czarivey
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| Looks like my Luxman D-05 CDP died.... If kids not with me, I blame drugs and alcohol. | |
| Why do almost all women today hate home audio? I have in my store 50/50 man and woman shopping vinyl.Don't know what you're really talking about.If it's depletion of an interest in home audio and vinyl, it affects both equally. | |
| Audio Research Reference 150 severe distortion is VT100 recent ref series?My imagination about Ferrari service compares to shipping 100lb or heavier unit back-fourth. Recent posts about problems shouldn't even be on the first place on $10k+ equipment makes me believe so. I believe that for the... | |
| Cartridge headshell, what would you choose and why? I meant cartridge price not headshell. | |
| Audio Research Reference 150 severe distortion Your personal ownership is probably from at least 7...8 years ago. Now I feel that it's different. I haven't seen word dropped about Ref series reliability till recent and mostly on current models not ones built back than.Tube amp designs have lot... | |
| Philly Record Store Day fail taters777 posts11-28-2015 2:56pmI believe record store day is 4/20. 4/20 is not only the record store day btw. There are 2 RSD per year one in November and another in April. One in April is much bigger. Record selling business is at question ri... | |
| Going to NYC from the outback of Oregon. Other Music on W4th and Broadway is my primary choice. All used records are carefully selected with most like new or Near Mint.For high-end store the best place is AudioConnection in Verona NJ.Rent car, drive there and you'll save money rather tha... | |
| Audio Research Reference 150 severe distortion Cleeds, I just follow frequent facts about Ref series.It doesn't look like tube(s) problem. It looks like functionality problem.bifwynne, you've mentioned bad bias resistor which may go with bad tube didn't you?OP mentioned that tubes are less tha... | |
| New format, dislike..... It's work in progress and more work to be done than already done.Can't even grade it, but for now not even a passing grade. | |
| Cartridge headshell, what would you choose and why? I like Sansui and AudioTechnica headshells in general. They deliver the best sound close to solid tonearm. The higher end is DynaVector ones but at much higher price point.Cartridge I would prefer with sufficient output: medium to high moving coil... | |
| Digital Formats I agree with rodg...Most of it depends on quality of mastering and recording. The rest is combo of marketing and brainwash. | |
| Audio Research Reference 150 severe distortion It looks like AudioReseach Ref series are similar to Ferrari that have great performance but for the price of poor reliability. | |
| SHIPPING FOR MAGNEPLANAR 3.7 1. local pickup is always best2. I'd book an air freight with cargo airlines and make buyer pick up the freight from the airport. I used often SouthWest cargo. 3. Note that if you're not selling locally you potentially loose more than 20% tota... | |
| Help? Stereo for art studio, under $1k My workshop system may help:Sansui 1500 speakers ($60)Alesis RA100 amp 75wpc $80MTX 3000 analogue DJ mixer $20I use RCA-TRS(1/4") wires between mixer and amp $11 generic ones available at nearest Guitar CenterAll purchased on flea market and thrif... | |
| Newbie, old timer or returned to analog? Once I heard CD first time in late 80’s I decided to never give up vinyl. Started building CD collection in mid-90's because of releases that did not go to the vinyl |