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| Paul Grzybek Tube Audio Design Passing Thanks nonoise for that tidbit of information. Can't understand why, but I have been feeling kind of cheated not knowing more about his life and background. Was hoping to gain some insight from the obit, but, as I said before, it was minimal. | |
| Paul Grzybek Tube Audio Design Passing I am surprised and deeply saddened to hear this. He did a Fisher 400C preamp for me last year and it sounds great. He would contact me daily throughout the whole restoration. Always wanted to post a great review here of his work, but never sat dow... | |
| Bookshelf speaker with electrostatic sound Titus could be a good choice. Maybe even preferable here because of it's lighter bass. If you can find them used you won't have gambled much $ on the plan and it actually will relieve you of all that stress of auditioning/deciding/buying, etc. The... | |
| Bookshelf speaker with electrostatic sound You may run into trouble here. Even a great speaker can be somewhat compromised by mounting so close to the wall or ceiling. I see though that your ceiling is 14 feet, so this is a plus. I am using Triangle Cometes in exactly this same configurati... | |
| Nasty slap echo Streetdaddy, walk around the room clapping and you can pinpoint exactly the spot(s) where echo is concentrated. Treat this spot with something like the Room Tune pillows. You can make your own from fiberglass insulation and heavy duty aluminum foi... | |
| Nasty slap echo For the best cure for this problem, check out Michael Green's "Room Tunes" products. They will remove the slap echo without overdamping the sound. Simple small pillows you can affix to the wall to ceiling area with pins or tape. A combination of a... | |
| Beware: Unscrupulous potential buyers I don't understand the trepidation about Money Orders. Are you guys refering to Bank issued MO's as opposed to Postal MO's? Seems to me, if I cash the postal MO at the post office and have the money in my hand, then what can go wrong after that? T... | |
| VPI Classic vs. Well Tempered Amadeus I have been anxiously awaiting Vortex's update after setting up the WTA. So glad to hear the results so far. It's not the drugs afterall. It's the fact that Firebaugh has looked hard at the system of LP playback and re-addressed it with innovative... | |
| Best bourbon? Pops is right. The Devils Cut is great. Has more of what I like to call "Bourbonness" than anything at the reasonable price range it sits in. I find some of the pricey ones to be too smooth and lacking in "Bourbonness" Makers is a good example of ... | |
| Maybe Get a New Electrical Panel To put the cost in perspective, I have been quoted between 1500 and 2000 for a new panel. My old one has aluminum bars which are corroding and the breakers are obsolete and hard to find. This is Florida and I believe a permit is required from the ... | |
| Maybe Get a New Electrical Panel Some may say that the surge protection is bad for your sound and I wouldn't doubt it. I've steered clear of this for that reason, and believe me, in Florida we need it. Hope someone here will comment on this from experience. | |
| MoFi Release Meets Expectations FINALLY The original Wake was not too good sound wise. I came to this conclusion after trying various copies. Very murky, sounds like cassette. Some cuts fare better than others. When I saw the reissue was available I assumed it would be compomised by the... | |
| Amplifier for Totem Forest Silly me, been using Forests for over ten years on 15 watts of tube power. This speaker doesn't dip below 6 ohms impedance which makes it very tube friendly. Totem has demoed the much less efficient Model One with a 35 watt tube amp and the sound ... | |
| Buying top brands's older CD players: Pros& Con Well, the biggest problem here is that the transport will stop working and be unrepairable because the parts are obsolete and unavailable. This happens all the time. My $1600.00 player sits in it's box because of this. Digital moves so fast that y... | |
| PS Audio PWT - cd transport You guys had me going. A new concept that might actually play any disc I throw at it (as it should be) Maybe it is time to complement my analog system with a decent digital set up. Oh, then I did some checking and noticed it is FOUR THOUSAND DOLLA... |