bdp24
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| Klipsch FII's with mods vs. FIII's @ozzy62, did you build out your GR Research Super V’s yourself (with one of the H-frame flat packs that were available), or buy them from someone else who had done it? I didn’t go for the Super V (I’m a diehard planar man), but did for the OB/Dipo... | |
| Takes one to know one Thanks t, I'll look for it. | |
| Whats playing on your system today? @slaw, thanks for the report on the new version. And thanks to you, reubent and all other Lucinda fans for getting me back into her. I loved her from the first time I heard her s/t Rough Trade album in 1988 (damn, 30 years ago!), through Sweet Old... | |
| Takes one to know one THAT one I missed, tostadosunidos. | |
| Takes one to know one @2channel8, I saw Carney when it was in the theaters, and thought Robbie did pretty good. Levon appeared in a number of movies, doing a fine job in Coal Miner's Daughter (playing Loretta Lynn's daddy) and The Right Stuff (playing the plane mainten... | |
| speaker cable prices Clear Day pure silver speaker cables in an 8’ run are priced (including shipping) at:- $135/pr for Single (for high efficiency speakers)- $270/pr for Shotgun (medium efficiency)- $450/pr for Double Shotgun (low efficiency) | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners OMG @pegasus, the Infinity 1001! That was my first pair of what I guess would be considered high end speakers. It’s price in 1971 was $139/ea, at that time about as much as I had the money for. It’s big brother, the 2000A (which contained the then... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners @pegasus, the Decca/London's are also incredibly dynamic. Think The Who with Keith Moon live! I liken the D/L sound in comparison to others as like the difference between a direct-to-disk LP and one pressed from a tape recording. They have that he... | |
| Magnepan mmg vs .7 . Real world experience opinions requested If you’re not married to the idea of Magnepans, look into the Eminent Technology LFT-8b. It too is a planar-magnetic, but while the smaller Maggies are single-ended (magnets on only one side of the Mylar), the ET’s are push-pull, which affords low... | |
| Any new speakers that sound like infinity r.s. 2.5s? Eminent Technology LFT-8b. I prefer it to the RS-1b’s I previously owned. Push-pull magnetic-planar midrange (180Hz-10kHz!) driver, ribbon tweeter, 8" sealed dynamic driver. An outrageous bargain at $2499/pr. VPI’s Harry Weisfeld considers the LFT... | |
| McIntosh MC501 or Audio Research DS450M for Magnepan 1.7 Have you considered the Sanders Magtech amp? It's very popular with Maggie owners. | |
| Tower Records I would drive from San Jose up to San Francisco in the late-60's/early-70's just to go to the Tower store in North Beach. Lots of British pressings of current LP's. | |
| Old or new gear You can get a used Music Reference RM-200 Mk.2 for $3000, $2500 if you get lucky. The lowest-maintenance 100w/ch tube amp on the market. Only two output tubes (6550 or KT88) per channel, run conservatively for long life. Read Michael Fremer’s Ster... | |
| Turntable Set-Up @rwanda, I talked to the guy at Pearl Audio who does their table/arm/cartridge set ups (sorry, I didn’t get his name), who told me he does Linn and Rega, the lines Pearl sells. His problem with doing other brands is that he does not have a general... | |
| Favorite Dylan? Right, @offnon57?! I think of "Love And Theft" as one of Bob's (it's okay, we're on a first name basis ;-) "recent" albums. That's being old. I too dig the swing in that album, and I don't know who to credit for it---him, his band on the album? It... |