jasonbourne71
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Kind of Blue I like In A Silent Way better! Bitches Brew is high on my list too! | |
Tubes Recommendation for McIntosh Preamp Matching not needed for small signal tubes. Just get the same brand. | |
Larry the Cable Guys Larry the Cable Guy says "Have I got a power cord for you fellows!" | |
Larry the Cable Guys What, is he on YouTube now? | |
Step Up Transformer with Moving Iron Cartridge? No, but Grado made a low-output MI cartridge (.3mv) that could use a stepup device. | |
Turntable prices. Is my mind going? The old marketing conundrum: is it easier to sell one item for a million dollars or a million items for one dollar each? | |
Turntable prices. Is my mind going? @mahgister +1 for your post at 9:37 AM! More knowledge and less foolishness should be the goal when deciding what to buy! Marketing is the inverse of this! | |
if you had this system, what would you do to make it sound the best you can You didn't list your present phono cartridge. This being a mechanical transducer like a speaker will have a different sound compared to other companies' cartridges. And like speakers subjective impressions are important. You might want to buy and ... | |
if you had this system, what would you do to make it sound the best you can Speakers make the biggest bang-for-the-buck! I will recommend a pair of the latest Quad ESL's. Your electronics gear is fine. The stock power cords are fine. The interconnects are fine. Others here will disagree with my views about cables/speaker ... | |
Turntable prices. Is my mind going? There is a nice TechDAS Air Force One TT here on Audiogon. $74K marked down from $169K. Now that's what I call a High End bargain! | |
Turntable prices. Is my mind going? There are at present living in the USA about a thousand billionaires. The High End business caters to that social class. | |
Getting into vinyl for the first time An excellent low-price phono stage is the Schiit Mani 2 for $160. Michael Fremer gave it a very positive review, praising its versatility in handling both MM and MC cartridges. | |
Is there any fan of Mettalica here? Death Magnetic was the focus of a NY Times article about the Loudness Wars in present day pop/rock music. A dynamic range of 3 db! I had the CD and found it sounded awful. Of course most death/black metal/thrash over the past few decades sounds eq... | |
Is there any fan of Mettalica here? I started paying attention to Metallica after reading the NY Village Voice review of MOP back in 1984. It was several years before I found the Elektra LP at my local Goodwill for $3. I already had the CD and did a comparison. I noticed an irritat... | |
Component contributions to “sound stage” @livingwellinco : "The soundstage is unreal." Really, man! |