armstrod
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| Cover Songs that are better than the Original I went to see Golden Palominos in the late 80s at The Paradise in Boston, when Syd Straw was with them. The encore was The Ocean by Led Zeppelin, and with all due respect to Robert Plant, Syd was way better. Maybe the best cover I've ever heard. | |
| Tube tester...anyone own their own? I've owned a Hickok 600 for about 12 years now. It was freshly calibrated when I bought it and I haven't had it updated, but it doesn't appear to have drifted too much. I test every tube I get and record the readings, so that I can both compare th... | |
| "Matching" of dual triode tubes - how close? The 6SN7 is my favorite tube, and I've used them extensively in at least 3 different preamps. My experience is matching within 20% is more than enough, but here's something else to consider: some (maybe many?) preamps only use 1 of the 2 triodes f... | |
| Looking for a small tube amp (possibly integrated tube amp)... low power, nice sound Shameless self-promotion: It's above your stated budget but the Decware Torii Mk IV I have for sale would sound fantastic with your Tektons, and it includes a volume control plus a myriad of other adjustments:https://www.decware.com/cgi-bin/yabb22... | |
| Budget Tube Amp (newbie) I owned Large Advents for 20+ years and used them with a variety of SS and tube amps. My experience is this:1) If you've never upgraded the crossovers, this is the place to start. There are way better components available now than when HK designe... | |
| Can an IC based amp be considered 'high end'? I own both Atma-sphere M60s and an Audiosector Patek, and right now I wouldn't give up either because they're the best sounding tube and SS amps I've heard. That said, they sound totally different, but both are clearly "high end". Two completely d... | |
| What are your top three live concerts of all time? 1) The The - Paradise Theater, Boston, 19892) Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, Soldier Field, Chicago, 19773) Alan Parsons, Hult Center, Eugene, OR, 2006 | |
| Favorite cover? I saw the Golden Palominos in Boston in the late 80s, and they did Led Zeppelin's The Ocean with Syd Straw on lead vocals. Best cover I've ever heard. | |
| Has anyone finally decided to sell their Turntable and Vinyl collection? I donated about 1,500 albums 5 years ago when we moved; I certainly don't regret losing those. I kept about 2,000, and my plan is to get down to about 1,000 before we move again. That may involve some painful decisions.But I would never give up vi... | |
| Well Tempered Labs Record Player, thoughts on a used one? I owned a WTRP for a while, standard platter, black armtube, round motor. The arm is very versatile, as you can vary the depth of the silicone to accommodate different cartridges. I even put an armwrap on it and used it with a Denon DL103. I also ... | |
| Permanent 50hz Given your 50hz comment I'm assuming you're outside the US. If the equivalent of 3-prong adapters exists for your local plug configuration, get one and see if the noise goes away. If it does, you have a grounding problem, which you'll have to work... | |
| Anyone ever see a speaker with spun copper ports with full range driver? I can't speak to the copper port, but I have a pair of DNAs with the Alpair 10p and I love them. Terrific driver. | |
| A New? Way to Buy Loudspeakers?? Did you notice that their recommended "SpeakerCompare Listening Kit" consists of a headphone/USB DAC combo for $25? So they're saying you can hear the differences between speakers costing multiple hundreds of dollars through headphones that cost l... | |
| Selling Tubes. What tubes do you have?David | |
| Drink of choice for serious listening? Black RussianGibson's RareDark and StormyGin and TonicNot on the same night and not necessarily in that order. :-) |