jond
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| Best drink while listening to your rig? Cpdunn99,Congrats on your move, have fun in paradise. I totally understand the urge to drink beer, but I have one local wine recommendation. It's called Maui Blanc, a white wine made from, believe it or not, pineapples! Though it's been about 15 y... | |
| Question about cleaning an amp's dusty contacts Yes your advice sounds right, you simply need to clean your contacts. If you are uncomfortable doing so any qualified tech at a local stereo shop can do it for you for a very modest fee. In fact you might be best served by finding a YBA dealer and... | |
| May Day May Day I was maybe 7-8 years old in 1976-7 with a record player with a built in speaker, model unkown. I just remember playing Carole King's Tapestry over and over and jumping around my room with my little 3 year old brother. Good times! | |
| Any Info on Spendor FL-8's ? Contact Vu Huang at Deja Vu Audio in Mclean Virginia. He's a longtime Spendor dealer and he definitely carried that series. He's a straight shooter and has great ears. I have no association, I'm just a happy customer. Good luck and Happy Listening! | |
| Best "RedBook" player out there Though they're a bit hard to come by I would recommend my Tube Technology Fusion CD64. It's a great Redbook only player that marries the same dac used in Chord's famed DAC64 to a discrete tubed analog output stage with a pair of 6922's. It's a ste... | |
| Need advise on RCA female dummy plugs Try some Cardas caps, they're for sale on here all the time and they're cheap and effective. | |
| Looks like I need another stage...suggestions? I really feel you should concentrate on finishing your Black Cube transaction before moving on. Threaten to out him on the forums or start a dispute through Agon. Just don't give up so easily. You deserve what you paid for, fight for it! | |
| TDK SA-X or Maxell XLII-S which do you prefer? I was always a Maxell fan, the XLII-S was my standard blank for copying precious bootlegs. | |
| Any interest in hearing Gershman Black Swan Spkr? Hey that's really nice of you. I'm nowhere near there, but I still wanted to mention how cool it is of you to make such an offer, I hope someone takes you up on it. Nice speakers by the way, not a bad way to while away those rough 'Sota winters, e... | |
| Help needed with 50hz hum/buzz in Tube system Removing the ground pins is the exact same thing as using cheater plugs, you've broken the ground. No hum but it's fairly unsafe. It likely is in fact the cable, but having an eletrician out isn't a bad idea if you can afford it, he should be able... | |
| Focal Mini Utopias What's the rest of your system? I run a pair of Micro Utopia's, not Be's, with an all tube system and have no problems with brightness. Give us more info so we can help. One thing though, the speakers are so easy to drive, why not try tubes? | |
| Shouldn't the Bass be felt? Duh Hey try living in a tiny condo with a fledgling interior decorator. Some of us are happily resigned to small speakers, and the right small speaker in the right room can give you all the bass you'll ever need. I'm totally happy with my monitors, th... | |
| How to burn in a new pickup Why not just enjoy listening to music? I mean granted your cartridge may not be fully broken in, but I'm sure it'll sound pretty good. Why waste any of it's too short life being burned in on anything but music? Also there may be a phono burn in cd... | |
| Options to replace Supratek Chennin Pre Herron VTSP-1A was what I went to happily after my Supratek Syrah, or try a custom tube preamp from Vu at Deja Vu Audio in Virginia. Killer gear and a great rep, username on hear is Vudoo. I'm just a happy customer, no affiliation. Happy listening! | |
| amps for Merlin VSM-MXE Joule Electra amps are supposed to be magic with Merlin speakers. I'm personally a big fan, and owner, of the custom tube amps from Deja Vu Audio in Mclean, VA. I'm not affiliated just a happy customer. You might also look into another favorite of... |