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| Why Do You Still Have Vinyl if You Don't Play it? Would one want to discard all of thier books once you can do all of your reading on the ipad?This hobby, at least for me,is not just about, a quick end result. Being a gearhead, means that music coming from a computer file, leaves me cold and unsa... | |
| Audio Research SP10 vs ? Gary, (Muffley) great to see a familiar (audiomart) member on here. Used to talk to you all the time (about D-150 amps) years back. Coming from you, the quicksilver is well worth a listen. How much of a pain is the 2 volume control setup to get us... | |
| ARC LS1, LS2, LS3 , or LS7, which to buy? John, I am mostly in agreement with your observations as I sold my LS 2 rather quickly. My opinion of it was formed using the most lush and euphonic amplifiers from ARC,s 76 thru 82 era. I partnered the PH-1 with the LS-2 and on some LPs, it was l... | |
| ARC LS1, LS2, LS3 , or LS7, which to buy? I stand corrected regarding the LS-2 tube complement it was 1and not 2 (confused it with the SP-9). I am puzzled though at the overall condemnation of the LS-2 circuit, that Jafox seems to elicit on all his threads. This circuit right or wrong, wa... | |
| Ohm Speakers, thoughts? The Ohm A in its current state of Millersound mods may in fact surpass everything available, based on it's inherent design executed properly. That said, the Magneplaner wave launch is still bigger on piano music and the reason for its typical audi... | |
| Ohm Speakers, thoughts? Funny you mention "hi fi resolution", the greatest example of this being the ESS AMT HEIL 13 pound driver. To this day, it is beyond reproach from a hi fi standpoint. It does some things better than anything I have heard.It is hard to give up its ... | |
| Ohm Speakers, thoughts? Regarding Bill's Ohm A, it is indeed a very interesting and unique type of sound. Along with the very special "you are there" characteristics, it is a frustrating design with the most complex theory behind it I have ever seen. At first listen you ... | |
| ARC LS1, LS2, LS3 , or LS7, which to buy? I would refer to the LS-2 as the best solid state preamp ARC has made, even though it sports 2 vacume tubes. The line stage is quite a bit more accurate than my SP-8 or SP-10. If a head to head shootout were done on the direct input of the LS-2 ve... | |
| Trying a turntable-it sounds crappy, what's up?? Your Audio Technica is most likely a MM cartridge. They make some very good sounding models today for about 100.00 if I recall. The Shure V-15 is still a model of neutrality and Various heavyweights in the industry use it for listening to the resu... | |
| Trying a turntable-it sounds crappy, what's up?? The SL-1900, is a very GOOD budget Technics direct drive. All you need to do, is install a new cartridge and check the tonearm wires and alignment. Set the turntable up on a slab of bricks or marble, (because of the feedback prone base)and you can... | |
| Telarc recording quality When thinking back through the Telarc classical catalog, the impressions I got, were one of a mostly natural, yet uninvolving sound. The somewhat heavy bass was at first a joy, after the bass shy DG and Columbia productions of the day, but other t... | |
| RU recording LPs on Reel to Reel ? Hi Dennis,As a lifelong R/R fan, you must remember that A tape deck is basically a Transport and a preamp. The better the electronics in the preamp section, the better your recordings will sound. For this reason, the fellow above loves his Revox G... | |
| Perreaux amplifier 3150B - your opinion sought Sean, good points all, The Products that used "special" ICs, are indeed a big problem. The 3k Mcintosh MR-80 tuner, is just such an item. If a particular chipset does indeed fail on that unit,its adios to your investment. The chipsets are all tick... | |
| Perreaux amplifier 3150B - your opinion sought Hi Sean, My 2150b from 1983, had a staggering bottom that drove Infinity RS-1 bass towers better than anything I had.Perhaps they didnt all sound the same. The amp was quite a bargain when it was introduced. We also thought quite a bit of the 1150... | |
| Audio Research service Just try to call Conrad Johnson and ask them about some of thier older units like the MV-75 or Premier 1, and NO one will know anything about it , nor will they have any interest in assisting you . ARC, on the other hand, SUPPORTS all products the... |