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| Another UPS Horror Story Yes, recently had a 55+, female UPS employee, about 5'4", struggle with two 130 pound packages, clearly labeled. Needless to say, at some point, they had been turned upside down and their tops crushed, probably while she struggled with them in my ... | |
| Your most disappointing purchase or audition? I guess synergy has everything (or at a lot) to do with it.I've had several vpi tables, incl. 3 different types of TNT, Lenco mod rim drives, (some over $4K) Technics 10, yada, yada, yada, but the rim drive TT Gem has been stable, reliable and qui... | |
| Question for serious Siltech users Agree with RCPrince. Used them years ago,and experimented with them again within the past year, Most experience was with the SQ series: smooth, balanced, nothing in particular for them, esp with tube amps. Nice audio jewelry, beautifully made and ... | |
| Classe SSP 600 for preamp? only 2 channels I almost posted my ad for an ssp-300 (same unit, but with single ended only) and see $2k for BB average, $1.6K for last and considered posting it for a grand. It still uses 7.1 analog in with 24/96 DACS, etc. HOWEVER, without HDMI, it's really tri... | |
| Moving tall ESL's across town, no boxes. Advice Christ: if you're not gonna help the man, at least make it funny. | |
| Moving tall ESL's across town, no boxes. Advice I've moved tall speakers before, inc. Innersounds and Sound Labs. After thinking about the tender ministrations of movers and the likely carelessness of others, I did as Albert Porter recommends. I spent about $100 and it took about 4 hours to do ... | |
| Your top 3 worst purchases ever Easy: a Melody 300b amp: I have rugs that are more listenable. I've had other 300bs...yes, it was the amp., not the tubes. The Supratek Syrah: However, I did hear one that sounded really good. Mick's QC just sucked. In and out in two days...yes, i... | |
| Stylus Rake Angle I got a tip from VDH and a very tweaky audio buddy of mine who was a principal in a speaker group with Linkwitz and set up Pacific Rim shows for Rowland. As a consequence, I now never (even with two tables: an easily adjustable and measurable air ... | |
| Soundlab speakers Big Perreaux and tubed Wolcott's, both of which I owned worked well. The speakers were, I believe A3 or M3 (I'm a gear hound and get confused by the alphabet soup we audio folks live in) and had the PX upgrades. They were as Albert described. I us... | |
| How hard is this on a tube pre amp? Dial it up. No problems. I believe most, if not all, volume controls are actually attenuators and are more linear for stereo tracking (unless they are really fairly extravagantly designed and built) in the upper reaches. I "slingshotted" pres toge... | |
| Nasty problem - ideas? I had the same issue and after decades in this hobby, it was a bear to find. I replaced tubes, etc., because I didn't want to strip the whole system down(quite complex). I had to do it anyway and finally, some of that old gear I'd stashed away (be... | |
| B&W matrix 801 s2 still a relavant speaker. Yes. I tried to push mine with 200 wpc Levinsons and never really got them going. Perhaps they're the only dynamic speakers that should be plugged into a wall outlet! (Just kidding). BIG, SOLID STATE CURRENT PUMPS are a necessity and proper cablin... | |
| Help problem with Soundlab Dynastats I assume that you let them charge up for a bit...I had the 3s and when the bias was off or they had been unplugged for a while, they sounded like you described.Hope you get them going. They're nice speakers | |
| Signal Cable Reference speaker cable??? Can't say enough about Frank. Great to deal with: honest. His cables are great for the price and well built. I've used them on and off for several years now. Screaming good value. Can't go wrong for the price. You can spend way more and get a lot ... | |
| Do you play an instrument? Helps in speaker eval? Yes, absolutely, but...Have played bass, trumpet and guitar for over 40 years. Experience in amplified, unamplified, sound reinforcement, etc. Have sat in audiences untold times, and right in front of trombones at full bore in orchestras...here's ... |