jasonbourne52
Responses from jasonbourne52
| REK O KUT IDLER WHEELS I have two Rek-O-Kuts on hand! A belt-drive and a rim drive! Both are quite substantial TTs with robust motors and heavy platters. The rim drive uses a lever mechanism that shifts the motor itself so that the rubber drive wheel is not in contact w... | |
| What ever happened to Mark Levenson? My friend had the JC-2 preamp in use in 1978. That's where I heard it with the Quads and Futterman OTL amps! | |
| What ever happened to Mark Levenson? Mark Levinson designed nothing! He just financed the business and used his name for marketing! Tom Colangelo (now deceased) designed the first generation electronics (ML1, ML2, ML3). The JC-1 mc head amp and JC-2 preamp were earlier designs from J... | |
| Vintage Tube amps Tube amps with output impedance of 1 ohm and higher will act like "tone controls" as they track speakers' impedance curves! | |
| Vintage Tube amps A high output impedance tube amp + a speaker with a low and falling impedance in the high frequencies will sound rolled-off! Conversely a speaker with a rising impedance in the bass frequencies will sound excessively heavy! | |
| analog to digital to analog conversion +1 jjss49! | |
| Looking for an amp that punches way about its weight and I can grow with For "heavy lifting" I have a Perreaux 2150B. 340/680/920 wpc @8/4/2 ohms! Can typically be found for less than $1K! Certainly as good as any Krell or Levinson! | |
| Townshend Maximum Supertweeters The capacity of Humans for self-deception is apparently unlimited - Mr. Spock the Vulcan | |
| Ok, but does your audio gear have rotons (metamaterials)? Let's have a seance channeling the spirits of David Faraday, Thomas Edison, Nikolai Tesla and Richard Feynman! I bet they could come up with some interesting approaches! | |
| Clearaudio Concept Cartridge Replacement +1 for a Grado! | |
| Article on Quad 303/33 I have on hand two pairs of Quad 57's awaiting set up! | |
| Article on Quad 303/33 I was finally able to skip the "Donate $5" page and read the whole article. I have a nicely restored Quad 303 and a pair of the Quad 50 mono blocs. Along with a 405. These are all excellent amps that are competitive sonically with today's overpric... | |
| Can an unused cable break in? Imagination is a wonderful thing! | |
| Can an unused cable break in? The capacity of Humans for self-deception is apparently unlimited - Mr.Spock the Vulcan | |
| Parasound A21+ vs MF M8 500S vs Cary 200.2 ES vs Hegel H20 So you feel the Rogue ST100 lacks "excitement"! Get a Crown XLS 1502. Plenty of power - and lots of Class D "excitement"! $449! |