audioguy85
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| I blew up my receiver. Now what? The above beat me to the punch....it would not have even fit the receptacle...a step down transformer may be a good investment in future. | |
| Thorens TD-203 experiences? Just picked one up for $579 Rutherford. Comes with the tas 257 mm cartridge, albeit an AT 3600. However, based on the many reviews, the turntable as is sounds phenomenal for the money. That arm alone is almost $500 bucks, so to get it with the car... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? What will be on mine is the three newly acquired Better Records hot stampers I just bought! The Beatles sgt pepper, Mel Torme swings shubert alley, and Dick Schory music to break any mood....also have 2 other hot stampers that I’ve yet to play....... | |
| MusicDirect Bought many a thing from them without issue and was charged my state tax of 6.25 percent. However I do agree that not everything they sell is at the best price available. It does pay to shop around, in fact other places such as audio advisor do no... | |
| To venture back into vinyl or not,...that is the question. Why ever leave in first place? I’ve been spinning vinyl since 12 or 13 and do to this day.....I’ve never been without a turntable. To me it is the best format, better than cd, better than streaming. The tactile feel of the record, the cleaning, th... | |
| To venture back into vinyl or not,...that is the question. I’d get the 579 dollar (down from $1000) thorens td 203 with uni-pivot tonearm. All the European reviews seem to love it. What hifi 4 stars, and audiophiliac likes it. Yes it comes with a thorens tas 257 mm cartridge, but seemingly it’s a good mat... | |
| Thanks Audiogon ! Agreed, very nice of them. | |
| Solitary listener There will be no virus after November 3rd....and solitary listening is the best. Who cares or needs others to embolden you. I know what sounds good and what sounds like crap. | |
| How do you know when an LP is a first or early pressing? As Millercarbon said, the hot stampers from better records are great! One example of an original not sounding as good as a later reissue Is Miles Davis Kind of Blue. The original 6 eye Columbia is inferior in sound quality to the very early 70’s r... | |
| Phono Preamp loading for Hanna EL I use mine at between 400 and 475 and I think that range is the ideal range for the hana el. It sounds, at least to me, more balanced at those settings. I’d go by the 10x internal impedance as a reference point, which happens to be 30 ohms. I woul... | |
| Main Audiogon site barely works? I got things for sale and no one can see them ugh.. | |
| Never Owned a Tube Amp and Want Advice I’d skip the tube amp altogether and go for a class A SS integrated paired with a Tubed phono preamp. That is if your into analog/vinyl, if not then never mind.... | |
| ...bookshelf speakers that sound good at low volume... Wharfedale 225's excell at this in my opinion...yes not the upper echelon of loud speaker, but a quality speaker at a most reasonable price. | |
| Main Audiogon site barely works? Yup! It is escruciatingly sloooowwwww | |
| cost no object integrated amps I’ll stick to the Sugden brand, the world’s first Class A transistor amplifier. The A21 was the first and is still manufactured today. |