jasonbourne71
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| Swiss Digital Fuse Box - "What headroom sounds like" Even considering the part count I doubt it sounds any different than a fuse. Spending money for a nicely encased circuit board with a catchy name sure stimulates confirmation bias! | |
| Swiss Digital Fuse Box - "What headroom sounds like" This thing is just an SCR crowbar! It is made of four parts: a silicon controlled rectifier (thyristor), a zener diode, a resistor and a capacitor. Cheap and easy to build! Put it in a fancy case and charge hundreds to unsuspecting audiofools! | |
| Issues with heavy noise using RCA cable connection to Record Player Another wonderful product from Synergistic Research! | |
| Cheap used LP's: They're still out there! Freddy Hubbard's First Light on a 1971 CTI LP bought from an eBay seller for $8 + $4.35 shipping last week! I will cherish this more than any new made-from-a-digital file 180 gram reissue! | |
| What does it take to be a die hard Beatles fan? Going through my record collection this Sunday morning I came across a nice pristine 1967 Capitol pressing of Magical Mystery Tour - with the invoice from the eBay seller I bought it from: $18..50 + $4.00 shipping. This was about five years ago so... | |
| What does it take to be a die hard Beatles fan? I watched that show with my parents on a black&white TV. My mother made loud disparaging remarks about the Beatles hair styles. My father mostly remained quiet. Ed Sullivan on Sunday nights was must-see TV for my parents. | |
| What does it take to be a die hard Beatles fan? I too was 12 when I saw the Beatles on Ed Sullivan. It is astounding to think that show was the start of a new epoch in Rock! I agree with you that Abbey Road was their creative peak. | |
| Turntable recommendation For a budget of $1K the Pioneer PLX1000 ($699) with the Schiit Mani ($160) plus Grado Prestige ($90) and AT record weight ($38) comes in under the wire! Check out the review of the PLX1000 by Herb Reichert a few years back in the Stereophile archi... | |
| Turntable recommendation One more thing - get a record weight to be placed atop an LP during play. This will couple the LP to the turntable mat quite effectively! Nothing fancy required. AT makes a good one. | |
| Turntable recommendation @elliottbnewcombjr +1! This AT turntable for $328 is a very good choice! I'd add the Schiit Mani ($160) and a Grado Prestige cartridge ($90). The Mani and Grado are considerably better than what comes with the AT. Regarding the advice about a reco... | |
| Cheap used LP's: They're still out there! I paid $.99 + $3.65 shipping for a copy of Wishbone Ash's Locked In at an eBay auction last week! | |
| What's it all about Alfie A tip of the hat to celtic66! | |
| Connect 78 rpm turntable to Vinnie Rossi L2i SE amp? The OP should consider getting the Sentec EQ11 if he/she is serious about collecting and archiving 78’s. I still favor the Dual 1214 over the Pioneer for sonics - and it's half the price! | |
| Connect 78 rpm turntable to Vinnie Rossi L2i SE amp? @yogiboy : I think it was the Sentec EQ11 reviewed in the October 2014 Stereophile that caught my attention. Thanks for posting Herb Reichert’s review of the Sunvalley 1616D! That is one tasty tube preamp! Herb also mentioned he had a modded Dynac... | |
| Connect 78 rpm turntable to Vinnie Rossi L2i SE amp? That Pioneer TT with phono stage only has the modern RIAA equalization curve. A poor choice for optimal 78 playback! |