glennewdick
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| Tube phono amp I would not say that Tubes offer more Dynamics they offer what all tubes do as in tube sound. If not done right they can be noisy in a phono stage, If done right they can be wonderful.If you can find a used Allnic or Manely you may find glory. I’m... | |
| Good FM tuner for around $1K Sansui TU717 and TU919 are about the best out there for reasonable money better then the Mag Dynalab lower tier entries by a good margin. find one recapped already, easy to find too. I wont get into a discussion here but a recapped 717-919 is a be... | |
| Can this be good first tube amplifier? In the end you get what you pay for and in the tube amp world that means quite a lot. I'm sure it will work fine but I would not judge tube amps sound on those rather inexpensive amps. They look really good and if they spend that much on looks wh... | |
| Genelec SAM active studio monitors for home use interesting and wow one of them is 111db efficiency | |
| Stopping Vibration from Walmart trucks I'm looking for an article written by the transportation department a few years ago addressing this exact issue along highways and roads adjacent to residential areas. if I find it I will pass it along. there is a few things you can do. mostly wit... | |
| Drink of choice for serious listening? A little cannabis, and some nice quality Rum preferably Dark and Spiced. I live in Canada FYI Cannabis is legal here so don't flame me please. | |
| Does anyone care to ask an amplifier designer a technical question? My door is open. This is what makes a hobby in audio fun real people helping other people with knowledge and experience. Thank you kind sir. | |
| What separate tube phono stage do you use ? I've had a Gold Note PH10 for a little over a week now and i'm very impressed with it so far. I love the flexibility of it, and it does have balanced outs. | |
| C.E.C TL2 replacement or now its time to go cd spinnerless and put it all on a hard drive or something like a storage device-streamer-DAC. like the bluesound vault2 and aurender products. its the way of the future as cd players-spinners are becoming harder to find as m... | |
| Shipping calculator on Audiogon? Why don't you use the shipping companies calculator there's will always be more accurate then Agon's. I'd never use the one here. always use the shipping company-postal services with proper weights, size and insurance-signature required. | |
| Can I use an isolation stand with an isolation pad? In the end 20hz tone is 56.5 ft long so your neighbour will almost always hear the bass louder then you. even a 40hz tone is 28ft long so bass is always a hard thing to tame in smaller spaces. I've seen an issues were my friend had no bass in his ... | |
| How are you hearing no difference? I know also time is a factor as well, I've listened to components I'm interested in and thought they sounded better because they did have more of this and that. but long term I wasn't listening to music anymore I was listening to what that compone... | |
| What I miss about vintage gear Luxman, Accuphase also have full featured integrated amps with the meters etc. There are a few more out there also that still build them like they used to. I'm really hopping some manufacturers start including the meters, tone controls etc. Again ... | |
| The nightmare of the cartridge buyer... Wonder if the Tubestore will let me try out those match set of $20000 Western Electric 300B's they have listed. yeah another overpriced item that will blow eventually. And you wonder why there is $15000. carts because some people will pay the pr... | |
| The nightmare of the cartridge buyer... +analogluvr I’ve been trying to get my Van Den Hul cart rebuilt by VDH what a pain in the you now what. I’m on the west coast of Canada by the way. I asked VDH if I could send the cart directly to them for the rebuild. They said no it has to go th... |