billstevenson
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| Conrad Johnson TEA 1 phono preamp--versus TEA2SE- cj doesn't play games. Each step up in their line is going to make a difference. I have a TEA2MAX High Gain and use a Bob's SUT. The TEA2MAX sounded noticeably better to me than the TEA2SE. I have not heard a TEA1 yet, but feel confident that ... | |
| VPI 2nd Pivot for 3D I tried to follow this thread and went cross eyed. Maybe it is my limited intellect. All I know is that Springreen's original post is correct. What follows includes a lot of opinion based on limited or no experience with the product under discu... | |
| Conrad Johnson--does anyone use this brand anymore? I love my ET5, TEA2MAX, ARTsa, recently added a Bob's Devices SUT (SKY10) for an Ortofon Per Windfeld (0.3mV) mc cartridge. Just magic. CJ just pushes all my buttons: great sound, superb quality, great personal service if needed. There is nothi... | |
| Bobs SKY 30 (SUT) Yes I recently added a SKY 10 to my system (Conrad Johnson TEA2MAX, ET5, ART and Ortofon Per Windfeld) and could not agree more with you. | |
| Curved and Straight Tonearms It is a sad commentary upon the times when we can't sort out definitively the pluses and minuses of a mature technology like tonearms, but have no trouble at all getting a bead on the emanations Tweeting from the White House. Which is way off top... | |
| Curved and Straight Tonearms OK, here goes. Although it is correct to say that an "S" shaped tonearm often facilitates the incorporation of a removable head shell into the design, it is not axiomatic that this would be so. Case in point, the SME Series III is an "S" arm whi... | |
| Curved and Straight Tonearms I read Robert Greene's review of the SL1200G in TAS last night. I own an SL1200GAE and have done so for about a year now. Of course, it has an "S" arm on it. I also own a VPI Prime with straight tube arms (2) and have owned this TT for about 2 ... | |
| Bose 901 Series ii The first step is to figure out what you like rather than reacting to what someone else likes. In this thread, for example, someone suggested DCM Time Windows. A speaker more unlike Bose 901s would be hard to find. You might hate them. Find ou... | |
| Best Record You Have Ever heard I am a jazz guy so for me the best of the best is going to be jazz, and as anyone who knows anything about jazz will concede, the first and foremost jazz performer of all time was Louis Armstrong. The rarest of his early recordings is "Cake Walki... | |
| Last stylus preservative...anyone still use it? I only use Stylast before every side of every record played and have been doing this since the mid-1980s. Stylii last about 25OO hours. Ortofon warns against this practice, which I have steadfastly ignored. I also use LAST record preservative, ... | |
| thinking of switching from conrad johnson...... There is some silly stuff posted in this thread. While there is nothing wrong with wanting new kit for whatever reason, to claim some sonic benefit over top level electronics that is up to spec from cj is nonsense. No one could hear the differen... | |
| Warm-up time. Contrary to some of what has been said, tube electronics warm up relatively quickly. CJ and AR both suggest about 30 minutes. SS stuff can take hours. The advice to leave SS stuff on all the time, especially if it is not Class A, makes a whole ... | |
| Diana Krall - New Vinyl - Good sound - Poor Vinyl I have to ditto you. My copy is on 3 sides, 2 discs, and sounds very good with the bass being as good as any in my experience. The music is perhaps the best Krall has ever recorded. Highest recommendation. | |
| Bad vinyl There is a definite difference in our perception for whatever reason. What you refer to as the golden days, I remember as the bad old days. I am 69 years old and started listening to my grandmother’s extensive jazz record collection of 78s when I ... | |
| New Technics SL 1200 GAE As both a WIS (I favor traditional Rolex and Omega designs) and a GAE owner I think your observations are apt. In both cases the concept and cliche that form follows function is total. |