jasonbourne52
Responses from jasonbourne52
| Why is used audio equipment so undesirable? All my gear - except for some phono cartridges - was bought second hand at a fraction of the new price. Rarely have I had problems with the gear being defective. Same for my collection of CDs, LPs and RTR tapes. An example: I bought a pair of Rog... | |
| Which DACs are known to be sweet/rich/relaxed? Many rock recordings have a hot top end. Ever been to a rock concert? An accurate DAC should be transparent to the source. If it adds its own sonic signature it is POOR quality - and not worth using. | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Jeff Beck Truth CD remaster | |
| SET suggestions up to $3k (used) Dennis Had Inspire SE 6550 | |
| New Digital analog? And how many times can a stylus play this lacquer disc before wearing it out? Just another analog recording with all the inherent problems. | |
| SME is selling tonearms again! The SME M2-9R at £3108 is indeed way too costly for the middle class enthusiast! I'd rather spend $1K on a good condition original 3009 - which price is again high - I bought a brand new 3009 for $175 back in 1976! | |
| SME is selling tonearms again! @lohanimal : I agree! The sky-high prices for some of these TTs, arms and cartridges is exorbitant! Tech Das Air Force 1 ($110K) and SAT arm ($30K) plus a $10K Clearaudio Goldfinger cartridge! Willie Sutton was asked why he robbed banks. "That's w... | |
| What trans (SUT) for a Victor mc-5E cartridge? Correction: in my second post the SUT in use with the Denon 103R is the model 320 - which has only one set of inputs. | |
| What trans (SUT) for a Victor mc-5E cartridge? I speak from experience. I bought my first lomc and SUT back in 1977. A GAS Sleeping Beauty Super Elliptical (Coral B777) and a Cotter Verion P SUT (Jensen). $200 and $375. Before this I had two other cartridges: MicroAcoustics 2002E electret and ... | |
| What trans (SUT) for a Victor mc-5E cartridge? Don't feel that you must spend a lot of money for an excellent SUT - like a silver-wire Koetsu ($2000). The Bellari I bought for $450 is about the most I personally would spend! There are some nice Fidelity Research SUT's available on eBay from Ja... | |
| What trans (SUT) for a Victor mc-5E cartridge? I usually buy second hand SUT's on eBay - along with new custom-made ones using vintage microphone transformers (Altec). I also have a new Bellari ($450) that I like a lot. along with a Denon 340. Right now I have a Coral Sleeping Beauty mc on the... | |
| What trans (SUT) for a Victor mc-5E cartridge? There is no one "right" transformer for a particular mc cartridge. Each SUT + cartridge has a particular "flavor"! Took me a long time to realize this! Now I have several SUT's on hand to try and use with my collection of lomc's. None of the SUT's... | |
| Best Home HIFi you’ve listened to @jeffseight : I have two nicely restored Scott tube integrated amps! They do sound wonderful! | |
| Best Home HIFi you’ve listened to Thank you Doug for your friendship! You are missed! | |
| Best Home HIFi you’ve listened to 1978 at Doug Cassara’s house in Harrison, NY. His system: Quad 57’s driven by a pair of Futterman H3aa OTL amps. Signal source was a Marantz Seven tube preamp, Thorens 125 TT/Rabco SL7 arm/Panasonic Strain Gauge cartridge. We listened to Brand X’s... |