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Review: Forte Model 4a Amplifier
Arnold, Contact Jon Soderberg at http://www.vintageamprepair.net/He is very knowledgeable in regards to Forte and Threshold. 
XM radio tuner for home
Have had this up and running a few days now and I am totally delighted with the XM Broadcasts and the Polk XRT12 Tuner. The Yamaha T 1 tuner is now retired, not because of failure or poor performance. But because of the poor AM and FM stations in ... 
Review: Polk Reference XM HomeTuner Tuner
I for one find the Polk XRT12 tuner a joy to use. Having returned to South Florida with my venerable Yamaha T 1 tuner. I came to find out that much has changed since I left. The broadcast stations here are now pure dreck. Once again,Pilot,Clear Ch... 
Review: Denon DL-110 Cartridge
I would not characterize the Denon 110 or 160 as cold and icy by any means. However a lot has to do with the tonearm,preamp,cabling,proper setup,VTA,overhang adj, etc.Given all those parameters I have found these Denon DL 110 and 160 to be on the ... 
Review: Grado Platinum Cartridge
I have found that the Grado Wood bodies work well with medium to high mass arms and not quite as good on low mass arms. Grados due track well, but to get the most from them the tonearm needs to be able to control the Grado. The compliance on the G... 
Review: Shure M97xE Cartridge
After restoring a Micro Seiki BL-51 w/out tone arm, we went with the Rega RB 300 arm. Contacted EK to see if he had any phono cartridges laying around at the time. He did not. So the client was running a little low on funds after the arm purchase.... 
Review: Resolution Audio Opus 21 CD Player
Having at long last heard the Opus 21 CD Player, with its somewhat noisy mechanism. I have to give the edge to the Oracle 1500 CD Player. In my opinion when price to price is compared and both of these are in that $3,500 price range, the Oracle 15... 
Review: Harman Kardon T-60 Turntable
Yes the tonearms are interchangeble. Should be no problem.Just a time consuming tedious job and some skill with a soldering iron. Take your time. 
Review: DCM TimeWindow 1 Speaker
I can't help but think that the current owners of DCM have thier head up their butts. Since I posted this review there has been over 14,000 hits on this post and over 120 posts to this review. These are strong numbers on a dedicted site such as Au... 
Review: Sonographe SC-1 Preamplifier
The DR 5, 6 and 7 are outstanding preamps. Excellent build qaulity with way above average parts used,mil spec circuit boards and good design. Years ago had the DR 5 here for a few months and thought that it was one of the finest preamps I had hear... 
Review: Sonographe SC-1 Preamplifier
Many thanks for the kind words. It is appreciated. It is indeed refershing to find from time to time high value products that deliver the promise of high end without breaking the bank. Of course with unlimited resources one can acquire some of the... 
Review: DCM TimeWindow 1 Speaker
Wasn't slowhand, was my initial review of the Time Windows that members are posting to here. No worries it is a public domain review. He must have like what I wrote on these. But other sellers have used this review before. About six times by my co... 
Review: Denon DRA395 Stereo Receiver
Recently a Denon DRA 395 came my way via the trade in route. Customer moving into separates.All things considered this is one of the finest modern contemporary receivers on the market today. With that being said construction,build quality and over... 
Review: NAD NAD 7080 Receiver Amplifier
Since posting this review, have discovered a feature on this receiver that I overlooked.Ambient Recovery Switch for concert hall effect on 2nd set of speakers, if used. Very cool feature. In this mode the second set of speakers are thrown out of p... 
Review: Dolan PM 1 Preamplifier
Since I have been on Audiogon about six years now. I have seen 5 on this site for sale. Prices range from $200.00 to $600.00 although I don't know what the final sale price was. In my opinion at these prices the Dolan PM 1 is an outright steal. Se...