fatparrot
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| Avalon: Eidolon vs Opus vs Opus Ceramique I think the thec plural of Opus is Opey. At least, that's what Aunt Bee told me, Tireguy. Happy Tunes! | |
| LIVE JAZZ RECORDINGS Jazz is not primarily the style of music that I listen to. With that being said (and my relative ignorance of jazz) I LOVE Al Hirt "Live on Bourbon Street" (Laserlight 17 075). Very good pressing. His love of the trumpet, playfulness with band mem... | |
| Balanced Amps at a reasonable price? What's your definition of high power, Darrylhifi? And "resonable" price? | |
| Notable Liner Notes...? This is not technically a liner note, since this is actually printed on the backside of the album jacket. The only LP to have instructions (to the best of my knowledge) is David Bowie's "Ziggy Stardust". It reads "TO BE PLAYED AT MAXIMUM VOLUME". ... | |
| Why doesn't Audiogon have some guidelines? I do the same thing, Jeffloistarca. However, when I receive additional email about the item, I always indicate that I have a sale pending, and will notify the potential buyer that I will get back to him if the sale falls through. Not only is this ... | |
| Opinion of Coincident power cord's? Hard to believe that you've never upgraded your PC's!!! I would highly recommend the Custom Power Cord line. David Blair is a fanatic about build quality. A small operation where the owner/designer can keep an eye on all aspects of his excellent p... | |
| Imaging I think that there is only one absolute in audio: if you are ever unfortunate enough to get zapped by the high voltages of a tube amp, and live, you will ABSOLUTELY never make that mistake again! Happy Tunes! | |
| Looking for warmth,openess, detail Just a minor correction, Jadem6. Although the Valhallas are primarily copper conductors, they are coated with a thin layer of silver. According to Nordost, "Each conductor is made from optimized diameter solid 99.999999 Oxygen Free Copper that has... | |
| Smoke coming from transformer means........anyone? Wasn't that a Deep Purple song from the '70's..."Smoke on the Transformer"? Happy Tunes! | |
| NOS tubes new production Three reason for not remanufacturing NOS: 1) extremely limited market! Don't forget, in the tube heyday, EVERY device could only use tubes, there were no such "animals" as transistors. Now, with solid state devices, especially I.C.'s, (which can b... | |
| What would you do about a sleazy buyer?? You definitely got JERKED, BIG TIME. This low life was setting you up for something. Was he a criminal defense attorney? A real low life I once knew (he actually managed to get himself disbarred, and you KNOW how lawyers on the board of overseers ... | |
| Question about polarity-inverting preamps Some preamps (Atma-sphere & Sonic Frontiers to name a few) have phase inverter switches to let you A/B the sound. This is a really nice feature. Happy Tunes! | |
| Magnepan wire upgrade I would contact Magnapan to get more info (especially, if the speakers are still under warrantee!) Personally, this is the LAST thing that I would consider doing, out of many options, to tweak the sound in your system. Many people report sonic imp... | |
| Maggie 1.6's and Power. How much is enough? I had a pair of 1.6's, and they LOVE power. The most noticable improvement with more power is deeper and tighter bass. (That's why Maggies have a bum rap of being weak in the bass region!) Does this receiver give 120 watt per channel with ALL chan... | |
| Preamps in general One thing that I would look for is modular construction, so that as new technologies evolve, new modules/circuit boards can simply be plugged in. Don't know if this applies to the Lexicon, which has an excellent reputation! Happy Tunes! |