audioguy85
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| The end of LP collecting???? No problem here finding great vinyl lp’s...I buy vintage or original pressings or very close to it. Recently paid $30 for a genuine original sealed pressing of The Cars first album. I think that is a great price!! I also just paid $299 for an orig... | |
| How to go about collecting Classical Music Lately, I’ve been checking out better records site to get an idea of what classical recordings they think sound spectacular. Instead of buying them there as it can get quite expensive, I look to ebay or discogs. There, I locate the records that ar... | |
| Who else is using old cables/interconnects, and is happy? Still using my QED silver Anniversary bi wire cables. They sound good to me. Also have Audioquest type 4 (two 4 meter pair for each speaker) laying around somewhere. The type 4 is a highly regarded affordable cable and well reviewed by stereophile... | |
| New cartridge $500 range $475 Hana EL hands down. The best darn bang for the buck cartridge made today. Use it with a step up transformer, Jensen mc 2rr is a Perfect match, as it’s built in loading is at 430 ohms. Run the SUT into the MM input of a tubed phono stage, such... | |
| Need speaker advice They are going to sound like crap with just 12 watts! I own the Tannoy Eatons, they are great sounding speakers and far from "rolled off"!. They respond well to class A amplification or high powered tubed amps/integrated. They are only 89 db effic... | |
| What are all these metal cans/pods sitting on top of electronics? I mass load my tiny novo headphone amp with a decorative bronze statue of a mermaid sitting on an amber colored marble base, very nice looking and heavy. Only reason is the amp is light weight and tends to be pulled on by the interconnects. Now it... | |
| NOS Tubes - Ecstasy or Agony Bought numerous "NOS" tubes, mostly through Ebay. Some from the Tube Store, and some from upscale audio. All of them have been as described. Some from Ebay I already knew were not brand new, as the seller disclosed this, despite being listed as NO... | |
| Anything SS sounds better than D'Agostino ? The Sugden A21se single ended pure class A will give your pass lab a run for its money. It is based on the original circuitry developed by Sugden well over 50 years ago. They pioneered SS class A, they were first....and this model is only the lowe... | |
| Super new to record players Goldring can easily be found in this country. I just bought an erotica lx at elusive disc for $599 to add to my many cartridges. Also, check out analogue seduction in UK. They have great prices and ship to US. | |
| Super new to record players I have a brand new NIB NOS Shure m91ed Hi-Track cartridge/stylus that would be great for that turntable. Its listed over on ebay currently. Its the only brand new one available on ebay! Pm me if interested. Alternatively, you could go with the ort... | |
| Building new system starting with power amp. What would you choose ? Crazy that No one mentions the excellent Sugden A21se. They started it all when it comes to SS class A well over 50 years ago. At $3250, a bargain in my eyes. Pair it with some nice Tannoys and a tubed phono stage and I'm certain you will be very ... | |
| Audiophile Fuses: Helpful or "Snake Oil"? Its a bunch of bull! Just like raising cables off floor, also bull! A bunch of unnecessary "gabage" to throw your hard earned money at. I guarantee that the difference (which i doubt there is Any) cannot even be measured let alone heard. Some of t... | |
| The guru on fuses: Sorry, but a fuse is Not going to change the sound of anything. It is all in your(s) head. Your brain will tell you it sounds better to compensate for the guilt of throwing hard earned money out the window. | |
| Last Audition - Blown Away By A Lottery System My system is at or around 20k, give or take a few hundred, and sounds fabulous. This is of course calculated by counting everything, cables, stands, interconnects, power chords etc....if you want to count all the extra components put away in stora... | |
| “Black background” — What really contributes to this phenomenon? ALL THE ABOVE..... |