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| Best progressive rock album side I know it's a digression, but since you mentioned Zappa/Verve, the unnerving prescience of "Trouble Coming Every Day" on "Freak Out" keeps coming to mind. I saw the original Mothers line-up play at the Phoenix Star Theater shortly after "Freak Out... | |
| Best progressive rock album side I’m not sure how "progressive rock" is defined. 1). If it includes "psychedelic folk-rock", I suggest "On the Shore" by Trees. 2). I’m pleased to see "In the land of Grey and Pink" by Caravan appear on the list. I haven’t thought of that ... | |
| Inexpensive Good Vintage Turntables? Perhaps a vintage VPI. I own an HW-19 and I think parts for it are readily available as are upgrades. Plus, customer service is (or it was about 2 years ago) pretty responsive. | |
| Audirvana problem I searched the Audirvana Forum/Blog for the answer and, as I didn't see a similar problem there, I wrote to Support. This is the first issue I've had with their "legacy" software but, if I have another, I'll follow your advice and post a question ... | |
| Audirvana problem Problem solved. Corrupted preferences files which I've deleted and replaced thanks to advice just received from Audirvana customer support. If this happens to any other "Audirvana Legacy Users", here are the terminal codes to correct the prob... | |
| Indicators of worn/bad capacitors? Final follow-up: I looked at the capacitors and everything seems pristine. Also, I've left the amplifier idling for a few days and now...all sounds fine! No more harshness/brassiness/glare. I'll just leave it on from now on. Thanks to all for yo... | |
| Indicators of worn/bad capacitors? Update: I've let the amplifier "idle" for a day or so and listened again this evening: much better. I also called a local electronics shop here in Portland that does exclusively stereo servicing and explained the problem. The owner told me bad ca... | |
| Indicators of worn/bad capacitors? immatthew, That's a good plan! I've never heard of that device before. Hopefully, it's designed for someone who knows nothing whatsoever about electronics (me). Thanks, Keith | |
| Indicators of worn/bad capacitors? Thanks for the insights! I'll take a look at the capacitors today and I'll try leaving the system on for several hours before listening. I haven't listened to it in >6 weeks so maybe that's part of the problem. As for other listeners' perspect... | |
| Indicators of worn/bad capacitors? Thanks to all of you for your helpful comments! I'll try leaving it running for a week and re-assess the situation. Keith | |
| Indicators of worn/bad capacitors? Maybe I should just have them replaced. Is that an expensive procedure? | |
| Indicators of worn/bad capacitors? Thanks for the replies! 1) No hum or other noise that I can detect but I haven't removed the top of the amp to look (but, following your advice, I will do that tomorrow) and, 2) I leave the system off almost all the time. I only listen on weeken... | |
| Solid state amp recommendations for Maggies? Following on a couple of postings here on class A and Classé (an intentional pun on an intentional pun by the original Canadian company), I'm using a vintage Classé DR-9 (David Reich's final design for the company) class-A amp with very few hours ... | |
| What were the radio stations of your youth that helped you on your music/audio journey? KCAC 1010 AM Phoenix, "The Joint That Gives You The Heaviest Hits", a daylight hour only underground radio station. Frequently broadcast alerts ("Bad brown acid" at the concert, "Don’t come bustable, or you’re likely to be burned") and was non-com... | |
| Better CD Sound: The Search I agree that an external DAC + transport is a good, cost-effective option. I'm using a Cambridge Audio CXC-V2 with a Mytek and it sounds quite good. The Cambridge Audio CXC seems very well built and (reportedly) has good customer service/warranty.... |