jax2
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| The heat of tubes... Hey, Paulg805, I'm in Seattle too! Love the climate here, though the grey winters get old quickly. Got tubes and keep most in the closet where they heat my shoes and motorcycle helmets. At work the space is pretty large so don't have much of a pro... | |
| Breakdown of audio investment I don't buy anything brand new. The first percentage reflects the price I actually paid for the items (and the entire system), while the second reflects the retail cost of the same items. I don't know what relevence this may have other than giving... | |
| Who has the oldest speakers? My LaScala's are from 77' and are using all the original drivers and sound fantastic. Swapped out the wiring harness with DH Lab silver wiring, and the horns are coated with Dynamat. Other than that they're bone stock. Wouldn't trade them for anyt... | |
| help with budget, low power speaker selection I have absolutely no experience with ASL, but have plenty of experience with tubes combined with vintage Klipsch speakers and that combination has been consistently just wonderful in my experience. You don't even have to go as far as spending the ... | |
| Experiences with Audio Research LS-2B Sunnyboy hit it right on the head: The potentials for differences in personal response to a given component or tweak can be as different as night and day. I've said it many times; it's all about synergy & personal preferences, combined with on... | |
| The Craters and Freighters experience Thanks for the warning James! I've had really good luck with the terminal-to-terminal shipper ForwardAir http://www.forwardair.com for shipping oversized and awkward objects. There are several drawbacks, but if you can live with them they are a ba... | |
| Experiences with Audio Research LS-2B The LS-2B on the used market ($700-950) is an outstanding value for the money. I've had one which I've kept through several different amp changes in my work system. It is a hybrid design using a single 6922 tube. It is very sensitive to tube chang... | |
| Getting into audio for around 3500$...problems... Some good advice already. Do a search on component hierarchy and variations thereof and you will find that there is a plethora of opinions as to what is the most critical in the chain audio components in a system. As has been said, and as you have... | |
| Review: Great Northern Sound Co. Wadia 860 CD Player I can second your reccommendation of Steve Huntley and GNS on yet another front: Steve was also employed by ARC for some years before moving over to Wadia. GNS also does extensive upgrading to many ARC components. I sent my ARC LS-2B pre-amp in to... | |
| Can any CDP with coaxial out used as transport? My bad then sugarbie. I thought coaxial outputs were RCA outputs. So replace "Coaxial" with RCA in the critical places in my post that most make me appear as an idiot! Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain! I am the great and powerful OZ... | |
| Can any CDP with coaxial out used as transport? Reading the two responses thus far, both sound a bit vague, but are essentially accurate. I think I can be more specific to your question:1. Just because a CDP has Coaxial outputs DOES NOT necessarily mean you can use it as a transport with a DAC2... | |
| "Aesthetically pleasing" DAC??? Who was that Billy Crystal character..."Better to LOOK good than to FEEL (SOUND in this case) good!" I get much the same guff from my wife (though I'm no fan of your typical metal boxes that pass for components either) and as a result most of my s... | |
| Cement to fill speaker stands? Make sure to get the Cryo'd cement! Don't just settle for the straight audio grade, as has been suggested! You'll just have to upgrade later on and that stuff is not easy to resell here on Audiogon if it ain't Cryo'd. Seriously, if you haven't han... | |
| Why does this circa '75 receiver sound so good? Drubin; you and my wife, and I'd bet a few thousand other partners of the aurally-fixated out there, can all start a club! Of course you all KNOW it's gotta be BS if you can't hear it, and or, if you just don't care either way, that's for sure! Th... | |
| Thanks to all replying to cd sounding like LP. The horns are not the culprit, IMO, it's in your using them with a SS amp that is making them sound harsh! Using Klipsch horn speakers with SS components is an outright waste of a wonderful set of horns, IMO! Anyone who tells you otherwise has lik... |