armstrod
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| 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. :-) | |
| Ballpark price ?- Polk SRT If you look here under Sold/Expired it at least gives you the initial asking price, not necessarily what they sold for:https://www.hifishark.com/search?q=polk+srt | |
| pre amp tubes Generally, you can use a 12AU7 or 12AT7 in place of a 12AX7 without fear of harming your preamp, as they are electrical similar but the U7 and T7 have lower gain. That doesn't mean it will sound the same; it might be better, it might be worse. Che... | |
| Kudos to Dan Wright of Modwright I own an LS100, and Dan has been patient and forthcoming with all of my questions. He's a peach of a guy and I'd buy Modwright equipment again. | |
| need turntable setup recommendation in New England +1 for Goodwins. I used to live in Waltham and went there often. They've been there for years. | |
| Tube info I have some Conn 12AU7s that sound terrific in my phono preamp. The organ manufacturers used lots of tube manufacturers, but generally tested their tubes very stringently so they're usually a good bet. | |
| Tone arm counter weight I also use the TecnoWeight. Any of the underslung counterweights should be an improvement over stock. |