br3098
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| Placement of electronics In a perfect world, I would use monoblocks behind or adjacent to the speakers (on the floor), using very short runs of speaker cable. Other electronics on the near side will or on the rear wall, behind your seat, connected to the monoblocks via go... | |
| Direct drive vs belt vs rim vs idler arm First, belt drive tt's in general have high mass platters.Tony, some belt drive decks have high mass platters, but MOST? Some certainly do, but I would venture to say that most belt drive decks on the market, both new and used, do not have or were... | |
| Should listings include the age of the item? Wolf,Your answer is flippant. And I guess that Audiogon provides what could be termed a "flipitage" marketplace. | |
| SME Series III or SME 3009 I have used a Series III tonearm on a TD-124 and found it to be an excellent match, IF you take care to mate the proper cartridge to this tonearm.The SME 3009 Series III tonearm is quite different from the earlier Series II model. It is a low mass... | |
| When does seller's responsibility end? I am not endorsing PayPal, but I have several hundred (if not more) transactions with them, almost all positive. And with the few problems I have had on PayPal, I feel that the PayPal team acted fairly and timely. Making forst contact with them is... | |
| Should listings include the age of the item? Elizabeth,I'm not sure that I understand your derisive tone with regard to your comment about "flippers". I buy, restore and sell classic turntables, I am often offered items in trade for turntables or other gear, or if I decide to sell a piece of... | |
| Just how good is the Technics SL-1200? At risk of jumping on top of the dog pile, I have owned a couple of SL-1200s (a MkIII and MkV) over the years, and they were OK. I will agree with Elizabeth; IMO it is a somewhat better than average cheap Japanese DD deck with a mediocre tonearm. ... | |
| Reasonable not to be offered a trial on a cart? Spiritofmusic,Well after everyone's rants (including my own), it seems that there is at least one dealer that does offer a home trial for high-end cartridges, via a 7-day return policy: Robyatt Audio for Miyajima cartridges. http://www.robyattaudi... | |
| Direct drive vs belt vs rim vs idler arm Phil,That was a well-written and informative post. | |
| Turntable Choices You did choose the worst solution. Hope you got a good price, but even that will not improve performanceAtta boy, way to go. Keep rallying the troops through positive encouragement! Are you by any chance a mid-level manager for the phone company? | |
| Tannoy Westminster amp matching question. I have a pair of Tannoy Stirlings TWs. I have tried powering them with all sorts of amps; from 5W tubes to 200W SS. I am basically a tube guy. But IMO the Tannoy dual concentric drivers, especially the larger (12"-15" units), need a little power (... | |
| Reasonable not to be offered a trial on a cart? Spiritofmusic, while I'm glad that you found a dealer that will meet your requirements, I think that your expectations are unreasonable for most dealers. You believe that an in-home demo for "a couple of hours" is fair and reasonable on a $6,500 p... | |
| King of the one liners My favorite Dangerfield joke:In my town we had an ugly girl. So ugly that when two men broke into her apartment one night, she yelled "Rape!" They yelled "NO!" | |
| Best Amp for Klipsch La Scala Speakers? Xmas Gift Markpao said: "The OP's speaker was listed as the LaSkala, not the K- Horn."Sorry, my bad. But I will advise the same recommendations. | |
| Why are dealers so scared to sell product out of I will use Jaxwired's response as an example: "...Since I buy low, I can sell for little loss."So as I see it, you want to buy new gear for (close to) the price of used, depreciated gear. There is nothing wrong with that, except that this model do... |