larryi
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| Your best ''outstanding'' products in last 5 yrs? Not that much purchased in the last five years, except music, so I would have to say the best are:Fosgometer Azimuth checkerBlue Hawaii Special Editon electrostatic headphone amplifier. | |
| Top resistors I haven't done any experimentation myself, but, I know people, including small manufacturers of ultra high quality components, who say there is no such thing as a best or top resistor, capacitor, or any such component. I asked one why he worried a... | |
| What are some favorite NOS 12AX7s for phono? Stickman 451,The Tron 7 is a very good stage for the money. I heard it with a Transfiguration Orpheus cartridge and an Ortofon Per Winfield cartridge. Noise was not an issue with either cartridge. I heard the Hovland HP-200 with the Orpheus and a ... | |
| What are some favorite NOS 12AX7s for phono? I've heard various 12AX7s and 5751s in my own phonostage (Viva Fono), and that of two friends (a Tron phonostage and Hovland HP200). The closest to a "universal" 12AX7 (sounds good in all applications) was the Amperex Bugle Boy. That delivers a wa... | |
| Is this enough power? The phase angle is not a single number or a set of numbers. The data will be in the form of a frequency response graph, but with + and - phase angle on the vertical axis. Stereophile prints such data on the same graph that plots impedance at vario... | |
| Who is the KING of MONOS? The best I've heard is an amp that was built, in believe, in the late 1930's to early 1940s. I don't remember the details, but, it probably was a Western Electric. Each amp filled a large vertical rack. I was told that good working copies go for s... | |
| Perfect Debute Albums One more:Television: Marquee Moon | |
| Perfect Debute Albums Off the top of my head:Kate and Anna McGarrigle-Self TitledWarren Zevon-Self TitledDire Straits-Self TitledElvis Costello-My Aim is TrueBob Dylan-Self TitledJackson Browne-Self TitledSteely Dan-Can't Buy a ThrillBad Company-Self TitledDoors-Self T... | |
| What does one purchase after owning horns? Renmeister,I totally agree with you that the vast majority of speaker systems do not deliver the kind of "drama" of live music the way the Avantgarde, and other horn systems, are capable of doing. I find that most systems sound either dead and con... | |
| What does one purchase after owning horns? Among the least colored and best integrated horn/high efficiency systems I've heard are the various speakers from Classic Audio that Atmasphere mentioned. These must be in the running. I also endorse the mention, made above, about the top level JB... | |
| Song covers that are better than the originals Yet one more to add to the list:Odetta covering Dylan's "Times they are a-Changin" | |
| Your favourite cartridge Ptmconsulting,I own, and love the Orpheus L (also own and love a Lyra Titan). But, if cost is a consideration, you should look at the Transfiguration Phoenix. This is quite a lively and engaging cartridge (not as "dark" as a Temper). | |
| MC Cartridge Degaussing Demagnetizing Somewhere on this site is a very long and thoughtful piece on the subject by Jonathan Carr.The use of a record to effect very mild degaussing would be the "safe," though far less effective way to do degaussing. What you do is short the output of c... | |
| Amps for Sonus Faber Stradivari Homage A friend has a pair of these speakers. I really like its overall tonal balance, ability to deliver the proper density of sound (harmonic structure) and the lack of artificial edge or brittleness. Overall, a terrific speaker. The slight shortcoming... | |
| Cowboy Junkies Best Songs I like their cover of Springsteen's "Thunder Road" (from 'Neath Your Covers). |