jimmyblues
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| Top Ten Tuners of all Time?? The Sansui 9900 is a beautiful looking tuner. If you take inflation into account in the modern day, the 9900 would probably cost you a few thou to replace.The TU-717 remains the real Sansui bargain though; a great sounding tuner which can be had f... | |
| Your Favorite Top 10 tuners all time NAD 402 -- tuner bargain of the year. I just saw an NAD 402 in mint condition (also with the burnt out backlight to its digital display - common problem with NAD products that have digital displays) sell for $12 on Ebay! Between this and the $12 t... | |
| Your Favorite Top 10 tuners all time The following is a list of tuners that I presently own, all of which I believe are worthy of consideration as some of the top tuners ever made:Revox B261 -- A behemoth of a tuner; beautifully built and great sounding -- the tuner website that did ... | |
| Classe DR-15 amplifier compared to Classe Dr-9 To the person who stated that the Classe DR-3 was the only pure class A amplifier designed by David Reich: David also designed the DR-2, DR-3B and DR-3 VHC (short for very high current 45 wpc pure class A amplifier). All are now highly collectible... | |
| Top Ten Tuners of all Time?? I just purchased a Tandberg 3011A and think it's a great piece of gear. It's beautifully built and has a lush midrange reminscent of a well designed tube tuner.I've been comparing it to my also recently acquired Revox B 261, as well as a Marantz 1... | |
| Top Ten Tuners of all Time?? The most interesting aspect in having these types of posts is how depending on the popularity of certain tuners, they will immediately experience a boost in their prices. I remember years ago when the founders of the by invitation only AudioMart m... | |
| Systemdek IIX and a vpi scout I've never owned a VPI, however, presently own a mid 80's vintage Systemdek IIX with original Profile (Made by Jelco) tonearm with the removable headshell, and Sumiko Blue Point Special MC phono cartridge.After owning a few Rega Planar 2's of vari... | |
| Older PURE CLASS-A Amplifiers A shortlist of the amplifiers you are looking for:Classe DR-3B or DR-3 VHC (very high current)Bedini 25/25 under serial number 100 -- these were the real 25's -- not the later and cheaper Japanese version, as John likes to call them.Levinson ML-2'... | |
| Your Favorite Top 10 tuners all time I've owned at least 60 tuners in the past twenty five years, from some real cheapo's to some expensive gear.With the exception of the few tuners that I purchased new from a friend in the business, most were purchased well used, and well maintained... | |
| Designer Hall of Fame Naim's Julian Vereker. Julian was one of the first, if not the first to incorporate the use of an external power supply into his amplifiers, which offered dramatic improvements in overall sound quality.His designs were also extremely appealing in ... |