harrylavo
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| Need suggestions for a $1500 used system for my daughter....... Used Spica 50's or 60's on 1-1/2 foot metal stands. A NAD amplifier or receiver (if she likes FM as well as streaming). You are done, other than the streaming device. And well under $1500. My experience ..... todays young adults, even if they ... | |
| Best Way for my TT to reach my Pre-Amp!? Assuming the turntable cable is hard wired and not a plug-in, buy a decent "audiophile," short (.5m orr 1m) cable and some gold-plated joiners and try them. You will either hear a diminishment or not. Don't assume the worse. If you are using a ... | |
| Thiel Owners Since the issue of tubes driving Thiels has come up, I want to add a bit of experience. When I first bought my 3.5's, I used an Audio Research D90, and volume was never a problem. Later, in a much larger listening space, I used VTL ST-85s, and a... | |
| Analog room correction for vinyl You may want to look for ten or twelve band equalizers (or better yet parametric equalizers) from the 80's - 90's. You can patch them into your system and equalize for the room without digital. Not as versatile nor accurate as digital equalizing... | |
| I have to downsize big time, any ideas on integrated amps and smaller 3 way speakers For speakers, consider used Thiel 1.5,1.6,1.7 speakers. Small, three way floorstanders with sound well beyond their size. | |
| Phono Preamp Tube Rush I've just skimmed the thread and so may have missed it, but nobody has mentioned low noise tubes. I have found the NOS JAN-Phillips 7981's sold by The Tube Store to be substantially below stock tubes in my Brown Audio Lab headamp. I also own a ... | |
| Warm up time for amps My two Amber amps make no bones about it ..... they have HUGE capacitors, and the manual suggests leaving them on constantly, or at least waiting several hours. I find they only sound their best when left on constantly for a couple of days, at le... | |
| How have I missed out for soooo long!!!! My guess is the SACD will sound close to the turntable ..... although both SACD and TT depend a lot on the quality and accuracy of their sub-components. That's been my experience playing a TT with a properly loaded Accuphase AC-2 cartridge and a ... | |
| Most annoying song, period. "500 Miles" over and over = 0 listening. | |
| Speaker Imaging - Do you hear a line, or do you hear an arc?? The basics are pretty simple, in my experience and based on audio science. I've been fortunate to be able to experiment with a wonderful array of spaces:* Sidewalls - the closer they are to the speakers the more your image is anchored on the sp... | |
| Separate DAC or continue using the Oppo UDP-205 Loganfan - I can't speak for the very latest DAC's, but I recently added a Bel Canto iDac3 to my system and run both a Sony SCD2000es SACD/CD player and an Oppo 105 through it using identical spdif inputs. I found the sound of CD's only very slig... | |
| PS Audio Revises Marketing to a Direct Sales Only Model If a manufacturer is going to do this, then it is incumbent upon them to offer a take-back guarantee (perhaps with a reasonable restocking fee.) The one advantage to the buyer is that the increased margin to the mfgr should allow this, and to the... | |
| Has anyone finally decided to sell their Turntable and Vinyl collection? Make that +3. | |
| Amber, anyone? Thanks mrdecibel .... you have it right. And my old age is just making such mistakes more common, unfortunately.Your advice is solid .... I will surely talk with my friend before undertaking anything more ambitious than the capacitors. | |
| Amber, anyone? roberjerman .... well, you still have a couch available, don't you? why do you have to sit down, anyway. Standing is better for your health.:-)mrdecibel .... like you, I dream of what an upgrade could do to these amps. I may have a tech friend ... |