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| Shipping 80lb amps. FWIW I have made it a policy to bring my sold items to the UPS Store or Fedex/Kinkos and pay them to pack. They use lots of bubble wrap and very stout boxes and I've never had any problems...but my shipments were not 80lbs. Have you considered ... | |
| Good Reel-To Reel Blank RecordingTape In my first job at a HiFi store in 1973, the demo material was all recorded on a Pioneer RtR machine from a Dual 1229 with an Audio Technica AT15 (nude Shibata) using a Mac C28 preamp. Playback through MC2105 into our favorite speakers…ESS AMT-1 ... | |
| Nearly all manufacturers do not advertise/exhibit their product measurements? Why? This reminds me of the Carver Corp. claim in the 80’s that their amps could replicate the sound of any other amp design by adjusting the “transfer function” which was Bob’s buzz word for frequency response plus noise/ distortion profile. Unless I... | |
| Best Examples Of Cymbal Decays On A Recording Bruce Cockburn’s album from 1991, Nothing But A Burning Light, track 2 Kit Carson, has Cymbal crashes with decay to give any tweeter a workout. Also his recent album Crowing Ignites track Bells of Gethsemane. Mind blowing percussion and guitar w... | |
| Bookshelf speakers that renders 3D soundstage I've had several monitors "disappear" in various rooms and setups. A/D/S L500s did it in the mid-70's, Morel M202s in the 80's, Boston Acoustics VRM50s in the 90's. All had 6" to 8" woofers and 1" domes, some soft and damped, some hard and metal... | |
| McIntosh C52 to C53 Upgrade If your upgrade itch is FOMO over SQ, try some cortisone cream. The units will sound the same, just like your C50. McIntosh Labs engineering doesn’t suffer from audiophilia nervosa. When they’re done with a design they’re done. The next project l... | |
| different people may hear the same sound differently... One point that always seemed logical to me is that if each of us hears through our own "filter" when exposed to reproduced sound, we also filter actual live sound through the same filter, so the effect is neutralized as far as identifying differen... | |
| Temporary Down Sizing - Integrated Amp Recommendations The Lux will do very nicely to fulfill the priorities you set out. With it, you are not buying redundancies, and it has a classic design. If you can find one for your stated budget you will not be disappointed with its performance. The Ohm Wals... | |
| CD Transport Question Pro-Ject Box Designs CD Box DS2T at $900.00 has gotten a lot of good write-ups. | |
| Roger Waters and Graham Nash on The Band. I see no need to diminish Abbey Road in order to heap praise on MFBP or The Band. What about Blonde On Blonde, or Are You Experienced? Or Blue, Surrealistic Pillow, or Let It Bleed or Freak Out? These were all records that defined the era. HS C... | |
| Magnepan .7 Alternatives I am very acquainted with Maggies as an owner (MG3s, similar to today’s 3.7i) and a retailer. As others have said your room is too small to adequately play any Magnepan model. Get some direct radiators with 6.5 or 7” bass/ midranges on stands. Peo... | |
| Steely Dan Catalog on UHQR Vinyl As one who got on the SD train with their first album, and have found their earliest work to have their craftiest lyrics, some of their most iconic guitar work, and best all around music, I encourage you to listen to the full albums. Can’t Buy A ... | |
| Turntables I have had a TD1600 on order for months…waiting for the walnut plinth. Have a 2M Black LVB waiting to use with it. Your comment and Mijo’s are the first mentions I’ve seen here. Good to have my choice validated in advance! It will replace a 35 ... | |
| Yamaha m4 Sorry. Reading again the story seems to be the same…bad solder or bad caps. | |
| Yamaha m4 He didn’t say the amp was on nor whether the popping sound was from the amp itself or from the speakers. I’m getting that it was from the amp and indicates deteriorating solder joints at the pcb. Whether the caps are good or not needs to be evalua... |