dayglow
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| which turntable to buy for $1500 best value ? On the WTL website the back side of the Simplex is visible where made in Beijing is proudly displayed. Where the back image of the Amadeus is on an angle and not visible. Whether that was intentional, that's your call. I have nothing against Opera... | |
| which turntable to buy for $1500 best value ? The problem with the Well Tempered Simplex and Amadeus is Opera Audio is building them in China for Well Tempered Labs. The Simplex could be the best sounding $2k table, but WTL needs to be more upfront about where the Simplex/Amadeus are manufact... | |
| T+A Power Plant ... any opinions? Is this the latest model? The treble(problem with most class D amps)is claimed to be an improvement with the current model. I have NOT heard the T+A Power Plant, but I did demo the ARC DSi 200($6000)and was disappointed. FWIW the best class D tech... | |
| What contact cleaner do you recommend? Thanx for the suggestions. The Kontak appears to be what i'm looking for. The Stabilant 22 is more lubricant then cleaner. Has anyone used Kontak on tube pins? If so were the results positive? | |
| What do you feel? All physical and mental boundaries disappear! | |
| upgrade or replace rega planar 3 Look into a used Rega P7 or the new RP6. Slightly over your budget but a P7 sounds alot closer to a P9 then a P5 or P25. Have not demoed the RP6 yet, but it looks promising for $1495. | |
| How good does a TT have to be for a good cartridge Your vinyl set up is only as good as the weakest link. Instead of focusing on a $3k+ cartridge, work on isolation-cables and synergy between the cartridge and phono preamp. | |
| How selective are you? Inna,Another member told me Stereophile? | |
| How selective are you? I agree with quality over quantity. I'm always looking(listening) for new music but if the content doesn't rate close to a 10 forget it. I'm much more lenient when considering recording quality. | |
| It was 44 years ago that... Jeremy72,Nirvana was influential when regarding the media(radio-tv-press). Musicians were much less influenced by Nirvana. More talented bandes like Pearl Jam-Soundgarden-The Pixies-Mudhoney-COC and Alice in Chains were much more influential with ... | |
| Rediscovering Cold Blood Since Cold Blood was popular before my time, I was first introduced to them from the "Fillmore: Last Days" 2-disc cd about 20 years ago. I originally bought the cd for the Santana, Malo and Quicksilver Messenger Service tracks, but discovered many... | |
| Top 10 Jazz recordings ever Rok2idRegardless if you like it or not, your becoming the latest Agon "star". I make sure to check out all your posts(lol)!!! Keep it up. | |
| Top 10 Jazz recordings ever JunglernSince you asked for vocals 4/5 are vocal recordings.1-Roberta Gambarini-Easy to Love-Best pure jazz vocalist to emerge in the past 10 years.2-Susannah McCorkle-How do you Keep the Music Playing-No flash or trash here, just no nonsense voca... | |
| Fed up with people making noise at classical shows Chadnliz,Your responsible for 21/96 posts! Check with the Audiogon staff if this sets a thread record. Maybe they will send you some party noise makers to bring to your next classical concert! | |
| Upgrade from Rega P5 If your happy with the Rega P5 give the flagship Rega P9 consideration. It's no exotic beauty queen but many prefer it over tables at the $10k price point. |