audioguy85
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| Top 10 vintage cassette decks Just under the Aiwa f990, are both the f770 and f660 models. I’ve had the f770 for 38 years now, still going....the f660bis my back up. excellent 3 head decks. I sold my f990 a few years ago for top money, I was broke...these Aiwa decks could gi... | |
| Best Smaller Bookshelf Speakers For Use Exclusively With Ambient Music? Spendor A1 speakers...used of course...maybe not under a grand...but nice Bookshelf Speakers. | |
| Help needed improving the sound of my Audiolab CDT In what way would the Marantz be noisy? Never heard of that...I use my Marantz hdcd1 as transport, noisy Is not how I'd describe it, warm maybe...I owned the audiolab, I did not care for it, I prefer my Marantz, sold off the cdt... | |
| Old CDs and records This post is a joke right?? You do realize how much lp’s are fetching nowadays? Cd is gaining traction and sales are on the upswing. Some cds are fetching some pretty good coin now as well. Unless your collection is trashed, then I’d say you own s... | |
| Fact or misinformation? No...in fact a mono record can sound quite good played with a stereo cartridge. Especially if you engage the mono switch on preamp if equipped. You can buy an in line mono/stereo switch. I opted to go the mono cartridge route, Grado, as I have a r... | |
| Help…looking to buy turntable You used to be able to buy a music hall mmf-7.3 for about 1400 bucks in black with cartridge....now you will pay 2k....I’ll fourth the music hall mmf-5.3. The design has been out there for a long time and it’s a great table for the money, except f... | |
| Technic’s Malaysian turntables …QC experience/ feedback from actual users/owners? That Pioneer table also had issues with loose tonearm bearings...even Herb Reichert mentioned it during his review of it. Although, after tightening the bearings, all was well. The best bang for the buck is the current technics mk7 ($999) now avai... | |
| Audiophile Tool Bingo Never had to use a voltage meter, but anyhow ..yeah lots of crap....I mean stuff...😁 | |
| Technic’s Malaysian turntables …QC experience/ feedback from actual users/owners? I own a mk7 and the platter looks fine to me. The dots on strobe are not exactly even, so that may give impression that platter appears warped. However when focusing on just top edge, I dont notice much if any warp. | |
| What type of wire for dedicated 20A AC lines? 12 gauge...why make life diffucult restling with 10 gauge....code for 20 Amp is the yellow romex 12 gauge. The 10 is overkill. | |
| Was my friend given misinformation. Why in the world would anyone ask a best buy guy what to buy? There is so much info out there on everything, so it is not that hard to do your own research....I don’t get it. | |
| New to hobby: McIntosh D150 w/ McIntosh Amp vs. Rotel Separates Your preamp is paired with the 1582mkii everywhere I look...YouTube, reviews, etc...so I'd say go for it! In fact the ra1592 mkii is bases on the 1582 Amp and tests showed it produced peaks of 1.7 kilowatts into 1 ohm!! | |
| Cd transport Cyrus makes a nice cd transport in the Cdt...$1299. | |
| Anybody watch Steve Huff audio on the Tube? He likes and reviewed the wharfedale diamond 225's he can't be all that bad! 😄 | |
| Anybody watch Steve Huff audio on the Tube? Must be nice to be wealthy.... |