jhills
Responses from jhills
| Is there actually a difference? Back in the early 80s, a audio enthusiast friend and myself, each had a 100W HK SS power amp and had Audible Illusions pre-amps. My speakers, at the time was the Vandy 2c and I think his was the Pioneer HPM100s. In short - our audio dealer loaned ... | |
| MFSL worth it? In my collection of LPs, from the 80s, I have a dozen or so MFSL LPs, everything from orchestral classics to Neil Diamond's "Hot August Night" to Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon". Since I bought them for their good sound and not for their futu... | |
| Which Nakamichi to choose? @bstbomber I agree regarding the Nak. ZX-9. Truly a wonderful machine.I bought a ZX-9 new, back in the 80s and loved everything about it. It made perfect recordings and play back of all of my favorite LPs and gave many years of flawless service.Af... | |
| Budget/value SS power amp recommendation +++ for the ADCOMsStill running a GFA-5500 as my back up. It never lets me down and (with a long warm up) it always sounds good.Also a big + for the B&K....Jim | |
| Listening to equipment at home before you buy +++ for making connections with John at Audio Connection. I have never dealt with him, as I’m quite some distance from the NE. but he has a stellar reputation as a great source for help with anything to do with Vandyies.A while back, I had a chanc... | |
| Listening to equipment at home before you buy @ieales One usually has some idea of what kind of system would work for them in their space and on their budget; what kind of music they listen to; how loud they like to play their music, etc. Beyond that - It's not rocket science - just a few ba... | |
| I need one for every room...and two for the garage! WOW! Gotta get me one of those bad boys - I’d have me my own mini Straight Line Accelerator - maybe open a little black hole or something.On the other hand, If I actually had a cool 80K setting around, I could pick up a couple of new Harley CVOs. ... | |
| Listening to equipment at home before you buy Back in the late 70s, through the 80s and early 90s, I was very lucky to have a great audio dealer, some 90 miles from where I lived. I both spent many long night listening recessions in his shop and brought equipment back to my home for audition.... | |
| My experience after lost of 20k$ Call me old fashioned, but after 35 years in audio, a collection of more than 300 LPs (many DD Masters) nearly as many CDs and a collection of decent gear - I have 0 desire to change gears, dump a bunch of bucks and jump on to the digital stream ... | |
| Best tube dampers that you have used After 15 years of faithful service from my Audible Illusions pre, I decided it was past time to change out the original tubes. Each Amperex 6DJ8 tube had a heavy band of some type of dark charcoal putty (approx 3/8" wide x 1/8" thick) around the m... | |
| BUYERS, What Issues have you had with Sellers and Listings that Prevent you from Buying? Although it seems, considering PayPal’s hold pay policies and a number of shysters out there abusing those policies to cheat legit. sellers, that being a seller on A-Gon or EBay can be a little risky. Still I have to agree with jssmith - some of t... | |
| If cost was no factor, what system would you build as your main audio system? @secretguy I am with you on the Maggie 30.7s. I now have the little 1.7s, that I am very happy with. When finances allow, I am planning an upgrade to the 3.7i, but the 30.7s along with an adequate listening room and some nice gear to run them, is ... | |
| The Absolute Sound vs Stereophile Glad to see mentioned the Sensible $ound. Back in the late 70s and through the 80s I had subscriptions to Stereo Review, Stereophile and even the Sensible Sound.I found each to be interesting and (in their own right) informative, but did develop ... | |
| chinese counterfeitng Love my Rogue and my Maggies! Both made here in the USA and are just a couple, of several, manufacturers who still build very good, reasonably priced products here in the US and provide impeccable customer service - I'm happy with that.I've never... | |
| If cost was no factor, what system would you build as your main audio system? @melbguyone; @jond Some of the old WE Horns, as I remember, truly were very large and interesting speakers - that presented a large as life stage. I listened to them in a very large room and it was quite evident they could fill and might require, ... |