fleschler
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| Why no interest in reel to reel if you're looking for the ultimate sound? I don't have a problem with digital recordings if recorded using proper techniques. (In classical music, too many distantly miked recordings have huge ambiance space but insufficient direct sound). I prefer a more immediate sound, as heard from ... | |
| Dedicated 20 amp circuit - Electrician laughed! That was very likely as our old homes were converted as late as 1964. Geofkaitt-again, stupid comment. "I had four built" is colloquial for owned older homes, not indicating I specifically constructed them or had them constructed for me. Why bothe... | |
| How many people here generally buy used? Classic equipment purchased used including Fisher 400 & 500 receivers, McIntosh MR67 and Kenwood 5700 tuners, a pair of Yamaha CR620s, pair of Yamaha 200 amps, all my speakers-Legacy Focus, Legacy Signature IIIs, ADS L620, Dynaco A-30, A-50, M... | |
| Dedicated 20 amp circuit - Electrician laughed! I own and managed 72 homes in the San Fernando Valley. The only homes that did not have conduit or romex with standard breakers were built prior to 1930s. I had four built in 1886, one in 1914 and six in 1926. All were upgraded to romex and bre... | |
| Why no interest in reel to reel if you're looking for the ultimate sound? I perform and record with a symphony, chamber group and choirs at Disney hall, Royce Hall, Gindi auditorium, Ford theater, etc. I know what live music sounds like. I chose 100% tube amplification (phono, pre-amp, amps) but SS for a DAC and for ... | |
| Dedicated 20 amp circuit - Electrician laughed! I decided on using 10 awg wire on a 20 amp circuit from a dedicated subpanel rather than 8 awg because it fit into my SR blue outlet. It feeds all my equipment with a Bryston Bit20 isolation transformer (my amps go into another box and then into ... | |
| Wow an old album that rocked your world @pinthrift So far, you're the only one who listed a huge list of recordings that also rock my world. I have 90% of the Mercury Living Presence series on LP and CD. You left out RCA Living Stereo, just as good a series. I have about 80% of Ella'... | |
| Why do you think Bi-Wiring improves the sound ? @millercarbon I concur with your early post. I used to bi-wire my speakers until I purchased more expensive wiring. I had a heavy gauge woofer wire and a smaller gauge mid/tweeter wire (same manufacturer, similar design). About 12 years ago, t... | |
| Wow an old album that rocked your world William Royal on Tikva T-29 Sings Romantic Music of the Jewish Theater. Best Yiddish song collection I enjoy listening to (out of 42,000 LPs/CDs/78s). | |
| Dedicated 20 amp circuit - Electrician laughed! @millercarbon I know you have taken more extreme measures in obtaining as perfect sound as you can out of your system. However, why is it that the finest audio system I’ve heard (as dozens of audio critics have concurred) was at audio shows plugge... | |
| Why no interest in reel to reel if you're looking for the ultimate sound? Wow, first time I've seen a Sony AVR R2R on YouTube. Very nice, looks professional. I wonder about why teflon/delrin wasn't use instead of steel along the tape path. It would be magnetically neutral to the tape and just as smooth. Steel paths ... | |
| Who's Gone Topless? @geoffkait, No, wrong again. Speaker dependent. My Focus speakers were rewired by the prior owner. For a couple years, I cringed when I heard a blast of horns. Too bright sounding. About 20 years ago, my friend had me remove the drivers. The... | |
| Most recordings you own by a single artist, group, or composer The biggest collections I missed (and couldn’t have stored anyway) were Tom Chandler with 1.5 million, Music Man Murray with 1 million (both collections purchased by the Brasillian collector Zero Freitas ( https://thevinylfactory.com/features/insi... | |
| Most recordings you own by a single artist, group, or composer P.S. I am 64 and have many years of collecting. I also have a normal life, career and family. I have other interests as well. I moved last year to a large home which enabled me to house my collection as well as 3500+ books. If I were starting ... | |
| Most recordings you own by a single artist, group, or composer My parents started buying records for me at 2 before I spoke. By 5, I had 300 records (classical, childrens and 50s R&R). Through the years, I purchased from stores and collections. One ethnic collection of unused 78s was purchased from a s... |