crustycoot
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| SACD is VERY confusing Roy, Some SACD players’ analog outputs were not cheap. Sony as usual launched the format with a no holds barred implementation at a hefty price, and over a few years brought it down to Earth, with attendant compromises. HDMI 1.2a introduced DSD ... | |
| magnepan They are absolutely positively NOT out of business. They just introduced a new True-ribbon model at $5995.00 called the 2.7i to plug the gap between the Quasi-ribbon 1.7i and larger True-ribbon 3.7i. As others have stated, their long time product... | |
| Still looking for a new Moving Coil Cartridge To address the tiny nuts issue, you can buy a new headshell with the cartridge and have the seller pre mount it. They can probably align it for the Technics too. | |
| Looking for an all-in-one just-add-speakers streamer for my son to take to college Like Dino and rbertalotto above, I suggest going cheap. A Fosi BT120A has Bluetooth and ample power output to drive speakers to dorm room levels. Give him a household chore to complete so he earned it himself. For speakers, Find a good used pai... | |
| Going to replace my Fluance rt85 Generally, why is the Technics SL1200G given more mention than the SL100C, which is $1099.00 vs $1799.00? They seem to have almost identical motors, arms and performance. The 1200 has DJ features most of us here are not in need of. OP can get a... | |
| Best RCA interconnect up to ~$100? I use Cardas Headphone cables on my Sennheiser HD660S and really appreciated the improvement over the stock cable. Their Parsec IC should be of interest. | |
| Is it worth it? DAC question Hook up a USB cable from Node to DAC. You don’t even have to go into Node settings to enable USB output. Listen and you decide. | |
| Sansui? I sold all these in the golden age from ‘73 to the coming of digital tuning. In receivers, the Eight Deluxe was the cream of the crop. In integrated amps, the AU999 and AU9500 were great. Models below were excellent too. I got my brother a 5050 he... | |
| Vinyl record storage in Harvey's office, Suits TV show Unlike Harry Bosch, or Sherlock Holmes in Elementary, Harvey doesn’t show off an elaborate audio system, but he do have a sizable collection of presumably vintage jazz records. Cabinets are probably bespoke…courtesy of set designers. If they showe... | |
| XLR cables for a reasonable price? You should try a pair of these to compare to others. ridiculously "affordable" and uses the quality Mogami cable and Neutrik XLRs and 4% Silver solder: https://a.co/d/0VmO62e | |
| All Pre 1970 Vintage speakers suck! Prove me wrong My affair with audio began in 1968. The early ear opening experiences with amazing speakers were with Rectilinear 3s, IMF TLS-80s, and Quad ESLs. Of the pre-1970 Boston area bunch, KLH 6s were best to my ears, but I never heard 9s. It is true a ... | |
| SNAKE OIL! A new TV Show hosted by David Spade IIRC, some years (decades?) ago there was talk in the AG’s office of NY of making a case against Monster Cable for fraudulent claims in their promotional material. It was never pursued, presumably because it mattered so little to the public inter... | |
| Velodyne DD15 - worth repairing the plate amp? Lot's of talk on this! IMO the Velo DD series is hard to beat without spending thousands, so I say fix the amp. EBC Electronics in NJ does a fine job on them for a fair flat rate. Since this is a servo controlled design, no off-the-shelf plate ... | |
| Upgrading preamp. Best for under $1K If you can wield a soldering iron and follow clear concise directions, try this: You Can Build the PR-102 Stereo Preamplifier Kit - Akitika https://www.akitika.com/PR102.html If not, the AVA or Schiit units are excellent. | |
| Looking for a Warmer Sounding Phono Cartridge Warm? To me that means no to a rising high end. Shure V15 V with Jico SAS stylus. Grace F9 Ruby. Van denHul MC10. |