dazzlingmd
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| Where did you buy your first audio gear? A pawn shop in Austin, Texas, my freshman year of college at UT in 1988. They had a pair of infinity speakers (I was an avid reader of Stereo Review at the time and knew that brand was at least decent) and they wanted $100 for the pair and I star... | |
| Service for Thor Audio amps Following up on this. I contacted Ben and although you're correct that he listed Thor Audio as one of the brands he services, he said he doesn't work on them or have any schematics for them. If others have thoughts on someone who might service T... | |
| The two stages of audiophilia In 30 years I haven’t made it past step 1. I may need a 12 step program to get out of step 1. | |
| Service for Thor Audio amps Thank you Chayro. I will contact him. | |
| Service for Thor Audio amps Bumping this because while I was able to figure out my issue from a year and a half ago, now I have a more significant issue and am wondering if anyone still services these or even has a schematic. I love the sound of these amps and don’t want to ... | |
| Reccomend a good preamp for me. My Shindo Monbrison is probably my favorite piece of audio equipment I've ever owned. I've used it with a lot of different amps (all tubes, some SETs, an OTL, and some push-pulls, none of them Shindo amps) and it has been fantastic with all of th... | |
| SME tonearm rewire - holy cow In answer to previous questions, yes the new leads go directly from the cartridge to the phono stage, which is a change from the original (mine is a 3009-R), which terminated at the base of the arm to RCA jacks and I was previously using an RCA to... | |
| High end stereo preamps? Worth it? Shindo Monbrison changed my life. I could barely afford it even used but have never looked back. It added richness and texture that I didn’t know I was missing. | |
| What's the best and/or favorite piece of equipment you've owned? And do you still own it? For me it’s my Shindo Monbrison preamp. I had discounted the importance of the preamp in my system before I got that one about 5 years ago, even though I had gone through some good ones. The Shindo just made everything sound better, full and ric... | |
| My pet peeve: "revealing" speakers Based on this discussion, I think I’ve been using (and reading in reviews) the term “revealing” very differently than others. I’ve had speakers in my system that were more “forgiving” in my view, and less “revealing” to me, in that a meticulously... | |
| Thoughts on the EAT C series tables Interesting that you mention the SUT. About a year ago I got a great deal on an Auditorium 23 SUT (not the Homage unfortunately), the one for very low output cartridges (so the one that matches best to the Orpheus). I tried it as an experiment e... | |
| Thoughts on the EAT C series tables Thanks Uber and Fjn. Very helpful information. I agree that the Amadeus does and awful lot really well and I’m not really inclined to replace it. I just have that bug to try something new after about 5 years. I’m sure you can relate. With the... | |
| Thoughts on the EAT C series tables Rekindling this old thread as it relates to a current question I am pondering. Fjn did you ever hear the C-Sharp and how did it compare to your Amadeus? I have an Amadeus Mkii and I love it but I’ve had it for 5 years or so and sometimes get the... | |
| If you could just pick one instrument that you think sounds best on your speakers Saxophone. On my Merlin VSM Black Magic speakers, it sounds perfectly natural and real. When I put in a good recording of Getz Gilberto, for example (reel to reel or Analogue Productions 45RPM vinyl reissue), you can hear the spit flowing throug... | |
| EL34 tubes- alternates to matched octet for Primaluna HP dialogue premium I had that exact amp for a while and had a lot of fun doing some shootouts with various EL-34s and KT-120s. The clear standouts were the NOS RFT EL-34s and the PSVane EL-34s. I could have lived happily with either set and they made a huge differ... |