jasonbourne52
Responses from jasonbourne52
| Why are ???????? A site like Audiogon - or EBay - which profits from sales does not want people making side deals. Data banks/servers cost money to use/set up. Side deals are profits lost. | |
| Transport Question Keep and use your Rotel, particularly since it is new. Unless you are so insecure/misguided that you absolutely must buy a shiny new toy! | |
| Transport Question Bits are bits. If you accessed your banking data from a different computer would it change? No, of course not! Digital data, whether banking/financial or music, remains inviolate regardless of how many times it is transferred or where it is stored... | |
| Naim Nait original I would rather spend $349 on a brand-new Topping PA5 integrated amp. Considerably more power (43/86wpc @8/4ohms) and low distortion (0.01%)! | |
| Naim Nait original I remember reading about the Nait amp in one of Art Dudley’s columns in Stereophile years ago. He was discussing either a new version of the Nait and/or a refurbished unit. He had a favorable opinion of the Nait! What’s it worth? Couple of hundred... | |
| Researching SET Amps Iron rules! My Sanei 2A3 SE amp has all Tango iron - power transformer, choke and OPTs. This is way more important than the brand of tubes! | |
| To Buy or to DIY, here is my question Save up until you have $8K for the used pair. No way you could duplicate factory quality! | |
| Audio nonsense Total Contact and E -Mats! Bybee Quantum Purifiers! Perfect Surface Copper! | |
| Audio nonsense Speaker cable elevators and those new magic discs to be placed on interconnects from SR! | |
| Advice needed on MC cartridges There are several Fidelity Research FR-1mk3 mc cartridges available on EBay for around $400 from Japanese sellers. I have owned the FR's and like them very much! Any cartridge, tone arm and SUT from the late Ikeda-san is a worthwhile acquisition! | |
| Advice needed on MC cartridges Spending thousands for a cartridge is insane! They all wear out and need replacement! The most I would spend would be about $1300 for the Hana ML with the micro ridge stylus. But I still think that the SL at $750 is just about as good for a consid... | |
| Advice needed on MC cartridges Hana SL mc cartridge for $750 is an easy recommendation. It is low-output with a Shibata stylus. It will work well with the Luxman mc input. Lower noise floor and more detail retrieval. | |
| Your single most significant purchase mistake? @sandthemall : good call on the Carver TFM15! I have the cb version in use in the front room system driving OHM Walsh Sound Cylinders. I bought the TFM15cb at Goodwill for $20! | |
| Your single most significant purchase mistake? A pair of Acoustic Phase speakers ($200) that I bought at Crazy Eddy's in NYC back in 1976! Large two-way boxes with a 10- inch woofer and a 1-inch mylar tweeter. Actually not bad - but not special! Sold them for half-price to a co-worker. | |
| MM Phone Preamp for DL103 (Already have a stepup) How about vintage? There was a Conrad Johnson PV3 for sale on EBay a while back $700 + shipping! Pretty neat unit - three 12AX7's and a 12AU7. I bought one there several years ago too! |