chazzbo
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| SME3009 Series II - how good or bad? Graham.I am going to buy a Mk.IV or V or stay with VPI products but only because the SME can be goiten with removable headshells or VPI for multiple tubes but I want to swap tubes to use more than on cart on one deck (and don't want multi arm tabl... | |
| B&W, Dynaudio, Dali or what else? HJow about used Vantedgardes Duo's or Unos?Or maybe the $20ZK Joseph and Thiel.Verity but you have to pay to play.Great but beter values for money are ou there.Revel???Maybe the speakers that have best bang for buck are the Ushers and the Dancers ... | |
| Re Miles Davis vinyl I think Albert is an Audiogon G-d but he is dead wrong about OJC re-issues.Fantasy just wasted bad remelt vinyl that sounds bad and start to develope surface nolise after just a play or two.THEY SUCK!!All lp's pressed after mid sixties started to ... | |
| Solid state; when would you use tubes? The Music Direct catalogue company say's best selling product they have ever sold has been $399 tube buffer which basically introduces a smal driver 12AX7 whereever you wan to "tube things up".I think this is kind of stupid because essentially whe... | |
| Best speakers under $3K for tube amps, Canm never undertsnad even thought tubes are second m,ost im portant arbiter of osund why folks choose speakers according to amps.If you have an ampo like a Cary 805 C thier quality and cost make it more reasonable but I am of a mind that one shou... | |
| Zu Druid IV - the real deal? Funny these Zu's get about 80% "greatets thiong since AC power" and other 20% hate them.Had one guy say he went to dealership after not getting them to sound OK and he and his buddy just couldn't get them to soundecentt at all.Don't think I have s... | |
| B&W 805S & BAT VK300x SE Integrated. Synergy?? Really nice combo.B&W's don't "need" tubes the way some other speakers do and the BAT is nmot overly euphonic or warm.And the power rating of 150 watts is just right to top out the 805's.I tried a 300 wat Adcom stck and had to run it in passiv... | |
| Syd Barret - RIP Wonder what his life was like all these years on.Know that floyd got him Royalties bu am assuming this was only for work he played on.If anybody knows and details or where on line the story might lie please let us know.And his death wonder if fi t... | |
| Adcom tuner/preamps...... P.SD from chazForgot to mention one the one I have which is the poor mans Dynalan\b or or McIntosh.Yamagha made some VERY good tuner at a few price points.Mine is a cult classic the T2 which cost $750 15 years ago.Find one in good working order an... | |
| Adcom tuner/preamps...... Adcom.Used to sell them, and remebrr that one of the audio mag's (maygbe Steeophile) said that it was worthy of a class C rating and that tuners as a seperate component were becoming more difficult to find and that the tuner in the GTP350 (or repl... | |
| I'm Looking For the Best Hire yopur favoriteb performers to show up on a half hours notice.Ask that they bring 1/4" jack male end with 1/8 female to put in Ipod when they go for bathroom break.Chazzbo | |
| Gallo REfF3's-All their cracked up to be? Wow not much in middle ground here.Guess I'll need to hear them which means leaving the sticks for Da Big City!.I think that some speakers elicit this type of no middle ground.The Zu line comes to mind.Maybe I reading to much of www.6moons.com but... | |
| Nordost Red Dawn with less brightness? I'd see if you can get a 30 day from cable coimpany (or other dealer with a returnpolicy)on Cardas you can afford.I sold krell for 6 years (and you know how brittle and metalic the mids can be with Krell) and though we didn;'t sell them ffreinds w... | |
| Need help to reconfigure my system Accent has good suggestion but you may not want to throw out that much.I'd get beter sourround and ther Outlaw is a gfreat line interms of price.You have speakers on way so9 see how it works out. I'd also get a PS UPC200 or other condtioner.Good l... | |
| TIME to break in a Denon 103R Could the 1203 be the best VALUE of all time?Some might say the Shure is at $300 but is no longer being sld.But it's the one I suggest to anybody who is not an audiophile.Really cheap I'd go for Grado but the 103R is such a venerable product it's ... |