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| A decent integrated amp under 2K ... I really don’t have any experience with the pieces you’ve mentioned that you’re interested in. Vincent makes some nice gear in that price range. They are class A up to the first 10 watts and have tubes in the preamp stage. Mine didn’t run hot. You... | |
| How do you know when a stereo sounds good? My first little "system" was an 8 track player that apparently had an amplifier and a couple of speakers. What did I know, I was a teenage kid. All I knew was that I could listen to the music I liked in my bedroom and not have to listen to the c... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Little Feat - Electrif Lycanthrope ( RSD )…… i was like ho hum on this as i have the “ bootleg “ CD and believed it to be a sonic ripoff of an FM broadcast… Wow, not so !,,, richly rewarding on vinyil…. This was the one and only thing that got... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Joe Walsh - Barnstorm | |
| CD player recomendation would the SACD cd player improve the sounds of no-SACDs? A better player will make your CDs sound better. Not because it plays SACD, but because it is built better. SACD is just a bonus. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Fleetwood Mac - Alternate Live. One of the few Record Store Day titles I picked up. This sounds really good so far! | |
| What are you streaming tonight? Oscar Peterson - A Time for Love: The Oscar Peterson Quartet Live in Helsinki, 1987, Qobuz Hi-Res. This is also available as one of the Black Friday RSD releases. Great recording! | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Crystal Castles - S/T | |
| Black Friday Record Store Day Haul I'm getting burnt out on RSD. I think the retailers are too. I have sat outside in the cold for hours to get a ticket to spend 5 minutes going through the RSD releases. I have more than once ended up buying more than I planned to because someth... | |
| Turntables thump when turning off? Contact VPI. Some of their turntables had an issue with making a pop when powered off. They sent me a capacitor for free for my Classic 2 and it was a pretty easy fix and resolved the issue. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Second copy of CSNY - So Far | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Talking Heads - Speaking In Tongues, German blue vinyl pressing. | |
| Turntables thump when turning off? I have been muting the system each time I turn off You already figured it out. | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report Donald Fagen - Sunken Condos | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? I hope everyone had a safe Thanksgiving full of love! Fighting the food coma... Flume - S/T |