elliottbnewcombjr
Responses from elliottbnewcombjr
| Amp vs Preamp which is more important? Preamp! Tubes! (get optional features, in menu of modern equipment, actual controls on vintage. Next, how much power do you need? If not too much, tubes! need plenty, SS. | |
| High end speakers at low volume I agree with the wife, the stands are distractingly ug..' However, before you rush into new ones, I encourage you to mess about with toe-in and a milk crate, something low enough to need to tilt them up, so all the angles of reflection are altere... | |
| Need recco for someone to solder tonearm cable clips anyone who re-wires tonearms can. Steve Leung at VAS rewired mine https://vasnyinc.com/ You have the part? Most decent electronics parts stores have technicians that could do it. NOTE: the clips at each end of Ortofon jumper type are slightly ... | |
| High end speakers at low volume congrats on finding a good deal on speakers that you really like. current discussion about stands IF you did not buy their stands: https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/why-are-speaker-stands-so-expensive my opinion stated there: ... | |
| Why are speaker stands so expensive?! Note: matching your speaker’s color (not grain) You could ask for unfinished oak, and a few waste strips of that oak (from that batch).. Then you need to try on the waste strips until you find the color that works with that oak that ends up very... | |
| Why are speaker stands so expensive?! I prefer tilting the speakers back so the tweeter is aimed at seated ear height, thus shorter stands, and a method of tilt, like these referenced above https://www.ebay.com/itm/322933325356?hash=item4b30537e2c:g:Ax8AAOSwwKxbu5Fh&amdat... | |
| High end speakers at low volume You people are driving me mad. There is so much mumbo jumbo in audio land, but the Equal Loudness Compensation is long standing verifiable science. Being an old dog having used ’Loudness’, in many makers products, and the Chase RLC-1 I wrote abo... | |
| I am interested to update my 15 year old system ! Analog, Phono Stage, TT, Cartridges: Do you have a collection of Vinyl? Are you sure you will stick with Vinyl, or very probably to? IOW, a good 'starter' setup to test the waters, then move up as your collection/interest proves itself. my rec... | |
| High end speakers at low volume This Chase Remote Line Controller RLC-1 unit includes automatic and progressive LOW VOLUME compensation. It is like adding the Fletcher Munson ’loudness’ to a modern preamp that lacks that feature: https://www.ebay.com/itm/144675075673?mkevt=1&am... | |
| Time to upgrade AV Receiver Marantz 13.2 says make offer https://www.ebay.com/itm/325694885188?mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&campid=5338381866&toolid=10001&customid=928fbd00-0d05-11ee-be9b-313062313365 Marantz, 11.2, New (o... | |
| Looking for an Amp Replacement that ain't gonna work out, complete opposite directions. | |
| Thorens. Vintage or New? Steve at VAS has several TD125’s he showed me. That site to restore 125’s looks good here’s a search for restoring 124’s https://www.google.com/search?q=restore+thorens+td124&rlz=1C1GCEA_enUS1042US1042&oq=restore+thorens+td124&aqs=chr... | |
| Thorens. Vintage or New? Personally, I find the appearance of the TD124 prefferable. Many custom plinths exist, including this 2 tonearm one https://www.ebay.com/itm/185735783769?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&a... | |
| Looking for an Amp Replacement stevea1298 Sadly Harvey's is long gone. Wayne, my buddy there would call me when he knew a used/refurbished piece was coming out of their shop, to Harvey's used shelf. I bought a lot of great used pieces that way. I'm 26 miles from NYC, in Plain... | |
| Thorens. Vintage or New? Coincidentally, I woke up remembering the best bass I ever had: Thorens TD124 (super heavy platter was the key IMO) SME 3009 series 2 Shure V15Vxmr Beryllium Cantilever ................................................ The TD124’s incredibly m... |