larryi
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| How many turntables have you owned? If I recall correctly, I’ve had the following; BIC 980 AR ES-1 Mapenoll (can’t recall the model, perhaps a defensive mechanism-it was hell. Well Tempered Record Player VPI HW-19 with Graham 1.5t tonearm Basis Debut/Vector III arm with vacuum... | |
| Basis Audio Fans I also bought, but never used, another album to act as the cover disc. It is a picture disc soundtrack for the movie "Benji's in Love" (do you remember that pooch movie star?). | |
| Tube tester...anyone own their own? One more thing about the orange—it fails far more tubes than a Hickock. I don’t know if that is good or bad. | |
| Warm Tube Amp(s) to Tame Hyper-Accurate Speakers? Before any meaningful "solutions" can be offered, we need to understand the problem. First, saying the mids and highs are too much could mean the same as the bass and upper bass is too thin--after all, tonal qualities are about relative balance o... | |
| I finally got a record cleaning machine. First thoughts. I've used the ClearAudio machine and it is a very good, well thought out machine. I like very basic vacuum machines myself, because I like scrubbing the record back and forth across the cleaning pad to really get things scrubbed (I actually to th... | |
| Cartridge Force - Is a Little 'Over-Force' Okay? Can you fashion a weight to add to the counterweight so that it balances the arm correctly while not as far from the pivot? I know someone who sort of did this with what amounts to a heavy washer glued to the counterweight. He did this in order ... | |
| Cable curmudgeon Monster stranded or solid? It's like saying I tried two types of Thunderbird wine and I really don't understand wine connoisseurship at all. | |
| Constructing songs Worst song ever: We Built this City. | |
| Output tube types - need some opinions Yes, Dave Slagle is an expert on winding transformers and autoformers. He is, in addition to being affiliated with Intact Audio, affiliated with EM/IA (myemia.com). That site has a very interesting 50/300b amp that is worth looking at for perha... | |
| Most Realistic Recordings For the Vivaldi concerti I listed, the conductor is Alfredo Bernardini and the group is L’Armonia L’Inventione. I leant the CD to the people running the Audio Note room at the most recent Capital Audiofest; it was their go-to classical piece. | |
| Output tube types - need some opinions I don't think Tango is still made; a shame because they are reputed to be quite good. A local dealer that also makes its own amplifiers likes Hammond for custom-made transformers (they will wind to your specifications). I think he also likes Ele... | |
| Most Realistic Recordings I have both the Belafonte Live at Carnegie Hall and the album where he returns to Carnegie Hall in original RCA recordings; the sound quality is terrific. I have heard the audiophile reissue and it sounds great too, although I haven't had the opp... | |
| Most Realistic Recordings I should have added the following: Armstrong: "Satchmo Plays King Oliver" (Analogue Productions reissue) Macleod: "Come to Find" (original Audioquest LP release, CD--interesting comparison, the CD sounds fantastic, the LP sounds even more presen... | |
| Output tube types - need some opinions Depending on your power requirements, any pushpull from a 300B, 2a3 or 45 tube would be a worthwhile project (I particularly like the 45, but, it is very low in output). Spend all that you reasonably can on the output transformers. I like vintag... | |
| Most Realistic Recordings A lot of good suggestions above. I particularly like the copy of "For Duke" that I own, but there are other M&K Realtime recordings (direct to disc) that are also terrific sounding, such as "Fatha" (Earl Hines). Most of my really good soun... |