jasonbourne52
Responses from jasonbourne52
| "NO DISC" error on cd player "NO DISC" usually means a dead laser. My Marantz CD67 has started doing this! It is 25 years old. I will have to buy and install a working laser pickup. These have a life span of several thousand hours. | |
| Right match @audphile1 +1: I agree! | |
| Control amps: suggestions needed What's his budget? Maybe find something cheap on eBay or USAM? | |
| Analogue v. Digital...again (Washington Post) I hope Tom Port makes a lot of money from the gullible and easily duped! | |
| When someone tells you it's a $40,000 amp, does it sound better? @invalid : give me an original NAD 3020 and I am happy! I had two of them back in 1978/79. List price then was $199! The Audio Critic tested the 3020 and preferred it over most $2000 pre/power amp combinations. | |
| When someone tells you it's a $40,000 amp, does it sound better? Preamps and power amps have been transparent to the source for decades. Amplifiers will exhibit sonic differences when driven into clipping - but who wants that? Beyond a basic level all you are paying for is bling. | |
| Inherited a pair of JBL 4350 -- Need Advice Put them on an eBay auction. | |
| Demagnetize CDs More Urban Legends! Like applying green ink to the edge. | |
| Does Everyone Use 2 Phono Cables with SUT Keep the IC from SUT to phono stage short - and low capacitance if possible. | |
| What’s Voodoo power cords signature sounding? Keep on drinking that cable Koolade! | |
| Best Examples Of Cymbal Decays On A Recording John Bonham's drum work on Moby Dick (Led Zeppelin II). Ginger Baker's drum work on Toad (Cream - Wheel's of Fire). | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? @rauliruegas +1! The Dava field coil cartridge with its 6db frequency response deviations precludes its use for music playback! Even the lowly Shure M44 beats that! This is a case where the "golden ears" crowd’s subjective impressions leads to err... | |
| Power cables UK type for Quicksilver Mid Mono I recommend Pangea power cords from Audio Advisor. Get two for $90-100 each. No need to spend more, regardless of what the wire fanatics say! Then go to eBay and search for "US-to-UK" AC plug adaptors. Buy two. As I said spending hundreds or thous... | |
| Ortofon MC Cartridge Problems ?? Send the Ortofon back to the dealer and get a refund. I recommend the Hana SL mc cartridge ($750). | |
| Review : BAFO RA-RCA2-6F-V1 Premium RCA Audio Cable with vintage XAM / Sony XAM was the house electronics and speaker brand for the Korvettes department store chain. My high school friend's father had an XAM integrated amp and speakers back in the Sixties. |