gardners501
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| Theta Compli Question Thanks for the link. I've been in contact with Theta Digital customer service (For several years now Theta has been owned by ATI), and they were unable to say for sure which Pioneer model was used. I wouldn't expect Pioneer to necessarily know, si... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Earth, Wind, and Fire "Gratitude." | |
| Whats playing on your system today? BSO, Aaron Copland conducting - Appalacian Spring and the Tender Land Suite. Pretty cool to hear the composer conducting his own works. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Vaughan Williams' - "The Lark Ascending" Neville Marriner conducting the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Iona Brown, violin soloist. | |
| Budget Tube Amp (newbie) Another Jolida recommendation. I just bought a Jolida SJ-302a a couple of weeks ago. It's integrated, puts out 50 wpc, and was only $450 from my local dealer, who had taken it in from an estate sale. The drawbacks - it's not auto biased, but that... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Been listening to the recently disbanded Seattle-area vocal jazz group Groove for Thought the last couple of days. I especially love their renditions of "Lush Life" and "Spain."https://youtu.be/qCmvtG2K-m8https://youtu.be/GjFjel6TSBM | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? "Chet Baker Sings." A 1957 pressing I found this past weekend. Sounds pretty good considering it's over 60 years old! | |
| Upgrade from Ortofon 2M Red to MC-1? @stevecham Thanks! I appreciate your input. | |
| Upgrade from Ortofon 2M Red to MC-1? Thanks, chakster, I appreciate your input. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? "Fitzgerald and Pass...Again" | |
| Curious what people think is the best "value" high end speaker (~5K to 15K) If you possibly can, audition a pair of Chapman Audio speakers. Their "entry level" T5 is right around 6K and the T7 and T8 are about 10K and 12K, respectively. If you live near Seattle, you're fortunate because you can hear them at The Audio Co... |