elrod

Responses from elrod

System assessment...
There's a lot of considerations that can determine which direction you may want to go. How does your system sound to you now? What do you think is lacking? Is your system used as part of an  A/V system or just for listening? Are you looking to up... 
Calling All Tube Gurus
If they want to contribute in a positive way (sad I had to say that)  
No More Fake Reviews - So Who’s Gonna Tell Us What To Buy?
Mass migration to Canada or Mexico for internet reviewers...  
RIP SRV
Damn it's been that long ago? RIP Stevie...  
Greg Kihn
His life's in jeopardy no more. God bless & R.I.P.  
Does anyone know what's up with vinylengine.com?
If you don't have an existing account though, that has been permanently disabled.  
Does anyone know what's up with vinylengine.com?
Click on the FORUM tab and you can login from there - I just did it  
Aries-Cerat Helene Review
@tonywinga  @jc51373  Just an FYI for all Helene owners - the stock Mullard rectifier SUX! Do  yourself a huge favor and upgrade  to a 5AR4/GZ34 NOS  Mullard F31,F32, or a Matsushita w/ the split seam top. I'm using a GE/Matsushita split seam G... 
Auditioning Used Equipment - Am I crazy ?
You're not crazy for asking. But by the same token, they aren't crazy for saying "no".  
Eminent Technology Et-2 From Scratch
At the risk of being obvious, could the seller give you a clue as to what the issuess are with it?  
Interconnect priority
I can't vouch for the validity of it, but people who know more than I do about about audio say the DAC to Preamp is more important, because it's the smaller signal and any deficiency in the signal will just be amplified the further down the chain ... 
Do you belong more to souce first or to speakers first school of thought ?
Speakers first camp here. That way you can make sure your room layout is good for the speakers and the amp matches the load requirement for your speakers  
Quandary
It's one thing if you were actively looking at that amp to purchase - even paying $300 for an audition could well be worth it to you compared to buying, not liking it, then having to resell. But then you weren't actively looking. There could well... 
Thorens PSU124
The center knob on the speed selector is how you fine tune the speed. Just pull up an owners manual online and it's all explained there. Now if your saying that you've run out of adjustment before the speed is correct, do a search for td-124 eddy ... 
Power cords: does length matter?
That's what she says...