harrylavo
Responses from harrylavo
| Thiel Owners I can imagine. | |
| Why According to some Turntable extremists Pitch Control and Direct Drive is Sacrilege? Dual solved the "direct drive" problems back in 1975 with the 701, just as Harry Pearson was "finding" it in the Technics turntables at the time. | |
| What brand was better than it is today? Marantz and Harmon-Kardon electronics. | |
| What’s your vote for the most ridiculous, overpriced, and useless tweak? Cable elevators. | |
| How many of us are truly satisfied with their systems? Count me in twice. Both my main system and my secondary system have been optimized so far as I am concerned and will remain so for the foreseeable future. | |
| Name Your Top 5 Most Musical Dynamic Sounding Tonearms of All time? Plus 1 on the Syrinx PU3. Haven't really heard any that surpass it. | |
| Can we finally put Reel to Reel out of its misery? Put it to rest people. I've had pro console machines from Ampex to Crown to Otari, and home machines from Teac, Tascom, and Revox. Tape is a wonderful sounding medium. Even on my auto-reverse home Teac 4070, the commercial release of the Verdi Requiem on Columbia (O... | |
| All the old issues of Stereo Review are online!! Great to see all those "Audio" mags. My dad was an electrical engineer and audiophile before the word was coined. We received "Audio Engineering" (its predecessor) and then audio from 1948 or earlier. I subscribed until Audio stopped publishing... | |
| Looking for great jazz guitar recordings - any recommendations? Charlie Byrd for sure. Here are four to savor. Charlie on guitar and Keter Betts on bass on all. Drummers include: Buddy Deppenschmidt, Bertel Knox, Eddie Phyfe, and Bill Reichenbach.Charlie Bird Trio - Offbeat RecordsJazz at the Showboat, with... | |
| How far have ss amps really come in the last twenty years? Exactly right, in my opinion and experience. | |
| How come Horn + woofer designs are not more popular? I grew up with a big old then-SOA James B Lansing C-31 front-loaded horn speaker driven by Newcomb tube amplification. The speaker had two 15" active woofers and the potato-masher horn tweeter. (This was the first version JBL "super corner horn"... | |
| How far have ss amps really come in the last twenty years? I am using an old Amber 70 in my second system that with the revealing Thiel 2 2's is more musical than any of my more modern power amps. No question a thorough parts upgrade would improve transparency. But not overall ability to reproduce music... | |
| Considering switching to Tubes The answer to your question, IMO, is "yes". | |
| Speaker advice for listening to Blues music I'd suggest you try some vintage bookshelfs ... the KLH 4 or KLH 5 come to mind as having a very accurate midrange, but there are others. But before that .... your room dimensions are a square, not generally good for sound unless lots of openings... | |
| Jazz for aficionados pjw81563 , you are welcome. Hope you can hear and enjoy. |