian, CES. One of the only rooms I covered at CES. I was assigned T.H.E. Show as primary.Here are images:http://live.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/ces.pl?hansenaudio&&ManuView&&&&&&&CES08I think it w... | |
| How do you perform a burn in on a tonearm cable? I'm burning in my new tonearm cable right now, I just made up a custom wire rig to do the job better and faster.Bought a cheap Radio Shack RCA/RCA and cut off one end. Stripped the conductors to reveal hot and ground. Soldered hots and grounds to ... | |
| Are my older Svetlana KT88's Svets or Winged C's? Peter, Wing C KT88 is good, 6550 Wing C is good. I use 6550 in my VTL's. The 6550 Wing C is preferred by both Audio Research and CAT, I'm sure they tested before making the choice. | |
| Aesthetix Callisto and Io Eclipse Atmasphere (Ralph), I and a couple of other people got early versions to test. Mine was converted from my Callisto Signature by the factory a few months ago.When John from Classic visited me on the way to CES, he was hearing the new Eclipse (less ... | |
| Are my older Svetlana KT88's Svets or Winged C's? Current production Svetlana KT88's are made on the same assembly line and in the same factory as Sovtek tubes. Wing C brand are the same as your old Svetlana. The Svetlana NAME (only) is now owned by Sovtek and associated brands.Name change fooled... | |
| Aesthetix Callisto and Io Eclipse We will have final pricing on the Eclipse versions of Io and Callisto soon. All versions of the Io and Callisto, regardless of vintage, are fully upgradeable to Eclipse!Thank you,Jim WhiteAesthetixI knew this was the case, but refrained from respo... | |
| How did you get into vinyl? Just stay as you are Dekay, we'll bring out the gimp for you.Zed: Bring out the Gimp. Maynard: But the Gimp's sleeping. Zed: Well, I guess you're gonna have to go wake him up now, won't you? Pulp Fiction | |
| Aesthetix Callisto and Io Eclipse For images of the new Aesthetix Eclipse, see thread here at Audiogon.http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?vaslt&1200194873&openmine&zzAlbertporter&4&5#AlbertporterYes, I've heard the preamp, it's in my system. The difference... | |
| Finding ultra-pure water locally... I'm keeping my Reagent grade water in whatever kind of gallon jugs they ship in. I have an IKEA roll around that was supposed to be for a kitchen that I use for my RC machine. I keep all the cleaners in the drawers below the work surface. Guess I ... |