goyescas
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| Unusual countries for audio gear I would look at the Gato Audio direct to consumer out of Copenhagen. Absolutely stellar stuff. For example, I own the 150 integrated amplifier and it is absolutely astounding for about 5k. Used to be close to 9k when they had distribution and deal... | |
| Integrated that blew you away If you are looking for an integrated that will blow your mind, check out the GATO 150 and you will be very pleased. 40 years in the biz, the company is now gone direct to consumer out of Copenhagen and you can get these circa $8,000 integrated amp... | |
| Early 80's - late 70's best audio products 76doublebass has it right - that would still be a killer system today (although I might get triple stacked original Quads!). | |
| wow and flutter To chime in, wow is a distortion in reproduced sound consisting of a slow rise and fall of pitch caused by speed variation in the reproducing system. Flutter is simply the same phenomenon at a higher pitch. Your issue is with the usual suspects: b... | |
| Carbon Fiber Brushes This is part of a response I received from the Disc Dr. re the use of his cleaning system. The quoted portion pertains to your question. Duane is no hack, so I urge you to take his advice."Please make sure that you have a carbon fiber brush availa... | |
| Best cassette deck for transferring to cdr? Unless you made all of the tapes on the same deck, or at least with the same azimuth, it is going to be difficult to get the most from your tapes without spending quite a lot of money (say $1k or so). I suggest you visit the Electronic Services La... | |
| Vandersteen 5a. How refined a product are they Just a lone reviewer from The Absolute Sound, but it covers the same ground as Richard Hardesty's piece in his "The Audio Perfectionist (which accepts no advertising whatsoever).http://www.theabsolutesound.com/newsletter/145/vandersteen_model_5a.html | |
| Results from Beta Testers of New Formulas Hi DougDeacon,That was one of my points - do it both ways, all ways...for the reason you mentioned. | |
| Results from Beta Testers of New Formulas I have just finished reading this thread for the first time, and as such am not one of Mr. Frumkin's Dirty Dozen testers. Wish I were!As a suggestion, Slipknot1 et al, if there was a way of recording to analog tape or CD the results of each versio... | |
| Decca cartridge experiences Eyiu, you will wan to use the Precision Blue armwand. The cartridge weighs 10g and its compliance is going to fall somewhere between 10 and 15cu; so the blue armwand will get you the lowest Resonant Frequency (8.55Hz if 15cu, 10.5Hz if 10cu). Eith... | |
| Eurolab premier turntable. Go to the Audio Asylum's Vinyl Asylum and conduct a search using Eurokit, Eurolab and Scheu (who is the designer of this table, now in its MKII iteration). This table was the inspiration for the Teres et al. The designer, Thomas Scheu, is a mechan... | |
| RCA D2D from Japan,,solo classical guitar.. Well, David has been around since the early 80's, and if he is not well known yet outside of the guitar world (where he is a highly sought after performer and master class teacher), well, that says more about the state of the classical guitar as a... | |
| Suspended Basis vs Nonsuspended Teres cardiackid I did a search on the Vinyl Asylum but did not see any postings at all there from you. http://db.audioasylum.com/cgi/search.pl?searchtext=&b=OR&topics_only=N&forum=vinyl&topic=&author=cardiackid&date1=&date2=... | |
| Do I need a machine to clean ? I have tried 'em all save the Keith Monks and the other super-high-cost cleaning machines. Without a doubt, the best method is the Disc Doctor System, and I say this not out of user pride, and nor do I enjoy cleaning records this way. But if you r... | |
| Resonant Frequency Found the download button.....got it, thanks! |