jdougs
Responses from jdougs
| What are the best speakers you have ever owned and why? I’ve not had nearly so many speakers as many here. I’ve found a pair I was happy with and stuck with them for a long time. Large Advents mid 70s to early 80s Boston Acoustics A400s early/mid 80s to mid 90s 20+ years away from HiFi Large Adven... | |
| the big one: how do you choose speakers? By what features, data? Just from personal experience, in the price range you’re looking at, the KLH Model 5s are a great speaker for the money, and used would easily be affordable. I replaced mine with Harbeths, though I have no intention of letting the Model 5s go, an... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Jeff Beck - Blow By Blow The Doobie Brothers - Stampede Joni Mitchell- Clouds | |
| Jazz for aficionados So this came in the mail today. Three Blind Mice never seem to disappoint. | |
| Stephen Stills Thanks for the heads up, mines now on the way! | |
| Your experience in "in their day" brands/components that you remember foundly? Large Advents, like so many here. Fisher KX-200 Tube integrated amp Boston Acoustics A400s (still have ‘em) Systemdek IIX with a Monster Cable Alpha 1 MC cartridge (still have ‘em) PS Audio PSIV pre and Model Two C Plus power amp (both curren... | |
| High end speakers at low volume Another here with Harbeths, (SHL5+ XD) and they sound great at low volume. My system has no tone or loudness controls of any kind. SS preamp and tube power amps. YMMV | |
| Jazz for aficionados @mahgister Well, so much for cutting back on record purchases! haha | |
| Jazz for aficionados First night with this one. I love me some Monica! | |
| Complete vinyl system, TT to speakers, for $1500? I would think a decent vintage TT (JVC direct drive would be my choice) and cartridge + powered speakers and you still need to come up with a phono pre could be done for around that. | |
| Question about how analog audio recording works The same question could be asked of your eardrums. | |
| cheapest speaker made in the last 10 year that can beat any speaker made before 1970? It's gonna take a lot to beat a set of Quad ESLs or many other high end speakers of yesterday, if you even can. | |
| Can I Trust The Music Room's Product Description? I've had nothing but positive experiences with them. | |
| Cheap used LP's: They're still out there! @thecarpathian The seller feedback is critical! I know everyone has to get a start, and on rare occasions I’ll take a chance. But my general rule of thumb is at least 1000 ratings and at least 99.8%. I still get burned on rare occasions, but ov... | |
| Cheap used LP's: They're still out there! I’ve found that with a truly proper cleaning, many records assumed to be VG or VG+ are actually NM. The best cleaning isn’t cheap, but with a large collection or lots of purchases can pay for itself. It seems to be an area where people who spend... |