audioguy85
Responses from audioguy85
| have you ever bought stereo without listening first I buy site unseen/unheard all the time! How can you not nowadays, as there are so few audio stores left. I still remember the Great "Tech HiFi stores" that I frequented in my youth! Nowadays, I dont feel like driving 100 miles when I can just pla... | |
| Dedicated 20 amp circuit - Electrician laughed! Luckily. I have an electrical background as it was my major at my vocational high school I attended, and so I have no fear with most DIY electrical work. What prompted me to install a dedicated 20 amp circuit for my system was the lousy 15 amp exi... | |
| New TT for ~$1500 Tell that to Michael Fremer, his "belt drive" turntable costs as much as a luxury car....I disagree, there is nothing wrong with a well designed 1500-2000 buck belt driven turntable! I have owned several in this price range and they all sounded gr... | |
| New TT for ~$1500 Not sure what a poster meant by you will "lose" on a belt drive turntable at the $1500 price point...if I were you I would go for either the pro-ject x2 or move up to the new classic Evo @ $1599. I own the classic sb and replaced the bluepoint no ... | |
| SACD I have a good amount of the iving stereo catalog released on sacd, most of which sound pretty good to me. | |
| Why do you think Bi-Wiring improves the sound ? I go by the fact that if some speakers have the capability, then why not use it in that manner (biwired), can’t hurt...the speakers with just one set of terminals, well then, I have nothing to fret about as there is the one option. I can’t say tha... | |
| What is to become of Marantz Reference and HIFI as we know it I would not compare the lower tier marantz stuff to the reference gear, different animals in my opinion, this coming from a lifelong marantz buyer and listener. I have to say my pm14s1 reference is quite the integrated as well as their reference c... | |
| Not much talk about Yamaha turntables. Why stuck on Yamaha turntables? They are not what come to my mind when I think of a turntable. Why not, if you are set on direct drive, a pioneer or the technics? Pioneer plx1000 can be had for 699 or 599 on sale. The technics (forget the model#) ... | |
| Most recordings you own by a single artist, group, or composer Gordon lightfoot (maybe 12 albums), julie london (10 or more...) art blakey & the jazz messengers (8-10+)... | |
| What does a tonearm contribute to the sound of a turntable? Vinyl just has that tubey magic, well that’s what the guy @ better records proclaims! Lol...I love my vinyl and my many lp’s and phonographs...and you will have to tear them all from my dead cold hands! Streaming is for the lazy...jmo...its fun fo... | |
| It happened again tonight Vette5451...the Hana’s are amazing cartridges for the money...its the Alnico magnets! I'm in love with my Hana EL, if you can love an inanimate object! Lol | |
| End of the World system Reminds me of the last man on earth show on fox....too bad they cancelled, let alone did not even play the supposed finale episode! What a cruel joke, to think I followed the series for several years...getting back to the quest to recover gems fro... | |
| Tweaks - An Honest Discussion My hana el acquisition did more for my system, analog wise, than any form of tweak. It was a nite and day difference compared to my prior cartridge. | |
| Any experience with Tannoy loudspeakers? Tannoy legacy eatons here and loving them thus far! They are gargantuan stand mounters and have an exquisite finish and build. The midrange is to die for and the bass is fantastic. I’m running them with my sugden A21se signature pure class A singl... | |
| Where’s My Weakest Link? I don’t disagree about common place basic tweaking, the ones that have stood the test of time and are logical...like speaker positioning, using a protractor to align a cartridge ( getting it close or maybe closer), isolating a turntable (of course... |