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| What’s your latest high-end audio purchase? Ok so just came across some incredible Tungsram, NOS 12ax7/ecc83 that might not be high-end, but that make my high-end lineatage play like I've never experienced before. Have run through, Sovtek, Mullard, Telefunken, Genalex and now these Tungsram... | |
| Where did you buy your first audio gear? Went to college in 1980 with a suitcase, hockey bag, 4 sticks & a clock radio - everyone had Marantz this, Pioneer that, AR, Advent & Kenwood... I was so envious of these other kids and their setups. Fast forward 2yrs. I left school for op... | |
| Couple of Line Conditioners... TY boys... so I had a Silver Circle, JuiceBox that I liked. I grabbed these PS Audio UOs to sort of replace that piece. I liked the Welborne better than the JB so sold it off. Will give these UOs a bit more time - see what happens. | |
| Tube Recommendations Please Yeah, these came from an estate of fabulous vintage audio gear. The Tungsrams I'm speaking about are in boxes that had never been opened... until I popped out two and put them in my linestage. The gentleman was stashing them away for himself and o... | |
| Tube Recommendations Please Pulling this back out but have to share... went from stock Sovtek 12ax7s in my Calypso to NOS Mullards from Upscale. I thought they were terrific in this Linestage. Of course, never satisfied I brought in 2 vintage matched Telefunkens pushed by th... | |
| Looking for Speaker Recommendations People generally recommend what they have or have had. Most put a lot of research into their purchases and have chosen accordingly; makes perfect sense. Few however get a chance to a/b/c several brands because shops, for the most part, only carry ... | |
| Looking for good recordings of female vocals I have not yet tried... Can toss Annie Lennox, Alicia Keys & Dianna Ross into the mix. All three very distinctive and certainly have their smokey/jazzy material. I too like Aimee Mann not so much for her voice but for her vibe and songwriting. Chaka Khan can punch it... | |
| Looking for good recordings of female vocals I have not yet tried... @917nut YES on Dusty... was my mom's absolute favorite. Has no one mentioned Adele? - voice of the decade. Lauryn Hill, amazing! Amy Lee of Evanescence, C'mon. May not be the OPs cup of tea but geez. Barbara Streisand, Blossom Dearie, Anne Bisson... | |
| Need recommendations for a streamer Anyone still using (still available?) an Elac, Discovery? I use mine hardwired to a Mac AirPort Express wirelessly connected to another AirPort that's hardwired to my router. Have a BNC to RCA Coax connection (various better cables) to a Line Magn... | |
| Finally made the transition to a tube preamp! I started with a tube linestage, Sonic Frontiers SFL-1... I was hooked. The sound was so much more than my SS preamp had offered. I moved to a Manley, Shrimp that I just recently sold. I loved that piece and thought it was a super match with my Qu... | |
| Has anyone had on of these CD players? How good are they? Have experience with the Sony, CDP-608ESD and it’s a wonderful deck; found it compared favorably or totally surpassed the performance of several Simaudio, Theta, Rega decks. Looks wonderful too with its walnut sides. Don’t shy away from vintage pi... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? These nights are becoming few and far between. Streaming mostly but every now and then, when time (and energy) permits,... so have a son living in LA who's in the music business. Last time I was out there he turned me on to Cali Creamin' a blond b... | |
| Which would you choose for good sounding tube preamp for an audiophile new to tubes. This is an easy one for me,... I had a SFL-1 for many years. It's a wonderful lineatage that mated & player extremely well with w/pretty much every amp I threw at it. I ran TAD, Hibachi monos, Perreaux & Classe' amps & it was (is) a ve... | |
| what’s a song cover that you think is better than the original? How bout Ryan Adams covering Taylor Swift's, "1989" albumin its entirety - guilty pleasure that TS (I mean talent is talent). He does a great job with that LP front to back; it's pretty fun! | |
| what’s a song cover that you think is better than the original? Couple more,... Fugees doing Roberta Flack’s "Killing Me Softly" Lauren Hill is amazing, Black Crowes doing John Lennon’s "Jealous Guy" & Vanessa Fernandez doing Curtis Mayfield’s "Here But I’m Gone" - soooo many great covers. Again, not bette... |