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| A New Reel to Reel Tape Deck? Hello, i would just like to add that IMO there is nothing wrong withproducing tapes that run at 7.5 IPS, and possibly even 1/4 track as opposed tohalf-track (i have both). Now we're talking about ONE reel of tape, andit could in some cases even b... | |
| A New Reel to Reel Tape Deck? I have looked over what is available on 1/4 inch pre-recorded (high-def)tapes and the selection is (still) very very small. Plus when i collected a fewtapes from the 60's and 70's off of EBAY like Columbia for ex. and hadto throw several of them ... | |
| Latest Absolute Sound IF you don't have a stack of money in a briefcase for expensive gear,there is another alternative. Like climbing a staircase one step at a time, you gradually upgrade over a period of time (in my case over 20 years) and pay in small increments wh... | |
| Spaghetti cabling behind entertainment center I try to run cables so they at least are not tangled around each other.this is much harder to do since cables have become so thick and inflexible that just keeping them from pulling and pushing on the components in the rack is a real challenge. ... | |
| Be honest please my only question is, after having gone through the early hi-fi era with Fisher and Scott electronics, just how good IS a refurbished Fisher 500c tube FM receiver?It's a great looking piece and i know the tuner is quite good at pulling in stations,... | |
| With $20,000 in your hand, what speaker would you Eggleston Andra-3 (better than the 2's which blew everyone away not long ago), or Magnaplanars (3.7). Or some variation of these two suggestions. IMO you either buy box-speakers or planarspeakers, although there are even more exotic designs if you... | |
| Does alcohol impair appreciation of sound? If you want to really get into the music (here i am talking about complex material like T.Monk and Beethoven, etc. and not Lynard Skinner which simply doesn't require close listening), play it while in a totally sober condition. It's primarily abo... | |
| Bowers & Wilkins Nautilus and new D3 800 Event I WONDER how the Nautilus will stand up against the new 800D3? the last time i saw the snails they had 4 mono block amps per speaker and a special crossover and preamp set up by Krell. But that was the 1st version of the speaker, and therewere no ... | |
| Disappointing audition after great review For what it's worth, i was able to attend an audio show many years ago, and spent the whole three days looking and listening to various systems. One room really REALLY impressed me, and as i looked around, several anxious attendees were waiting to... | |
| Otari or Technics Reel-to-Reel ? you can get a Studer A-820 master recorder with additional outboard electronics for less than $25K. It's knowing how to maintain and professionally service these machines- or find someone who really knows what they're doing that can come over to y... | |
| Otari or Technics Reel-to-Reel ? I own an Otari MX-55N and it's a great machine. But the MTR-12's and 15's are even better, at least mechanically (fully professional studio machines). Also, the capstan needs to bere-lubricated every so often by removing the "deck skin", This is a... | |
| Beware of dealing with PurePower Partners Inc Oops, sorry about that- APC.com makes the line of Uninterrupted Power Supplies, mainly for computers and other appliances at home as well as in large businesses.But if you call them they can recommend certain items that are well designed for audio... | |
| Disappointing audition after great review Once upon a time a popular reviewer concluded that my (major high-end brand of) reference amplifiers didn't reproduce a musical rendition of the material he played on his system. This review to this day has thrown a long shadow over the worthiness... | |
| Beware of dealing with PurePower Partners Inc i too was tempted to buy a PUREPOWER 3000 to address brownouts (frequent where i live) to protect my amplifiers. After doing a little research i came uponall of the customer complaints and demanded the seller get written confirmation that the unit... | |
| Bowers and Wilkerson B&W 802 D3: an impolite Brit? remember the Louis Lipnik review of the B&W 801 in Stereophile many years back?He described them as the audio end of the road. The disclaimer was that if you fed them less-than-pristine sound, then you got poor results due to their accuracy- s... |