jmcgrogan2
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| What is the life span of a cartridge? How do I know when to replace a cartridge?When it stops being enjoyable to listen to.How many playing hours?How many miles until you replace a car? It depends, on many things. The cartridge itself, the set up, and usage will also determine how man... | |
| Do you ever use the balance on your pre amp? The balance is a good thing....Warrenh Yes, I've always felt it was very important, as I stated before. I also like a polarity invert switch on my preamps as well. | |
| Rhea V1 & V2 NOS tubes I've also heard on noise issues with Aesthetix Saturn Series units. From everything I've read, I'd agree with Dan_ed, use the Aesthetix stock tubes in the 12AX7 positions. The Aesthetix can sound very good, but is picky with tubes. Some have had s... | |
| If you had to pay full retail, would you...??? Coaching Football these days, something where the outcome is not subjective and winning means I don't have to suffer fools or discount my salary.D_edwards (System | Answers)That's actually the most impressive comment I've seen from you yet Edwards... | |
| If you had to pay full retail, would you...??? 12-28-06: D_edwardsLet me explain something most audiophiles really have trouble with;I'm sure your customers enjoy paying more money for the condescending tone. I enjoy being talked down to, it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.(Note: Sarca... | |
| Ayre and McCormack ... a good match? Entrope,Tim put a link to his own for sale ad in the public forums, how could you have missed that? That's a no no in a public forum, and Tim was man enough to see that, to his credit. It's good to see that the Atma-Sphere club has his back though... | |
| If you had to pay full retail, would you...??? That looks good on paper. When you find the audiophile who has left his system unchanged after 10 years, will you ask him to chime in? :)Tvad (Threads | Answers)They are out there, I know some, but the reason they do not change their system is bec... | |
| If you had to pay full retail, would you...??? If you had to pay full retail, would you...???Would I be in this hobby? NoWould I still listen to music? YesI would just some mid-fi rig and live on in oblivion, not knowing what to do with all of my extra time and money.Yes, I 'save' money by sho... | |
| Top Choices Under 2K Dac and Transport I'm curious as to your limitations, but I'll play along.I'd recommend a used Classe DAC-1, can be had for around $1K, I don't think it's rich, vibrant tonal colors, or soundstage can be beat at this price. Transport? How about the matching Classe ... | |
| Ayre and McCormack ... a good match? You are correct Mitch2, that was a shameless plug. It would have been best if you had contacted Hodu offline and present your sales proposition in private rather than using the public forums. These forums are supposed to be for advice only, not as... | |
| balanced pre amp A true balanced design is a differential design, with both positive and negative legs going through mirror image gain stages, output stages, etc. To do balanced right is expensive, because you require duplicate circuits. A regular preamplifier has... | |
| "What's Your Best Price?" Neptune is getting pretty crowded these days. :) | |
| Power Cords Well Opus88 and Jaguar, if the P3 impressed you that much, you should hear the P3 Signature! :)Robert has also just come out with his latest, the Alethias! and the Alethias! Signature, which I have not heard yet. The P3 Signature's are stunning th... | |
| Do you ever use the balance on your pre amp? Absolutely. I find that maybe 10-20% of the recordings I listen to have images slightly off center. A touch of the balance knob can center the image easily. I consider a balance control mandatory, just like a polarity invert switch, and to a lesse... | |
| "What's Your Best Price?" 12-24-06: Jeffreybowman2kFrom the website www.howstuffworks.com:Car Selling Ad Terms*OBO - This means "or best offer," which tells the buyer that you are willing to consider offers below the price you listed.Source: Edmunds.comMust be printed in t... |