kurt_tank
Responses from kurt_tank
| what else-$$ ????? Clothing, Food, Housing, etc...Jusk Kidding.Probably more video games and systems. | |
| What outlet should I choose..... In case it helps your peace of mind, I found that the Porter Ports were well worth it. (Of course, I too could not really A/B them either.) They certainly strongly pinch the prongs of the plug to establish a good contact. I had mine installed when... | |
| What would you do??? I would go with the Audio Aero Capitole, as it is one of the very best Redbook players I have ever heard. This will allow you to add a preamp at some point in the future should you see the need, although several Capitole owners I know run direct i... | |
| Do you believe everything you read on the internet Comrade, Viridian, Nyet, Nyet!Viridian is only making a jokeski about us, er, I mean zee Ex-KGB, owning Audio Research! Ha Ha Ha! Very Funny, yes?!Viridian, you don't seem to be answering the door.Please let the nice men in zee black trench coats ... | |
| Best phono stage balanced under $3000 used The Basis ASR Exclusive has been going for just a little more than $3K, used, and it truly is a world class phono preamp. My friend upgraded to this from the Aesthetix Rhea. (The Rhea was very good, but not quite in the same class, as the Rhea had... | |
| Looking to change from Thiel 7's My friend used to use the Thiel 7.2s as well.When he wanted a better speaker, he upgraded to the Avalon Eidolons.He too likes to listen at loud levels.He listens mostly to classical, so he really pushes these hard, and has never had them serviced.... | |
| Ayre models in black I believe they are available as an option in black.(I bought my K-1X used, and the owner had the same problem and bought a second faceplate in black, and replaced the silver front face.) He said it was a $250 replacement cost.It might be possible ... | |
| Home theater furniture - husband vs. wife Oh yeah, I remember those conversations!We compromised on this by getting some nice BDI racks.(They are quality made racks, that have nice lines.)They have both metal/glass and wood/glass racks. We went with the wood, as we both liked the cherry w... | |
| Ayre K-5xe preamp? How close to K-1xe? Congrats!I am sure you will continue to enjoy the Ayre.It is truly a top notch preamp, and one of the very best solid state preamps made, IMHO.Now, all you need to do is buy the phono boards, and get an analog setup and your road to audio nirvana ... | |
| Time to sell my dvd collection? My advice is that if you definitely have NO plans to watch them in the future, sell them. However, I would not sell them just because HD-DVD and Blu-Ray are coming out. That would be like selling your entire CD collection because SACD and DVD-A ca... | |
| McIntosh C100, Ayre K1 or Mark Levinson 380/380S? Obviously, the best thing to do is to demo them yourself, however, I will discuss what I know of two of the ones you mentioned.I have the Ayre K-1XE preamp, and it is the cornerstone of my system. (I doubt I will be upgrading beyond it to be hones... | |
| What is My System Worth? I suggest you pay to use the Audiogon Blue Book.It will give you the approximate range of costs of all of your equipment.It costs $20 for 30 days.Certainly well worth your time and money, IMHO.Good Luck with selling your system, btw! | |
| Koetsu My friend bought a Koetsu Urushi from one of the gray market resellers and he never had a problem.(Of course, had he had a problem......)From what I can tell, people just buy them from dealers in Asia, particularly Japan and Hong Kong, at discount... | |
| Best cd player for around $3500? You might want to check out the Ayre C-5xe universal player. Used it "might" go for around $3,500, (although I would guess it would probably go for around $4k as it is still pretty new), but even if it doesn't get down to $3,500, you might want to... | |
| LAST Record Preservative. Do you believe? 4yanx experience mirrors my own.I used to use LAST record cleaner and preservative back in the '80s for most of my records. (I probably used it for 5 or 6 years, and put it on at least a hundred records or so.) In the '90s I switched over to CDs (... |