jimmyblues
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| Best Basic CD Player (no SACD, USB, etc.) I’ve been using an Onkyo C-7030 for the past five years (light use each year), and it continues to work fine. It also sounds very good for such an inexpensive player. I purchased mine on Amazon back in late 2017 for about $175 which included an Am... | |
| My terrible Customer Journey with the Line Magnetic LM-503PA Mono Vacuum Tube Amps Audio is supposed to be an enjoyable hobby. So sorry that you are having problems with this company. Up until now I have heard positive things about LM products. However, that has had to do with their excellent sound quality; not customer servi... | |
| Compact ~20WPC Tube Amp I've had my Quicksilver Minimite monoblocks for the past 17 years and still truly enjoy them with some of my British monitors. Linn Kan I and KEF Reference Series Model I (similar to the LS3/5A BBC monitor). If you can find a used pair in nice s... | |
| Best power amp for Quad 63 Futterman H3 OTL if you can find one in nice shape. I believe they were also sold under the Harvard Labs brand. These were the original Futtermans built by Julius Futterman. Wonderful synergy with older Quad Electrostatics. The H3 was also availa... | |
| AKM makes the best DACs Have an older AVA multibit dac and a few AKM chip based dacs. They are all well designed and sound nice. Dac chips are like ice cream flavors. Sometimes you want one flavor sometimes you want another. It's just nice to have the options. 🙂 | |
| Antique Sound Labs I spoke to Tash Goka (owner of Divergent Technologies & former North American distributor for Antique Sound Lab) a few years back and he said that Antique Sound Lab was no longer in business. Perhaps he meant that Joseph Lau, owner of ASL, h... | |
| What were the radio stations of your youth that helped you on your music/audio journey? WPLJ and WNEW in New York... | |
| Are Quicksilver power tube amps in the same league as VAC, VTL, BAT, ARC, ...? Purchased my Quicksilver Minimite Monoblocks new and have owned them since 2006. I consider them to be some of the best sounding power amplifiers I have ever heard. Regarding their design, they are simplicity itself, using point to point wiring ... | |
| How do I beat my Antique Sound Labs AV25? For the money the ASL Wave DT25 mono's are difficult to beat. They have a good circuit and the tube complement sounds very nice. I own a pair of AV25's that I purchased new back in early 2007, and use them to drive a pair of Linn Kan I's. My syste... | |
| Quicksilver Mini Mono's-New transformers Oftentimes, when audio designers make these statements it'susually hype. However, Mike Sanders has a reputation for being conservative. So the new transformers on the Quickie 25's probably do offer noticeable sonic improvements, or Mike wouldn't h... | |
| Belles Research Corporation? ? The Belles Research I amplifier and preamplifer were my first pieces of high end amplification. I purchased them in 1983, to go with a Rega Planar II, Lustre tonearm and R100 MM cartridge.At the time I purchased a pair of Pyramid Met 7 speakers, m... | |
| Krell KSA 50 vs. todays ss amps? I owned a Krell KSA 50 in the early 90's, bought used from Walt Bender's AudioMart. Sorry to hear about Walt's passing - may he rest in peace.The KSA 50's circuit toplogy is a simple layout which incorporates excellent quality components.It's soun... | |
| My Turntable Collection..... Turntable collections? hmmm.. Never thought about collecting them, although I have nice collection of vintage tuners.I've owned some TT's in the past, but nothing super exotic.My latest is an old Systemdek IIX that I restored two years ago. The ta... | |
| Classe DR-2 vs Classe DR-3 I have owned both the Classe DR-2 and the larger DR-3 VHC amplifiers. And Woodmann's characterization of the sound is spot on.The DR-3 was 45 wpc pure class A, while the DR-2 was only 25. The VHC had more of everything soundwise - with plenty of b... | |
| The best sounding FM Tuner is..... I've owned myriad vintage FM tuners and have enjoyed everyone of them.Of the tuners I've owned, my favorites include:Day Sequerra FM StudioMcIntosh MR65BMarantz Model 125Revox B261Naim NAT 01 |