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Apr 23, 2019	Whats playing on your system today? Cheater’s Game by Kelly Willis & Bruce Robison. The pair are imo on the second rung of the Americana talent pool (that’s still really good), and their work somewhat spotty (including this 2012 album). Lots of good music, well worth the five bu...
Apr 23, 2019	Does anyone use wood for vibration control? @glubson, hey man, music is vibration (is vibratory even a real word?), and hi-fi components musical instruments. To prevent vibration from reaching Walkmen and Discmen (and all other components, even those nasty HEA high-mass dinosaurs) is to kil...
Apr 23, 2019	What equipment have you bought this year so far ? Wow @phomchick, I haven’t seen a pair of Infinity 2000A since 1971! I lusted for them, but had only the $ for the half-as-much 1001. The 2000A was at that time one of only two loudspeakers using the great RTR ESL tweeters, the other being the ESS ...
Apr 23, 2019	Does anyone use wood for vibration control? Live music is a whole-body experience, not just a sense-of-hearing one. Headphone (or ear speaker, as Stax puts it), ignores the physical aspect of music. Our ears hear music, but our skin, organs, and even bones feel it. Headphone listening is a ...
Apr 23, 2019	Magnepan's new LRS? I find Magnepan's very attractive, especially with black grill cloth and cherry end caps. I consider my Tympani T-IVa's beautiful. As for WAF, who cares? Many are themselves loud speakers, and not so good looking either.
Apr 22, 2019	Nice MM Phone Preamp to use while main unit is getting repaired? @dhcod, the Mani is an excellent suggestion, for a couple of reasons. First, it's $129! No need to sell it, just keep it as a back up. More importantly, the Mani has a setting specifically for the 5mV output Deccas and Londons: 30dB of gain. By th...
Apr 22, 2019	Lost all hearing in one ear, is it worth upgrading speakers? My God @77jovian, Tyminski at 110dB? For Bluegrass?! The loudest band I ever heard were The Ramones at The Santa Monica Civic Auditorium (MUCH louder than The Who), a cement bunker with atrocious acoustics. It was absolutely ridiculous, I left aft...
Apr 22, 2019	Great guitar 'breaks" (as opposed to solos). I believe I already mentioned "Walk Through The Fire" by Mary Gauthier (a superb song found on her fantastic Filth & Fire album) in the Tune Of The Day thread. I do so here in regard to the guitar playing of album producer Gurf Morlix, who mad...
Apr 22, 2019	Magnepan's new LRS? I believe Magnepan has a "trade-up" policy on the MMG/LRS. You can trade-in either within a year of purchase towards a higher-priced model, receiving full credit. As you presumably would purchase the up-market model from a Magnepan dealer, I don't...
Apr 22, 2019	Puzzled about reasons why there seems to be no shortage of used planner speakers Hey Don, nice to see you here at Audiogon! (Don and I are familiar names to each other from the Rythmik AVS Forum. We both use Rythmik subs with our Maggies)---Eric.
Apr 21, 2019	Forever turntable under $2000 Second VPI's HW-19 suggestion. The Mk.2 version is different from the Mk.3 only in having a layer of steel rather than stainless steel bonded to the bottom of the MDF plinth. Replace the stock spring suspension with something better (SIMS Navcom S...
Apr 21, 2019	Does anyone use wood for vibration control? Anyone who calls listening to music a "hobby" is engaging in a quite different endeavor than am I. Focusing on soundstaging is like watching a film for 3-D effects.
Apr 21, 2019	Puzzled about reasons why there seems to be no shortage of used planner speakers Not all planars delaminate, in fact most don't. Delaminate means the glue with which the conductive wire is secured to the Mylar that is the driver dries up and looses it's grip, the wire therefore separating from the Mylar (almost always at the e...
Apr 21, 2019	Rega RB250 Tonearm Upgrade Options/Opinions Ha, true Steve! At least Rega did the casting of the arm tube well (just kidding Rega lovers ;-). I went to the Santa Clara, CA shop of Groovetracer to order my counterweight, which is a really cool design. But if you get every after-market Rega p...
Apr 21, 2019	Rega RB250 Tonearm Upgrade Options/Opinions A whole industry evolved out of the owners of Rega RB300 arms needing the junk stock wire (with numerous solder joints) replaced with high quality stuff. Brooks Berdan rewired a lot of them with Cardas cartridge tags and internal copper wire, term...