elliottbnewcombjr
Responses from elliottbnewcombjr
| Yamaha GT-2000 from Japan or local TD-125? I owned a Thorens TD-124, a great TT. I highly recommend one if it great shape, re-conditioned .... I have had several wood bases made for several TD-125 someone knowledgeable owns. I am not impressed with what I see/feel , I cannot imagine it co... | |
| Are your record surfaces as silent as CDs? The reason CD's blew vinyl nearly off the face of the earth for many years was CD's promise of no noise, hiss, ticks, pops, no surface noise FOR LIFE. Vinyl re-emerged, and our sophistication of the entire vinyl chain increased a great deal, it's... | |
| Giving Advice without recommending your own equipment Also, it seems many recommend equipment they do not own or ever heard. I only specifically recommend equipment I own or have owned. I may link specific equipment that I never owned/seen/heard, usually used from hifishark, because it seems to fit ... | |
| New Audiogon URL restrictions are too much still unable to post a link | |
| What’s wrong with these McIntosh Monoblocks? problem now is the same as what blew the fuses in the 1st place. unusual that both amps fuses were blown, and both blew again. fuse specs: perhaps someone put the wrong fuse in them. find the fuse specs, get a couple pairs of them, see what happe... | |
| Mixing eras think efficient speakers sensitivity 90db or more. you may change your amp in the future. that will help with current and future amp, keeps cost/size/weight/heat down and increases placement options, remember remote line of sight. get down to mor... | |
| Classical Record Collection Needs New Home lupus dot org they come to your house and pick stuff up. usually, they want the items at the end of your driveway, arrange a date, they come, load it, drive off. we use them after garage day sales, they take what didn’t sell. I would contact th... | |
| New Audiogon URL restrictions are too much I just tried a link, blocked again | |
| New Audiogon URL restrictions are too much I cannpt post links. I get big X from Cloudflare the past week. And, if you try to go back, everythinh you have written is goneXXXX I've been writing Tammy, so far no solution. | |
| Pine Tree Audio Kinetic Speaker Cables Review. Pine Tree Custom Cables are very cooperative, made me phono cable with special long/narrow din connector one end, RCA other end, good price, sounds great. | |
| Brigid Monos or Mono Blocks? One advantage of bridging capability: say switch to tubes, keep cost/heat/size/weight down, will 45 wpc be enough? or: buy new speakers, less sensitivity, existing amp enough power for them? If reasonably easy to find another, used or new, you ... | |
| You don't lack bass, you have too much treble I use a SPL meter on a tripod, and do not like pink noise. I use 1/3 octave test tones, like found on Amazing Bytes CD. Last one sold, $9.99 was me, I snapped it up. Actually the one on discogs for $42. delivered is a good price, most often $75.... | |
| Copper vs. Silver tonearm wire Personally I have always had Copper, the difference size and number of strands and insulation. For a friend I installed two Vintage Micro Seiki MA-505S which was/is their silver wire 'upgrade' version. I'm not sure if it is solid silver or silve... | |
| Acceptable to ask seller for option to return a component? You certainly have the right, and probably wise to get a return commitment, in writing. Also, even if listing says 'working' ... write seller via the service, i.e. eBay, Reverb ...ask questions, and get clarifications in writing which you can th... | |
| Stuff You Tried To Love 1st comes to mind is a SS McIntosh Preamp C28. It worked fine as a switcher/attenuator, many features I still want, HOWEVER, I did not like the sound of it’s MM Phono EQ. I actually preferred the dinky optional phono built into my Audio Technica ... |