jonwolfpell
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| What are/were the best sounding cheap components you have ever had? KLH stereo clock radio purchased in ‘82. Walnut cabinets( main unit had one speaker & then a separate speaker) & sounded really good. Obviously not extended at either end but very smooth & listenable. It was $200 which was a lot for a ... | |
| The MoFi Mess and TAS rolling over for them Great point yoyoyaya! If these recordings become digitized anyway, why then go to the trouble to "store them" on vinyl at all? It's probably the worst medium to do so that can add nothing but distortion. I guess it's all about appearances & pe... | |
| Where did you buy your first audio gear? 1974 - Atlantis Sound in NY. Original Large Advents in walnut, Pioneer 939 Receiver (70 watts / side), BIC 940 Turntable w/ a Stanton 681 EEE cartridge w/ the silly little brush attached. Sounded pretty good but Blew two tweeters & a woofer ... | |
| The MoFi Mess and TAS rolling over for them For many years now, I've considered The Absolute Sound simply to be a "high end" boutique magazine like the fancy design & fancy boating - mega yacht publications. They're fun to look at & see what's out there but offer little to no objec... | |
| Suggestion for $10K soup to nuts digital? +1 for the Innuos Zenith Mk 3! Works great, sounds great & the app is logical, easy to use on an iPad .I know this will stir up a lot of reactions but I pair it w/ the Border Patrol DAC for a combo of about $6.5K. For a 50 year turntable guy, ... | |
| Best Dedicated Streamer Another vote for Innuos. Works great, sounds great. Simple to use w/ no unnecessary displays on the unit that you probably can't see from your listening chair anyway & are all on their app on your laptop, ipad or phone. Roon endpoint if so de... | |
| We Can Make Classic Cars Outperform Today's "SuperCars": Why Not Vintage Audio? Great topic! Of course in a straight line or maybe a oblong track, a car w/ enough horsepower (& high octane fuel) / weight ratio can go really fast & at its extreme needs a parachute to help stop it. Put that older, really fast car in an... | |
| Why not? Rogers High Fidelity in North Adams, MA offers a house made high quality power cord for their amps. I use it with their EFH 200 Mark II integrated w/.excellent results. | |
| Warming up digital in my setup Maybe start w/ a real streamer, should be much better & then a upgrade on the DAC if necessary. | |
| Direct Drive Of course anyone who knows nows there are good & bad examples of just about every turntable design in just about all price ranges. This goes for tonearms too but maybe not so much for cartridges. Similar to loudspeakers (not coincidentally), t... | |
| Ideal power cord lengths? Some great answers here! So funny! Made my morning. Abraham Lincoln was 6’4” or 5” back when the average man was almost a foot shorter than that. He was asked ideally how long should a man’s legs be & his response was “long enough to reach th... | |
| Indentical measurments = Identical performance? Just about any decent amp measures better than almost any tube amp of almost any price in most all of the typical parameters. Look at the square wave reproduction for one good example. Does that mean the solid state amps sound better / more like l... | |
| Where do you want your system to go when you go? Funny question. I bought in the last year a Rogers High Fidelity integrated amp which comes w/ a lifetime warranty. One of Roger’s advertising lines is equipment your kids will be fighting over…. I asked Roger how old he was & he’s exactly... | |
| tube pre & ss amp integrated You might want to check out Rogers High Fidelity. Point to point wired, very high quality integrated tube amp made in western MA. They have a “ used” EFH 200 that comes w/ their full lifetime warranty. I think you can demo it too. I have one &... | |
| Looking for good recordings of female vocals I have not yet tried... Many great suggestions!! Eva Cassidy was mentioned previously. Check out her Songbird/ Live at Blues Alley. Great combo of power & grace w/ a great band behind & excellent live recording. Some harder blues / rock & some beautiful sol... |