dekay
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| As A Youngster, What Unit Puqued Your Interest In All This? My first "music player" was a Tiny Tim crystal radio (around 1959). In 1960 (neighbor's Halloween party) I listened to a single Klipsch K-Horn, Garrard or Thorens TT (unknown amp/preamp) and it blew away the Tiny Tim (my jaw dropped to the floor)... | |
| Why is Audiogon insisting on a verified physical address in order to post? falconquest: A land line is a telephone hard connected to the network via bell wire (the way it all started). We also have a "modern" portable battery powered phone hooked up to the main line for use on the patio. The computer is connected t... | |
| Why is Audiogon insisting on a verified physical address in order to post? PS: It's nice to be posting again. Spent the past 4 days posting to MuletsGalore on the D-WEB, and was running out of Mullet Dozens. DeKay | |
| Why is Audiogon insisting on a verified physical address in order to post? It took me 4 days to figure out "how" to verify a phone # and start posting again. I have 2 land lines that the system would not accept, but finally tried a $20 burner phone (carry it for emergency calls) and it worked. I was unable to contact A... | |
| Please recommend decoupling footers for DAC The EAR footers are still available @ Parts Connexion. They worked well on components heavier than the Bel Canto DAC (which only weighed 4 pounds). https://www.partsconnexion.com/ear-isolation-devices-feet.html DeKay | |
| Please recommend decoupling footers for DAC I ended up using nail buffer blocks under a Bel Canto DAC 1. I previously tried Mapleshade brass cones, Racing cones (forget the manufacturer), Vibropods and soft EAR footers. I borrowed the nail buffers from my wife. https://www.amazon.com/Nat... | |
| "Can You Lift Yours?" My Bottlehead DH/SET 2A3 mono blocks weigh approx. 12 pounds each. However, accessing them (bottom shelf of a rack located in a hallway linen closet) is not an easy task for me. My pilot SA-232 clocks in @ around 20 pounds as did my old Mac 30 m... | |
| Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters Ruins the Song ‘Money’! Love threads like this as they expose cretins posting under different monikers than they do at other sites. DeKay | |
| Help finding a remote for an Audio Aero Capitole CDP This non-OEM came up on Google. https://www.remote-control-world.eu/capitole-c-12_729/capitole-24192-mkii-remote-control-replacement-p-7260 DeKay | |
| $300-$500 Cartridge for Thorens TD-1601 Turntable The Vasari has a fixed stylus. DeKay | |
| Cloth vs paper surround Forgot to mention that I purchased the "dope" used locally from a shop on Ventura BLVD in North Hollywood. The guy I dealt with reminded me of a creepy character from a John Connolly/Charlie Parker novel (assume that they are no longer in busines... | |
| $300-$500 Cartridge for Thorens TD-1601 Turntable The MP-200 (based upon reviews and your list). I use Grado Prestige Silver with my vintage Thorens TD125II/SME combo (love it), but the Nagaoka would not involve remounting a cartridge body when replacing the stylus. I prefer a harmonically rich... | |
| Xangsane XS-1001Ag silver coax SPDIF cable "So with around 7K posts here I know what I'm talking about!" So much for SOUND reasoning. DeKay | |
| Making a CD from a cassette I live in West Hollywood (Los Angeles) and there are gobs of local Pro T/F services. Should be the same for NYC. 2 hours of VHS T/F here is approx. $40 and cassette T/F runs around $20 (per unit). If you know someone local in the film/music ind... | |
| Making a CD from a cassette For a one-off I would use a well reviewed pro service. Your query reminded me that I have VHS tapes (8MM film T/F'd to VHS 30+ years ago) that need to be T/F'd to DVD and memory stick. DeKay |