armstrod
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| Ladies analogy lover? S7horton,I'll admit, I never considered the possibility that someone would spend hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars on audiophile pursuits if they didn't love music.Perhaps someone here on Audiogon who is NOT a music lover might have even ... | |
| Recom for Preamp $400 for Forte Model4a/Spicas? I have a Monarchy SM-70 Pro, which is all class A like your Forte 4a, along with Von Schweikert VR-1s, so our setups are similar. I'm partial to 6SN7 preamps, so here's one possibility in your price range:http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?pre... | |
| Ladies analogy lover? I think you have to be a music lover before you get interested in equipment and the rest of audiophilia. If you don't like music, what's the point?My wife loves music but was never exposed to good gear until she met me. As our system has improved,... | |
| Burned out hi fi salesman I'd love to know what percentage of Audiogon forum posters have actually bought anything from a brick and mortar audio dealer since they've joined Audiogon. My guess is the numbers are very low. Is this because of the higher prices? That's one rea... | |
| Help re: inner groove sibilance on Nott. Spacedeck It's a beautiful rig and a great deal, but I'm still pretty happy with my Well Tempered and am only beginning to tweak. You might want to consider keeping the 103R - they're increasingly hard to find, and when you get back into vinyl it would be a... | |
| Help re: inner groove sibilance on Nott. Spacedeck Goatwuss,I see you're selling your entire rig. Are you throwing in the towel on the inner groove distortion problem?David | |
| VON SCHWEIKERT VR-1 OR PARADIGM STUDIO 20 V3 I've owned the VR-1s for a couple months now, and they've been terrific. My path is a little different than S7horton's, as my previous speakers were Epos ELS-3s. The Epos were as good as their reputation, but the VR-1s give me more of everything; ... | |
| Help re: inner groove sibilance on Nott. Spacedeck Goatwuss,The way the Well Tempered arm was set up, I had to completely change the way the cartridge mounted. Originally, the cartridge mounted to an aluminum crossmember, which in turn mounted with one screw to a slot on the end of the armwand. Th... | |
| Looking for preamp to go with my NAD 2400 I was using a 7140 as my preamp (mainly for the fine phono section) and switched to a Wright Sound WLA12A. After trying both a Dynaco PAS and a Foreplay, I still preferred the 7140. Going a slightly different direction, I fell in love with the 6SN... | |
| Help re: inner groove sibilance on Nott. Spacedeck I had inner groove distortion with my Denon 103R on my Well Tempered. Even with checked and rechecked alignment, the distortion remained. It turned out the mounting just had too much play in it - apparently a common problem with the mounting schem... | |
| Irreplacable treasures? The Orchestral Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield | |
| Dead Can Dance's Into the Labyrinth I got to see DCD at Radio City Music Hall on 10/8. Fabulous show in a great venue, and one of only two shows on the tour done with an orchestra. Very different show than the 1998 tour - much more solo Lisa stuff. She can sing the most incredibly d... | |
| Epos LS3 or Wharfedale Diamond 9.1? I haven't heard the Wharfedales, but I compared the ELS3s, Axiom M3tis, and Ascend CBM-170s, and I bought the ELS3s. The Axioms were much brighter than the Epos, and the Ascends were a little too laid back for me.The kicker is I'm using a tube pre... | |
| NYC area thrift shop vinyl Just got back from the WFMU Record Fair, and now I know where all the thrift shop vinyl goes! There are so many record dealers in the NYC area that it all gets snapped up before any end user ever sees them.Luckily, there was tons of $1 (even some ... | |
| NYC area thrift shop vinyl Am_dial,Those are all great suggestions. Gives us plenty of places to seek as we explore this beautiful area where we live now. I'd heard about Rhino (any connection to the record label?) in New Paltz but hadn't made it up there. Too bad they've a... |