grinnell
Responses from grinnell
| How did we get into this crazy hobby? I was never really interested in music growing up. I listened to shortwave radio as an early teenager and other than buying a few albums over the years I mostly listened to FM radio. Finally bought a stereo when I was 23, shocked my then GF now wi... | |
| Von Schweikert VR-4JR Bi-Wire Kimber 8TC and just unravel it back into the length you need. I'm using Kimber in a 3/5 (high/low) set up. | |
| Budget Tuner Recommendations I did the same, buying an Onkyo t410 tuner for $20 at the local pawn shop then scored a very nice HK TU9600 for $70 a big jump in quality. I am however considering jumping up again since we listen to lots of radio. Sort of like dating :) | |
| crass to ask for feedback after a transaction? As a newbie to Audiogon last spring when I started to put my first real system together i always asked for feedback so i could build my rep. Everyone was great and as far as I can tell everyone left me feedback.Thanks | |
| Tube Amp recommendation I'll second the Primaluna, the PL2 allows you some variety of tubes (EL34. KT88, etc). I have hooked up an extra iBook and run iTunes and it sounds sweet. | |
| Help me with my movie selections Anything by Sam Fuller | |
| Best single-malt Scotch... I love Lagavulin 16yo but also have a nice weakness for Balvenie Portwood.I also love strange national liquours like Unicum, Talla Vannin, Cynar, Bechorovka, Balsam, etc. | |
| iTunes config & Backup software for Mac Maxtor makes a nice 1tb drive for backup it uses 800firewire so its fast and they are around $375 now.I dont remember exactly how to configure iTunes to point to an external but i did it once when i had too much on the school Mac server but it was... | |
| Integated amps with phono? I have a Primaluna PL2 with KT88 tubes and it had the phono stage built in and it was great. Sounded fine with my Pro-ject Xpression and Shure V15VxMR cart.I only got rid of it when i got a separate phono stage with my new TT. | |
| Rocky Mountain Audio Fest - compared to-- Its in Denver, its got to be fun. If anyone is going and likes a good martini and a funky place check out the Cruise Room in the Oxford Hotel in LoDo on 17 and Wazee. It opened the day Prohibition ended and has a very cool Art Deco interior | |
| whats wrong with ebay? I had only one bad experience and Paypal gave me my money back. I have bought furniture, albums,cameras, postcards/ephemera and even a 62 Mercedes sedan on Ebay. But, I have had much more enjoyable experiences here on Audiogon in the short time I ... | |
| Recommend a method of getting analog into my PC I just bought a m-audio firewire audiophile audio interface. Sounds pretty damn good. I go out from my phono stage into the M-audio into my Mac. I can also monitor the recording from my amp using the M-audio's line outs.I also bought for $80 an Ed... | |
| Primaluna :Prologue 1 or 2 I have had my PL2 for 5 months and I love it. Have not compared it to the 1 but did roll some EL34 tubes in it. To mushy for me, prefer the KT88's but I do have a choice. I have it hooked to B&W DM602 s3 which i hope to upgrade in a few years ... | |
| Best budget CDP? I am real happy with the Music Hall 25.2 i have hooked up to a Primaluna PL2. After about 75 hours it started to break in: richer, cleaner. The remote is not great but i rarely use it. I got mine from Underwood HiFi for close to $400. | |
| Did I kill my stylus? Where does one find Alsop Orbitrac? I googled it but got nothing but great reviews no dealers.thanks |