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| What are your opinions of Sim Audio amplifiers? I have the 600i integrated and the 430HA headphone amp. Both pieces are keepers. The 600i is mated to Harbeth P3ESR SE speakers and it rivals my main system for enjoyment and sound quality.Keepers, unless I decide to try out a high end tube head... | |
| MC cartridges Not in the US, but seller kron here on Audiogon has a number of Dynavectors for sale. Grey market, so no warranty. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? A friend gave me a box of records last night. On initial first look I thought they might all be heading to the garbage can but so far the first one I played seems to be in decent shape, other than that it needed a real good cleaning first.Talking ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? I ordered another copy (different pressing) of Blues From Laurel Canyon from Europe. Taking one for the team... I'll report back. | |
| Auditioning headphones (ethically)? Buy used, try them out, and if you don't like them, flip them. If you don't overpay you should be able to get most or all of your money back.Headphones are a personal thing, definitely find out if the person selling is a non-smoker and consider b... | |
| First headphones and amp combo? I have about a dozen sets of headphones including some "high end" ones including Audeze LCD-4, Sennheiser HD800, and Sony MDR-Z1R. The Sennheiser HD6XX get more use than any of my other headphones. They are not the "best" sounding, but they are ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? That's interesting Joel. I wonder if that's a common issue? It seems like most of the copies available are in Europe and expensive. I looked at a few different versions on Discogs and couldn't find any comments about playback, but most versions... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Joel, I was disappointed by the John Mayall album. Not because of the content, but it was advertised as NM- by the seller, who had a 100% Discogs rating, but played more VG - VG+. It was clearly visually graded, because it did look perfect, but ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? John Mayall - Blues From Laurel Canyon, German pressing | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Jethro Tull - Stand Up, Steven Wilson remix | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? The Mastery of John Coltrane / Vol. IV "Trane's Modes" | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? The Bee Gees - Timeless: The All-Time Greatest Hits | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Queen - Greatest Hits I | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Coltrane - S/T | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Still working on the RSD releases...Tad - Inhaler |