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| Where did you buy your first audio gear? Luskin's High Fidelity in North Miami Beach in 1975. A Scott R74S Receiver, pair of Altec 793C speakers, Kenwood turntable (later upgraded to a Garrard Zero-100). | |
| Power regenerator vs conditioner I would agree that the power regenerator you mentioned is better than the power conditioner. I am currently using PS Audio P12.That's what I have. The difference in the sound of my system before and after is not subtle. Every bit of line noise I ... | |
| If your were to assemble a vintage system ? I’ve purchased a pair of QUAD ESL-63s, a QUAD 44 preamp and a 405-2 power amp. All I need is to buy a mid 80s vintage turntable and I’ll have my vintage system. I’d love to get a J A Michell... | |
| Transparent cables Recalibration prices out of this world I have Transparent wire in my system. All of it. I did not pay for the premium versions but I did not skimp, either. I have speaker cables, phono, interconnects, and HDMI. I have PS Audio power cords. I spent about a grand on the Transparents. The... | |
| Nakamichi 700 - need advice Yeah, I cancelled the purchase of the Nak back in March. I contacted Willy Herman and ESLabs. Both told me the deck was too old to fix. SoundSmith never replied to my email. Maybe one day I'll break down and get a Dragon in mint condition... | |
| In Search Of... Desktop All-In-One I'm extremely happy with my powered Wharfedale DS-2 loudspeakers. Great imaging, despite being three feet away from me. Connected directly to Mac. They have Bluetooth, but I never use it. | |
| Have you changed your mind about a brand? Was it you, or them? Marantz. Two failed disc players, one after another. The DV9500 and the SA8260. Very disappointing. I’ll never buy a disc player from them again. And Audio Research. I bought an integrated (used, right here on Audiogon) that had a bad power supply... | |
| If you could, what live performances would you enjoy re-living? Hands down, the greatest concert I ever attended: October 23, 1982, Carnegie Hall, The Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Herbert von Karajan, performing Mahler's Ninth Symphony. One for the ages... | |
| Main Audiogon site barely works? The two worst things to watch being made are software and sausages... | |
| What has been your costliest mistake in this hobby? Marantz DV9500 (B-stock): bad drawer mechanism, went tits-up after a couple of months, it was deemed unfixable; Marantz SA8260: ditto, plus background hiss and noise; Audio Research CA50: bad power supply caused massive pops at random during music... | |
| Youngsters these days. Don't get me wrong: I do CDs, LPs, Qobuz, DLNA though my DS DAC, you name it. I embrace new tech without abandoning (the great) old tech... | |
| Youngsters these days. Sigh... How many times have I heard "okay boomer" from my 24 year old son? Too many to count. However, after a lifetime of good sound in my house he knows what's sounds good and what's mediocre. I'm almost 64 (I was almost 40 when he was born).... | |
| Nakamichi 700 - need advice I cancelled the purchase of the Nak. I contacted Willy Herman, as above, and ESLabs. Both told me the deck was too old to fix. SoundSmith never replied to my email. | |
| Nakamichi 700 - need advice I heard back from Willy Herman that he does not repair that vintage deck anymore. I have a call in to SoundSmith. Any other recommendations will be appreciated. | |
| Another Music Direct Catalog observation 99.999% of the artists today are not worthy of being a pus-filled carbuncle on Joni Mitchell's lip... |