dancole
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| Relative Spending on Turntables and Cartridges Of course, it always depends on what you are buying for the money, but for most of us it is simply not true that "price means nothing." Also, I'm not looking for approval. I'm just wondering why the convention is to spend only 70% of a budget on a... | |
| Maggies to Tekton? I had a pair of Maggies (the small MMGIs) and now have the Tekton DIs (but with ribbon tweeters instead of the standard arrays). To be sure, they are very different animals. I used the Maggies, with a suitably fast subwoofer, in a small room. In t... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Joe Henderson, The State of the Tenor, Vol. 1 | |
| Best "Bang for the Buck" you have owned? NAD 1020 preamp and Snell J-II speakers, both of which I purchased in the late '70s and still use on a regular basis. | |
| To venture back into vinyl or not,...that is the question. I never got rid of my old turntable (Micro Seiki MB14), but I added a couple of new ones in the past couple of years (Rega P3 and Pioneer PLX 1000). I'm really happy with the quality of the equipment. What I'm not so enthusiastic about is the qual... | |
| Tekton speakers with Ribbon / AMT ?? I special ordered a pair of Double Impacts with ribbon tweeters in place of the array of dome tweeters because I generally prefer ribbons or AMTs, and I was unable to hear the dome array before purchasing. I didn't spring for the Mumford ribbons, ... | |
| Seeking advice on Speakers that create an intimate 2 channel listening experience I'll throw a bit of a curve ball and suggest something other than a full-range, floor-standing speaker. For me, the Harbeth C7-es3 at medium distance (about 6-7 feet) provide the most intimate and beautiful listening I've ever experienced from aud... | |
| Pioneer Direct Drives - Now and then? I've got a Pioneer PLX-1000 on my #2 system (with a Parasound P5, Primare a30.2, and Tekton Double Impacts, customized with ribbon tweeters in place of the standard tweeter array). I bought that turntable because I always wanted to try a direct dr... | |
| What's the best non-DAC streamer? You can save thousands by buying a small, fanless, NUC with a decent processor including wifi, a small amount of RAM, and a small internal HD for the software. For software you have lots of options. My personal preference is Room Rock, which works... | |
| The Hardest Naturally Occurring Substance on Earth No amount of dust, grime or grit on an LP is going to wear down a diamond needle, no matter how long you use it. As a previous commenter noted, diamonds are cut using other diamonds because nothing else will work. | |
| Mid Range Streamer DAC recommendation help requested! Another alternative: build a dedicated computer (which is basically what all streamers are). You can build a small NUC (with or without a fan, depending on where you plan to keep the device), with 4 or 8 MB of RAM, one small hard drive for softwar... | |
| Business Ethics in the Audio Industry I appreciate the varied responses, including those slamming me for posting about the incident. Perhaps it was not worth posting about. Having said that, I believe most customers feel "entitled" to receive advertised items for which they have paid,... | |
| Best subwoofer below 40Hz for Magnepan .7? Check out the RSL Speedwoofer. It's a great value for money, and supports my Maggie MMGi speakers really well. Here's a review: https://www.soundandvision.com/content/rsl-speakers-speedwoofer-10s-subwoofer-review |