alvinnir2
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| I can't believe I found one Guess you'll be putting a 8 track back in your car soon as well. | |
| Buying used from Canada I live in Canada and buy stuff from the US all the time and have so for decades. According to the last Free trade agreement, that the current US admin is no longer honouring, there was no duty to personally import any US made good into Canada , on... | |
| Modern EL34s VS NOS Winged C - and return policies? The Svetlana EL34 Winged C was my go to tube in my Quicksilver Mid Mono Monoblocks. I tried the Genelex KT77 and unlike another poster, did not prefer it to the Winged C. It was more clinical sounding. One new production tube I did like a lot wa... | |
| Tube preamplifier lifespan I currently use a 20+ year old Conrad Johnson LS17 tube preamp. I actually spoke to a tech at CJ and asked them this exact question thinking I might need to have it looked over and possibly change some aging parts like caps in the power supply. H... | |
| The Sacred Ritual of Vinyl: A Return to Mindful Listening @dogberry happy days indeed. Lucky you. I have found this to be a really interesting post. Having been through vinyl, 8 tracks, cassettes , CDs, digital files from computer, and now streaming I can say i've had extensive time with all formats. I... | |
| The Sacred Ritual of Vinyl: A Return to Mindful Listening One thing I truly loved about vinyl, was the "Ritual" of going to the "record store" where you could go into the store and interact with people who worked there and were music lovers as well. They would be excited to share a new album with you a... | |
| The Sacred Ritual of Vinyl: A Return to Mindful Listening @unreceivedogma You are correct, it is not for me.......anymore. I was into the ritual for almost 60 years and have owned numerous high end turntables, cartridges, and phono preamps. When you have done something that long, some rituals no longer ... | |
| The Sacred Ritual of Vinyl: A Return to Mindful Listening I really miss having to get dressed for the weather, get in my car, fight traffic to get to a place to buy my records,, park the car, walk to store, walk the aisles to find the record I want, line up at the cash to pay for my record, drive home, ... | |
| Back in the vinyl saddle again. I had a VPI Aries with the same tonearm, I think you are likely to not find anything comparable to what you have table and arm wise for your budget so I’d say keep them I think a new cartridge is a great idea. Buying used is a bit of a mixed bag ... | |
| PrimaLuna EVO 400 v Cary SLI-100 Some good advice here. Your Heresy Speakers are very efficient at 99db. You can easily get away with a low powered amp and have the ability to then use single ended triode class A amps that use wonderful sounding tubes like 300B, 845 or other amp... | |
| The best opening act you've ever seen & heard? @larsman - And rock they did. There had never been a band before them with so much persussive elements. They were so tight. I just recently read Sanata’s autobiography and he has a good story about that concert. Apparently they were told they wou... | |
| Eversolo or Aurender: Options and Opinions I had a U1 Mini without the LPS and upgraded it to an Auralic Aries G2. It was a worthwhile upgrade soundwise and I much prefer the Auralic Lightening App to the Lumin App. BTW I bought it used in Vancouver, where I think you live as well, for a ... | |
| The best opening act you've ever seen & heard? Well not exactly the opening act but a surprise nonetheless. Santana at Woodstock. No one out east had heard of them . They were virtually unknown as their first album had not yet been released. Before they played many were thinking who is this b... | |
| Aurender a1000 impressions vs Eversolo A6 and Cambridge Cxn100 I think the incremental jumps in quality between these 3 units are likely more from the improvements in the internal DACs. In my experience, the DAC has a larger influence on sound than the streamer. A entry level streamer with a excellent DAC wil... | |
| Auditioned Wilson Sabrina X vs B&W 803D4 and Shocked I am lucky to live in a city with several brick and mortar hifi stores so am able to audition speakers in person. When I was shopping for new speakers a few years ago, I found that the disconnect between what many reviewers liked and what I though... |