islandmandan
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| Who else is using old cables/interconnects, and is happy? Some of my power cables are getting old, Synergistic Research Master Power Coupling, and interconnects also. Speaker cables are around 10 years old, two sets of Tempo Electric 12 gauge solid silver in Teflon (one for each amp).I've made many of th... | |
| Pivot to Spindle distance As long as pivot-to-spindle distance is close enough, you can still get overhang right due to the slotted head shell mounting available on most arm/head shell combinations. | |
| Shopping for new speakers-need ideas... Selling old DQ-10's... Look for used Tannoys. I'm 74, and there's nothing but pleasure with mine.Regards,Dan | |
| Benefit of a Newer (Used) DAC - "Bang for the Buck?" I bought a Benchmark DAC 1 PRE, and couldn't be happier with it. For me, it's all I'll ever need. Best $500 I've ever spent.Dan | |
| Harley quote I love ya too, Olehvymec, You were a fixer, I was a breaker, I really learned to love Olehvymec type of guys.Best to ya, my friend.Regards,Dan | |
| DIY- NeoTech at Parts Connexion Eric, it will be interesting to learn how they sound. It does look as though it would be a P-I-A to terminate.Regards,Dan | |
| Help teach an old dog new tricks Congratulation, Northwoods Maine,Looks like everything is working out great for you. I hope it stays that way for you for the long haul.Regards, enjoy,Dan | |
| Klipsch Heresy IV Leveling I have an 86 year old friend that bought a pair of beautiful Hereseys that came on matching stands. The speakers and stands have matching nicely done veneer (don't know what type of wood).The stands brought the HF horn to ear level. They are one ... | |
| Amp to power surround channels for MUSIC ONLY I'm using Class D audio kit amps I built for center and surrounds. They sound great for that purpose, and have good parts quality.My center and surrounds are KEFs, my Tannoy 12" HPD custom built main speakers run on a great-sounding 3C24 custom tu... | |
| Advice on a budget R2R DAC I fairly recently bought the Benchmark DAC 1 Pre, and love it. Different stroke, I guess. | |
| Hybrid Tube & SS I used to run only Transistor amps and preamps. Now use only tubes for my stereo system. Six months ago, I found the ideal tube amp (3C24 amp) for my speakers (custom built Tannoy HPD 315's), and I'm getting the best sound I've had in over 40+ yea... | |
| Speaker upgrade for classical music Actually, I had a break in my Tannoy journey after a bad divorce left me without them. After that, I'd been using some B&W's for mains, and bought some KEF's for center and surrounds at a very good price.After that came a nice pair of Dynaudio... | |
| Speaker upgrade for classical music I can't believe no one has mentioned Tannoy speakers, but after a large amount of time on this planet (73 years), most of it has been spent listening to Tannoys. I can't recommend them highly enough. They sound (and look), extremely well with just... | |
| Help teach an old dog new tricks Northwoods, I am in somewhat of a similar situation in a few regards. I'm 73, have Tinnitus, and loath computers. I haven't seriously considered streaming, but maybe some day I might consider it.I have a very adequate (well, I consider it much mor... | |
| Do speakers choose your music preference I would advise you to listen to some Tannoy speakers. They just play most music extremely well, jazz, rock, classical. Most models won't play in the low 20Hz range, but very few speakers do.Subwoofers are your friends. |