dorkwad
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| What did your system look like 30 years ago? mapman,Philips GA-212. Had one in a pretty bad system--that was my best piece.Bob | |
| What did your system look like 30 years ago? Allison Ones, Audible Illusions 2D, Kenwood KD-500 TT, Grace G-707 arm, Dynavector MR 23 Ruby, Premier head amp, oak plywood rack, Monster cable SC, Audiquest Ruby ICs, Mod Squad 405 amp, Dual C-901 cassette. The analog setup was used for 13 years... | |
| For auld lang syne, ..high-end companies you really liked that are gone.... VMPS speakers, Tube Research Labs, Grace arms and cartridges, Dayton-Wright speakers, Dahlquist speakers, Design Acoustics speakers, Ariston turntables, Beveridge speakers, Maplenoll TT/arms...I owned a few of these at different times and still ha... | |
| Pure tube phono preamp Aural Thrills Audio ’The Beast’ has only tubes used and is similar in design to the TRL DUDE preamp in build--huge chassis, huge power supply, 9 tubes used vs. 5 in the DUDE. Will quietly do LOMC down to .4 mv. He built this unit using the best so... | |
| Recommendation for a replacement speaker cable Under $600, you should at least try Speltz Anticables in your system. They were the cable that beat all others tried in my system until I hit on a couple that were new like Cerious Graphene Extreme $640 that you can get well under $400 used and A... | |
| Recommendation for a replacement speaker cable At under $100, the Speltz Anticables are WAY beyond the others. I had a hard time beating their sound until I spent $700 on a couple speaker cables. Even then, parts of the sound were no better with the $700 cables. Beyond that, you'd have to g... | |
| An audio rack that really does make a difference. I was able to mostly buy a used Star Sound Sistrum rack. The moment I put my components on this, the sound was much more like live music with greater definition and dynamics. It is a 3 leg rack but you can put 300 lbs. on each shelf. I had a 5 ... | |
| Phonostage recommendations under $3K Aural Thrills Serenade at $1200 or their absolute best 'the Beast' at $2500 with the best parts used. The Serenade was the Absolute Sound's s Product of the Year a couple years ago. The Beast is a very large and even better sounding unit. Tom K... | |
| How long can I expect tubes to last on a preamp or MW CD player? Just spoke with Brent today about the 6SN7 tubes and 5AR4GZ34 rectifier tubes. He seems to be hot on the RCA 6SN7 GT tubes and the Mullard GZ34 tube. I looked up my records in my emails sent and figured out I bought the DUDE in late 2016-early 201... | |
| How long can I expect tubes to last on a preamp or MW CD player? Thanks jjss49,I will look into them. | |
| How long can I expect tubes to last on a preamp or MW CD player? Thanks for the advice e. I will try that out. I have that record, not CD, however. I will say that the system has been leaning slightly towards the left with most all voices. Didn't used to do that. I have the TRL DUDE preamp so it will takes... | |
| How long can I expect tubes to last on a preamp or MW CD player? elliottbnewcombjr,Thanks for the compliment--I resemble that remark. It will change my life. The rest of the comments were interesting reading and maybe helpful. | |
| How long can I expect tubes to last on a preamp or MW CD player? Thanks for the replies jjss49 and noromance. Sounds like I'm well over. The PPT stuff made such a difference in performance, I didn't notice the drop-off in SQ until this past week. | |
| Need more slam! Help! I had the early Von Schweikert Vortex Screens that were a clone of the Vandersteen 2C in looks, BUT...had better dynamics. Had them for 18 years and loved the sound. Your speakers sound very nice but more live dynamics are not the strong point o... | |
| Who are your three favorite female singers? You’re welcome nonoise. We were going to get to see Rickie Lee this spring prior to #19 at Axpona. Man, I was looking forward to that. Yes, her kicking up the dynamics from a soft note right through to very loud and the same thing on being able to... |