blues_man
Responses from blues_man
| are we are own worst enemies? You may get 65% for your item, if it is almost new, is in demand and is the current model (not needing upgrade). Often older equipment is replaced by models that are better and cheaper making the old one now worth much less. There is often huge pr... | |
| Germany won t sell them, when can I buy them? I understand that there may be tarriffs and the shipping will be expensive. I got a Koetsu RSP through our Tokyo office. We avoided the tarriff and I got a cartridge priced in the US at $5500 for $2100. I loked at those racks. Someone in this coun... | |
| Germany won t sell them, when can I buy them? I have an office in Germany and may be able to help. First how much does this weigh? To ship by air to a residence and deal with all the customs issues could run into hundreds of dollars. Shipping by sea is very slow and could still cost lots of m... | |
| Which material is best for a cartridge body? I love the way my Koetsu RSP sounds. I was blown away by how quiet it was in my system with an ALL-TUBE phono stage. | |
| Mo Fi box sets Please do not make any requests for these box sets. I don't have time t oanswer them all. | |
| Demagnatizing Phono Cartridges Many cartridge manufacturer's say DON'T use an electronic cartridge demagnetizer. Having purchased a Koetsu RSP through our Tokyo office, I got an email to Mr. Shugano. He is strongly against them. Of course, there is some degradation of the perma... | |
| Mo Fi box sets I think the Japanese stereo issues are superb. I sold my Beatles MoFi set years ago for about $250. Sometimes I'm not sure whether people are hoping for a sucker or really don't know what they cost. In general I think MoFi pressings aren't as good... | |
| Best Phono stage under $1200? Audiomat? You can always find used Audio Research PH3s for $900 - $1100. These blow all of the competition away. No contest | |
| Room Acoustics First make sure that it's NOT the equipment. Using a test CD monitor the AC voltage at different frequencies. If that's OK check the speakers. This is a little tougher. Best would be outside if you have long enough cable, otherwise in the largest ... | |
| Best Unknown Jazz Album Almost anything on Xanadu or BeeHive, The Sunday Afternoon at the Vanguard series on Solid State. There are only a few, but the LPs on Warwick are excellent too. Because these are not Blue Note or Prestige, they can usually be picked up at a good ... | |
| Ref 2, MK 1 v. Mk, II I had a request for feedback a while ago on this. I like the Ref II and the upgrade is fairly expensive and adds transistors!! You should listen to them in a side by side comparison. | |
| Cardas Caps Worthwhile? Good to see that a lot of people realize that there is a lot of BS in this industry. Has anyone noticed these ads for Raintinge Glow Adjuster. It reminds me of the commercials on TV for this ionizing magic bracelt for $50. | |
| VPI Record Cleaner Chazzbo. Both the alcohol and photo fluid can be VERY harmful to vinyl. Dtergent is good for really dirty records, but for daily cleaning, water with a special surfactatnt is all you should use. The beauty of vinyl is that very few things really b... | |
| Record-playing Rituals? Linn doesn't believe in cleaning the stylus, rega doesn't even believe in cleaning the records. I use a stylus cleaner, but not a stylus preservative. Mr Shagano says it's a no-no. Any good stylus cleaner should completely evaporate before you pla... | |
| Impedance matching for preamp and amp I actually tried this with an ARC REf2; It sounded really poor. The impedance matching is very important. |