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| What to use if I just want one cleaning fluid? I highly recommend RRL (Record Research Labs) Super Record Wash. It cleans very well, and does not require rinsing. Mobile Fidelity recently purchased the brand name, so now it has been rebranded as Mobile Fidelity Super Record Wash.Mobile Fidelit... | |
| Thinking of trying tubes... If you really want to drive the Dunlavy's right, I would stretch your budget a little bit and get the VTL MB-450 monoblock amps. (Used they go for around $4,500, but you can sometimes talk the sellers down a little, closer to $4K.) They have lots ... | |
| Different lengths of interconnects ?????? Thought some of you might be interested in this, as I was curious when several people wrote that electrons move at the speed of light through wire. That did not seem correct to me, so I did a bit of investigaing. Here is what I came up with.How Fa... | |
| Which amp to drive Avalon Diamonds? Glai,My friend with the Lamm M2.2s uses a ARC Ref. 3 preamp, and they sound great together.Since DEV brought up the VTL MB-450s, I will point out that my friend used to use the 450s for a couple of years, before upgrading to the Lamm M2.2s (which ... | |
| An Audiogon based system Yeah, I agree that using Audiogon is a great way to put together a system. I believe that I have put every piece of my system together using Audiogon, (speakers, amps, preamp, turntable, tonearm, cartridge, cdp, tuner, & cabling), with the exc... | |
| Which amp to drive Avalon Diamonds? I would recommend the 220 wpc Lamm M2.2, as it has double the power of the 100 wpc M1.2. My friend had the Eidolons (not the Diamonds), and he found that having the extra power really helped to get the most bass response from those speakers.Good L... | |
| Isolation platform for the power amps Here is the cheapest amp stand you can buy. They look okay, as they are just plain old black amp stands. (They have very little isolation, except for their floor spikes and small rubber cushion buttons, that the shelf sits upon.)I bought mine used... | |
| New TT or old I faced a similar situation several years back, when I had my old B&O turntable. I recommend selling the B&O TT on Ebay for whatever you can, and then moving on up into something easy to use, like a Rega P3 or something similar. (Don't for... | |
| Where to start with vinyl IMHO, comparing digital and analog is difficult, as there is just something inherently different between the two. (I much prefer analog to digital myself). Therefore, rather than saying one is "better" than another, I will confine myself to saying... | |
| Krell SACD Standard question.... An acquaintence of mine had the transport fail, twice.He no longer ownes the Krell SACD Standard, after having it repaired twice.(As he said:Fool me once, shame on you;Fool me twice, shame on me;Fool me thrice, and its time to move on!)I don't kno... | |
| New house room size opinions please........ "Let your wife pick the house...don't even offer an opinion, or you'll pay for it down the road in ways too bizarre to imagine."Are you kidding?!What ever happened to concepts like discussion and compromise?Do you guys really live like that?Seriou... | |
| New monoblocs for Maxx II, which ones Oneobgyn,I have had a similar experience as Cytocycle with the DarTZeel amp myself. (However, not with the Maxx II's, as I have no experience with them, other than hearing them breifly at a dealers.)My friend uses the Lamm M2.2s, (the 220 wpc succ... | |
| Most Influential American Musician of All Time? While I think that both of the above musicians are worth candidates, (Robert Johnson and Louis Armstrong), but since I listen to Rock mostly, I would nominate Bob Dylan.(He is not really my favorite, but between all the musicians who do idolize hi... | |
| It's been said before, but I'll say it again... I'll be honest and state that most of the transactions I have had on Audiogon have been quite good, and everyone is really rather civil. Occasionally I have gotten a lowball bid that is a bit too low, but I just say "No Thanks", and move on.I typi... | |
| are any of your friends audiophiles? Yes, actually I have a few, the first two I think I can take credit (or blame, if you ask their wives!), for their becoming audiophiles.One, is my brother in law, who after hearing my system, decided to invest a couple of thousand into a nice litt... |