chayro
Responses from chayro
| Ebay LP Purchases No sooner do I post my positive experience when I get a sealed copy of a record with a small bubble in the middle of one track that would surely tear the stylus off my cartridge if I were to play it. I don't think you have recourse on a sealed LP ... | |
| Ebay LP Purchases If someone has good feedback on the grading, I would have no problems dealing with them. I'd say about 90% of the records I've bought were accurately graded. The ones that weren't were cheap enough that I didn't really care. I would worry more if ... | |
| Tube DAC Recommendations Yes, go out and buy an old, used Zanden. When it tanks, you can send it to Mr. Tennis for repair. I would not buy a Zanden product without reliable dealer backing, as you can't exactly drop them off at the local fix-it shop for repair. IMO. | |
| How can I tell what version of an LP is best ? Airegin - you have a nice system. I wonder why virtually every high-end digital manufacturer compare their products sound like analog? Not all, but most. Maybe there's something to it? | |
| Purist Audio Design - Dominus Interconnect Cable This seems like the "expensive" v. "overpriced" concepts at work. IMO, something is overpriced if you can buy something just as good for less money. If you can't, while the item may be expensive, it's not overpriced. But, and this is a big but - i... | |
| How can I tell what version of an LP is best ? I think that if you just google "What is the best pressing of..." you should come up with a good idea. Trying to find a great copy of a record is part of the fun. Plus, there's a lot of new, re-released stuff that people have purchased and reviewe... | |
| Music Hall 5.1 owners? The Eroica used to come with the Music Hall 7.1, as I recall, so it's a good match with Project arms. I never heard the M3, so I really can't answer your question. Without an audition, there's no ironclad way to know whether you will prefer the Er... | |
| Best tube integrated? anyone know? The Bada 222(?) from Pacific valve is very good. It's a hybrid 95 wpc. Smooth, powerful, detailed. Really nice and a 30 day trial. It's what I would own if I had to buy an inexpensive amp. | |
| Arcam CD23 FMJ skipping Replacing the entire transport is pretty easy if you can get one. It couldn't possibly cost too much. Good luck | |
| Music Hall 5.1 owners? Consider the Goldring Eroica MC. It comes hi or lo output and it works well with Pro-ject arms. It's actually pretty decent for the money. | |
| Any other AQ Dragonfly Early Adopters out there? I was looking at that - figured I'd wait a few months for the version 2 to come out. I just don't trust a first-generation digital product. | |
| SS or Tubes for Spendor S3/5? Perhaps a new amp is not what you need to achieve your sonic objective? I remember being amazed when a dealer showed me that everything I thought I needed a new amp to achieve, was actually realized through upgrading the preamp. It didn't matter t... | |
| Please help with Spectron Musician Issue. Don't walk away from the system. There are many very decent amps in the under 1K range you can use till you save up for something else. While I was in between good amps, I used an Onkyo 9555 (I think) and a Bada integrated and found them both very... | |
| Please help with Spectron Musician Issue. If Spectron can't fix it, I would doubt anyone else can. Sad to say, this may be one of the times to just cut your losses and move on. This has happened to me twice in my life - first was with a guy who does modifications. Sunk about $1K + expensi... | |
| DOGE 8 Clarity - Is it in the running, really? I can't speak for the preamp, but IMO, the Doge6 CD player competes with players in the 5K range in the areas of accurate portrayal of acoustic instruments, soundstage and overall "realness". I say this having owned several players in the 5K range... |