br3098
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| Budget Chinese Tube amps - any good? Chiming in on this well-worn thread: I don't see any reason to buy Chinese made products and support their trade policies and our trade imbalance with them. This is not mainly a question of quality (although there is that concern, in my mind), but... | |
| Nottingham Space Deck Owners....Again Please On all of the Nott tonearms that I have ever used, the headshell is simply press fitted into the carbon fiber armtube and will rotate. It is not easy to get it right, and it's hard to avoid using too much leverage and substantially twisting the da... | |
| TubeGuru amps from Hungary? Short answer: unless something has changed over the last year, walk away.Long answer: I was looking into these amps about a year ago with the thought of possibly becoming a dealer. Although the web site is a complete mess, the story is intriguing:... | |
| tekton vs. audionotes I am a big fan of Audio Note E/J/K speakers, and believe that they provide a certain synergistic sound with SET amps; especially AN units. Are they expensive? I guess some would say so, but I think that the entry level of the E and J lines are pre... | |
| "Brand New"...I don't think so As someone who has sold, and tried to sell, brand new items I will argue that you are damned either way. If you list an item with a picture of a sealed box, buyers are going to insist on seeing a picture of the actual item. And if you open the box... | |
| Upgrade From Systemdek IVe I owned an Aries 1 TT for years, and still believe that it is one of the best decks ever designed. The heavy platter/spindle system was a model of mass loaded simplicity. I sold it because I grew to dislike the JMW tonearm; more specifically, to d... | |
| Ideas on speaker like Magnepan but with high WAF In light of some of the humorous suggestions above (ET LFT-8, seriously???) I would offer that you need to apply a little psychology to the situation.When a married man hears his wife say something like "Gee honey, those speakers are awfully big" ... | |
| Sutherland PHD I owned a PH3D and have used a PH3 in my system. I enjoyed both of them, and I still regret selling the 3D. It was an excellent phono stage for the price.I have limited, experience with the Steelhead but found it to be a extremely well built unit.... | |
| French Speakers? I am a big fan of the French sound. I own or have owned speakers from the best known French speaker manufacturers: Focal (JM Labs), Triangle and JM Reynaud. Focal can probably be considered the most mainstream the three, with several product lines... | |
| HELP FedEx Mangles Speakers - Refuses Claim From years of experience in shipping many turntables, amps and speakers, I will agree that there is no substitute for the original packing material, especially form fitting styrofoam isolation. But that is seldom at hand for speakers or vintage ge... | |
| Leben cs300 vs Luxman sq38 These are both great amps. I have had more listening time with the Luxman SQ-38u, which is a great amp but expensive IMO. I have only heard a couple of demos with the Leben CS-300, and it was also a very nice amp but it's hard to compare amps hear... | |
| Soundsmith Straingauge SG-200 cartridge system I have not tested one on my system, but I did spend a few hours listening to a SG-400 system at a friend's home. My initial reaction was thin and cool, but prior to the SG we were listening to a Grado Statement 1.After my ears adjusted, my conside... | |
| Best place to consign classical LPs in NYC? A reality check: most stores do not pay very much for classical records. I don't know what your expectations are or what you paid for the collection, but wholesale I think that you be very lucky to receive anything near $1 an album. Most vendors w... | |
| Need help fixing a Linn Axis My opinion: sell your deck for parts and buy another unit as a replacement. You should be able to find a clean Axis without arm for $300-$350. If you figure shipping two ways, plus parts and labor, and (let's say) $100 for your old unit for parts ... | |
| Thorens TD146/160 with Ortofon 309 arm? >>Maybe the arm is too much for the (cheap) turntable?I agree, the Ortofon 309 is probably too much arm for that either of the decks you mentioned. I would look at a Thorens TD-124 (my personal preference), TD-121 (a budget 124) or maybe a T... |