armstrod
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| $75 Thorens vs. $2K+ Michell...is this possible? Did you hook up the Thorens without changing the settings on your phono preamp? If so, that would explain a lot. If you've been running the Benz on the MM setting, the 5mv output of the AT would be a much better match than the .8mv of the Benz. Al... | |
| 30 Years, 5 Cities, Many Storms - Not One Failure Cwlondon,I too have lost equipment to lightning strikes, but this is all anecdotal evidence, as is your experience in not losing any equipment. You said:I am hoping someone will provide me with sufficient justification to add more expensive gear t... | |
| I just wanted to play a record Good thing you didn't tell him he had to wait an hour for everything to warm up and stabilize... | |
| What music do you & your spouse/partner both love? Ruth and I listen to a lot of classical too; we're listening to our weekly modern classical show on KRVM right now (you can stream it at krvm.org). But our all time favorite is definitely Cowboy Junkies. There's just something about Margo Timmin's... | |
| Sales: truth in weight? Undoubtedly some sellers inflate the weight to try and make more profit, but I think it's mostly bad estimates. People in general are lousy at estimating size, weight, numbers and time. Unless you have a scale at home, it's easy to be off by a fac... | |
| why don't they get it? Schipo,Maybe she just can't believe you could possibly fit any more gear into that tiny apartment of yours...:-)David | |
| "Is that a record??? " Chadnliz,That's a horrible thing to say about postal employees. All the USPS workers I've crossed paths with have been terrific - intelligent, courteous and dedicated.I find people are far more surprised to learn that I'm still using tubes than st... | |
| MC cartridge output measurements Bonarigo, you're correct. It's .6777 and I was looking at the wrong digits. Good catch.David | |
| Tube amps and iPods Wow, Biomimetic, great rage against the machine. If your "point was more about disposable culture, gadgets, and badly made products", I'm not sure you made your point. If you just don't like the iPod, that's cool. If you just don't like today's mu... | |
| Tube amps and iPods Tvad,I, for one, believe the iPod is a source that would benefit from tube amplification. While I don't run my iPod through my main rig, I do have a laptop hooked up, and I stream various Internet radio stations at bit rates from 64k to 224k, very... | |
| good old tuners going obsolete Geez Kt_88,I've already started to hoard analog tuners, and now you tell me analog's not going away until 2012? They'll all be out of alignment by then...:-)David | |
| MC cartridge output measurements It's 5 divided by 3.54 = 1.412.So if your Zyx is the .24 it's .34 by the CBS standard, and if, like my Bloom, it's .48 JVC, then it's .77 CBS.David | |
| good old tuners going obsolete Macrojack,I guess my sarcasm wasn't obvious enough...At least the stereo light will go off...:-)David | |
| good old tuners going obsolete Kt_88,I don't follow any of your arguments, and I can't follow your evidence since you haven't presented any, but I've decided resistance is futile so I'm choosing to believe you're right.Got any analog tuners you're looking to unload? In my bliss... | |
| What equipment do you most regret parting with?? Surprisingly, I miss my NAD 7140 receiver. All the gear I have now is better, but the NAD was very competent. I'm currently doing some maintenance and repairs on various parts of my system, and the 7140 was flexible enough it could pinch hit for j... |