arcticdeth
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| Ditching Class A Amps due to Heat - Sort of a Poll Had the Rotel rb1090 for just over 2 years, one morning, woke up early on Sunday, went downstairs, pushed power button on, zzzzzzfffftyttttt bright white flash, inrush limiter fried, I was angry, one of the best stand alone SEPERATES I’ve had, 380... | |
| Best sounding CD player Probably the,pre and amps, ,….that Bryston CD player was wicked smooth, fast start, quality drawer, hefty, but it’s like 4-5K, way out of my,league. I suppose I could, but the McCormack UDP-1 and pio elite dv-79avi, plus a less than,50:hours alwa... | |
| What should be mandatory in every professional published review- Bench test, for all specs against what says in the manual current, and rms 8, 4, 2 ohm output | |
| Judas Priest 50 years heavy metal box set Not sure, more a collectors piece. already have all studio albums, not a huge fan of live recorded stuff not many left at. The store. Only 3K made or is it less? might pop for one, have several box sets still sealed. | |
| What's your favorite $5-7000 turntable? SL-1210 MK II none better. | |
| New MOFI speaker (Andrew Jones) Wow, some snowflakes in here. it has taken me 35 years to get where I’m at' stereo wise, such a,massive difference from YouTube with computer speakers, to a nice pair of Snell powered by a B&K amp, fed by a sony ES, or an Acurus acd-11 with... | |
| Why do my rolling stones albums sound bad? @secretguy yup, an average 4th rate blues/rock band, hey, at least the Grateful Dead put the Stones to,shame by being the,most boring 5th rate blues band. @mapman agree, past several years, I try to get all my releases from Japan on th... | |
| Songs of debauchery and excess | |
| Is it worth upgrading a CD player? If your dead set on dumping,thousands on a,cd player, jump on a Bryston enjoy | |
| The Right Speaker Cables Save your money, don’t waste it on a manufacture name on the rubber coating years ago I bought 30 feet of 8ga speaker cables, t he standard copper stuff, you can use my 8ga thick wire, or make the,same,run with 14ga , will sound the same. If you... | |
| Ditching Class A Amps due to Heat - Sort of a Poll after a good 45 min of jamming some motorhead, onslaught, sodom, Y&T, vicious rumors, the ol monos' get pretty darn hot. its nice in the winter, not bad in summer, they are A/B not A, but they sound oh so sweet! weight not an issue. wasted h... | |
| Only two tracks to test your system, forever! not possible | |
| Amplifier for Wilson Audio Alexia V Tuned up Sunfire stereo amp Sanders magtech | |
| Counter weights on your turntable...another dirty little secret? Set weight to float tonearm, set to O, roll weight to 2, skate to 0, play tunes, easy peazy had to hair dryer the tonearm assemble years back, as the lube dried a bit, warmed up, set, good another 30 years. after all these years, finally bou... | |
| Cartridges SL-1200 mk II. (2 from early mid 80’s sl-1210 mk II (from mid 90’s I think ,black version) every few years, remove platter, remove spindle assembly, wipe, fresh oil, set brake, blow out w air duster, put together. Not a hiccup, start, stop... |