ed_sawyer
Responses from ed_sawyer
| Retubing Question Of course you could do it yourself. There's nothing special about what they are supplying. 6922s generally do not need matching. (in fact, most tubes don't.... Circuit design takes care of it.)Next time you will know... (and try some NOS/vintage 6... | |
| Decware - Wright Sound - - phono stages?? I have a wright wpp100c - a great unit, superb value. Excellent sonics, compares with stuff @ 3-7 times the price. Certainly better and more involving than the BAT I had been using. Check www.audioasylum.com for more discussion on this item. -Ed | |
| charging tax in Classified Ads?? Just refuse to pay it. Unless you are in the same state they are in, they cannot charge tax. Sounds like a scam to me. -Ed | |
| Why so many Sony Scd-1 for sale? Hey krocdoc, you are wrong but I don't really care. If it's good now it will always be good, despite tastes (or lack thereof) or flavor of the month changing. My examples and info stands on its own as an accurate observation of the situation. YMMV... | |
| Why so many Sony Scd-1 for sale? I dont' think the SCD-1 will ever become badly outdated. It's like XA7ES, Nak Dragon, and others - things of that caliber always hold a fair bit of value. Top of the line stuff that was built well and never will be made like that again.... It's al... | |
| Balanced Passive ""Preamps"--any recommendations? The Bent Audio products are great - highest recommendation. John is a superb fellow to deal with, and the prices are such a steal - much value to be had there. I will likely get more from him, I already got the components to make a killer phono st... | |
| Why Hardly Any High Efficient Bookshelf Speakers? The Upper 2/3 of Edgarhorn Titan system could be considered bookshelf-sized, practically. That would leave finding room for the 80hz or so bass unit(s) somewhere else in the room. Efficiency would be in the 105+ range at least. To get that small a... | |
| EL 34 based amplifier recommendations Conrad Johnson Premier 5 monoblocks would fit the bill nicely. The Vulcan (if you can find one) is another great choice. -Ed | |
| DYI Speakers. How good can they be? Check out Norh - they make speakers out of cast synthetic marble. Pretty cool. ADS used a novalith-type ceramic (?) for their CM (compact monitor) series of speakers in the late 80s/90s. I had a pair - interesting. They were 2 pieces, both cast/mo... | |
| DYI Speakers. How good can they be? It's certainly possible. Some examples:http://www.magico.net/ - this guy is basically a one-man-band who has taken it to the next (ultimate?) level - he's still on the DIY/BASS speakers list and contributes ideas from time to time. But, he's also ... | |
| CES is almost upon us. Will be there again most likely. Haven't booked yet but soon. (Hey Peter! how are those Harbeths?)-Ed | |
| Seperate phono stage v.s. step up transformer Check www.bentaudio.com - the S&B step-ups are about as good as it gets, and his prices for the Mu step ups in either kit or prebuilt form is a helluva deal. -Ed | |
| Analog at '03 V.S.A.C. Will be nice to see the 340 in person. The amps and preamp are ones he built himself, IIRC. (SET 845 amps I think). Edgarhorns sound so good... just wish they were a little better looking... >:/ VSAC: just a few days left to go!-Ed | |
| A real dumb Tube question I'll give ya some glow... | |
| Do magnets and electronics mix? Magnetic levitation in three dimensions is not really possible. In all situations that I know of, there will be some force (read: hard contact) in at least one dimension, to keep the whole assembly oriented. Would be great if it was truly suspende... |