immatthewj
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| 5ar4 rectifier tube @dekay , I like that he specifies that some of the tubes he sells are used. . . . | |
| "Too much gain"? (Cary SLP05 question) Check remote function. In my unit, it controls volume and nothing else. The buttons are for the cinema unit I think. Volume is all that the remote does for my SLP-05. By virtue of the high gain, I’m assuming the volume will be set relative... | |
| Movie/film suggestions. Just rewatched Glengarry Glen Ross. Some great acting! Oh hell yes! Good pick, @slaw ! What a cast: Pacino, Lemmon, Spacey, Ed Harris, Alec Baldwin, Alan Arkin. . . . I haven't watched Pacific Heights recently, but that's another one I've ... | |
| Movie/film suggestions. I finally watched Oliver Stone's Snowden. It kept my interest throughout. | |
| What artists can you not get enough of? . . . and my apologies: ’cannot live without’ and ’cannot get enough of’ are not synonimous criterias, and I had last responded as if they are. | |
| What artists can you not get enough of? @immatthewj We are already aquainted through my post on the adverse effects of recording artists and has offered up the best reply so far to this new subject…..A really comprehensive and heartfelt answer to the OP @tomcarr I am not exactly s... | |
| 5ar4 rectifier tube You might look at Japanese production 5ar4 (Brent Jesse has them for $130/each). Looks like he's out of them right now, @dekay . I saw one on ebay for $100 not all that long ago, I think the seller was calling it a "Japanese Mullard," but afte... | |
| Anyone wear gloves to handle vacuum tubes? I was at SWAF And was in the ARC room. I noticed those guys weren’t using gloves and ask one of them about it. He said it was unnecessary and I would say those guys are experts +1, @limomangus , I think that's a safe bet. | |
| What artists can you not get enough of? The artists/musicians that I cannot get enough has changed and continues to change with the passage of time. In the past it has included Springsteen and Dylan, but my last true obsessions were with Lucinda Williams and The Cowboy Junkies. At one... | |
| 5ar4 rectifier tube First thing you need to do is realize that Uncle Kevin is a salesman, and a business owner. That doesnt mean that he is dishonest, which I dont beleive that he is, but he does steer his customers to what he has on hand. And that isn’t always your... | |
| 5ar4 rectifier tube I sort of remember Uncle Kevin saying (on his site) that Prima Luna had some special 5AR4s that they liked for the Prima Luna Prologue 8 CDP. Are those the only rectifier tubes that they are saying to use with that preamp? If I remember correctl... | |
| Are there any recording artists you just can’t listen too? Why do I sense that @immatthewj is going to re-enter the stage at any moment? @mylogic , judging from the emails from A’gon Admin I have just opened, I have been triggering the snowflakes even more than Bruce does. Since I don’t know where the... | |
| Are there any recording artists you just can’t listen too? @immatthewj “No Smocking Gloves” your killin me. @bikeboy52 , I just opened a crapload of emails from A’gon admin informing me that this was way way way off limits. | |
| Are there any recording artists you just can’t listen too? well, many Springsteen's songs are just pure, fake shallow pretentious BS. I take simple, playful, even silly any day over that BS Freddy Mercury is looking up at us from below and wishing that he would have had the creative talent it took to ... | |
| Are there any recording artists you just can’t listen too? The irony was obviously wasted on you, @richmon . |