jimmyblues
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| 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 | |
| Battle of the "Davids"......Belles vs. Berning This author owned a Belles I amp and matching preamp in the 1980's that I lived happily with for nearly a decade. This gear was well built, good sounding, powerful, and affordable. I once had the opportunity to speak with David Belles when he was ... | |
| VAC PA60 Not sure about the PA60, but I recently read over an old Stereophile article on the PA90 in which the reviewer stated that he much preferred the Gold Lion KT-77's that he was using to the stock EL-34's that the PA90 was sold with.His review was th... | |
| Personal amp evolution Ah, this a great thread.My amplifier evolution began from an XAM Mk 3 integrated at at age 5.Since then:Harmon Kardon Citation 30Marantz 2230 receiverKenwood KA-8100Belles 1 amp and preampNaim NAC72/NAC32.5/Hicap/NAP110 -- later on NAP160, 250, &a... | |
| Difference between McIntosh MR65 and MR65B Yes I did know that Aaron was Bette's manager. He was a great man who exposed the Illuminati for what they were and how they have overrun our once great nation.Enjoy the music,Jimmyblues | |
| Difference between McIntosh MR65 and MR65B Sounds good .. just don't take any of those nearly worthless Federal Reserve Notes -- try to get some "gold" instead. ; )-- see Aaron Russo's America From Freedom To Fascism To learn more about what I am talking about -- the Federal Reserve System... | |
| Difference between McIntosh MR65 and MR65B The difference is in the multiplex unit. Unlike the MR-66 which had an outboard MPX unit, the MR-65 multiplex had an internal adaptor.The early version of the MR-65 was a monaural tuner that included a stereo mpx input on the tuner chassis; which ... | |
| What are the Best FM tuners? There are so many good tuners when properly aligned, with many subtle differences. And making a considerable investment in a tuner doesn't always mean that you will get better sound.If you live in an area where you receive many stations without re... | |
| Difference between McIntosh MR65 and MR65B The MR-65 had no MPX output for an outboard stereo decoder.The MR-65A was still monaural but included an mpx input on the top of its chassis to add the MA-5 stereo multiplex unit.The MR-65B included this MA-5 unit installed from new (it was known ... | |
| DCS or Chord 64 ROB WATTS also produced the DPA 50S Amp and Preamp combo, both now classics and somewhat difficult to find. They were Hi-Fi World founder Noel Keywood's reference amplifier for sometime, and he appeared to be very pleased with them, based on the t... | |
| Top Ten Tuners of all Time?? I've never heard the Tandberg 3001A, but it appears to be almost visually identical to the 3011A that I bought a while back (with the exception of three extra buttons on the front of the unit and 8 gangs instead of 5).What I do wonder is where the... |