jasonbourne71
Responses from jasonbourne71
| Kind of Blue @simonmoon : +1 for Holdsworth! I have several of his recordings. | |
| Turntable prices. Is my mind going? @lewm : the AR TT was introduced in 1964 at a price of $78. I bought a nicely modded version from Vinyl Nirvana for $750. Taking into account the depreciation of the US dollar that is a reasonable price. | |
| Tubes Recommendation for McIntosh Preamp How do you know that these tubes a seller claims are NOS aren't just pulls/used? For example a lot of Tektronics scopes used Telefunken 6922/6DJ8's. When those scopes were scrapped those tubes appeared on the market, fraudulently being sold in fac... | |
| 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. |