chayro
Responses from chayro
| your experience with mod or upgrade companies..... I think when you go to sell it you can say, "modified by some Indian guys who do a lot for the money" and see how many takers you get. I wouldn't let anyone other than the factory touch it. If you think it's too expensive, then don't do it and liv... | |
| Audioquest King Cobra - Genuine or Fake I'm not sure why someone would take the time and effort to counterfeit a $150 pair of ICs. | |
| Help me spend my money Buy a record player. Even a $1500 table like a Marantz (complete with cart) will give you more musical satisfaction than any digital cable. I have nothing against digital, but it's not analog. You should have the option. | |
| Best live albums from 1970's college days Not a big fan of live albums, but I liked Butterfield Blues Band Live. 1970 record. Good stuff. | |
| Most overrated audio manufacturers? All the ones I can't afford. | |
| Top 3 Most Overrated Artists contest in R&R. Since I used to shop at the Colony in NYC years ago, I learned one thing- People who SELL records are not the people who MAKE records. They think they are, but they're not. Forgetting, the RR Hall of Fame, which has become a sham, it's not about w... | |
| Upgrade advice needed Use the tone controls on the amp to tone it down. You may be overly sensitive to high frequencies. I've seen it before. | |
| Where to improve phono chain? What about a really good IC between the phono preamp and your preamp? That will help bring out the most of what you have. Problem is - a good cable can cost as much as a good phono preamp, so it could be a difficult choice of which to get first. | |
| My first turntable That's a nice table. I was out of analog for a long time, but I bought a MMF5 in 2005 just to see if I wanted to start up again. I compared the same recording on the $10K Cd player I had at the time and the MMF5 and I realized there was something ... | |
| What happened to Audio Aero? The later players like the La Fontaine were better, but they were too expensive for most people. Certainly were for me. | |
| DAC woes - what to do Lightspeed - I gave up on multi-format players years ago for the exact reasons you stated. I had a $5K Esoteric X05 and I thought that a $3K dedicated CD player sounded better on CDs. I eventually gave up and just went with the best CD player I co... | |
| DAC woes - what to do You want expensive sound, but only want to spend $1K? It doesn't work. No matter what anyone tells you about the latest cheap-dac wonder. Yes, you can buy some very decent stuff for $1K, but you had a good 1K dac and you weren't satisfied - Therei... | |
| Elrod Statement Gold X2 or Purist 25 Anniversary Maybe someone strangled him with a Purist power cord during one of his comparisons in which he taught everyone at the show how to get the best sound. Probably someone from Purist. | |
| Speaker for my Ampzilla Amp and Pre-Amp For that kind of music, I would check out the Tekton Pendragon. I think the guy that makes them is a drummer, so I'm sure they'll have a lot of impact, which I assume is what you're looking for. If you can cough up a few more bucks, I would look i... | |
| mold removal I would imagine that a decent record-cleaning fluid like Pure2 with a little bleach could kill the mold on the records. Then follow up with some straight Pure2 to remove the bleach/fluid combo. I would personally forget the sleeves and just replac... |