loontoon
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| I need a Analog/Digital recorder recomendation Ain't no such beast yet, nothing out there to record, DVD-A or SACD, so just buy a nice CD burner I reckomend the HK CD26, can be found on e-bay for 200$, and you favorite DVD burner, and that about as far as your gonna get for now.loon | |
| B&K Sonata M200 vs Aragon paladiums - whats better For the money the M200's are very nice, the Paladiums for a lot more money are better, but whomever said used Pass X250 was dead on, for the money of an M200, yeah ok, but for the money of a Paladium get the real McCoy, at that price on my short l... | |
| Maggie 1.6 - Best Amp? Thinking about tubes. I have both and perhaps with the right tube amp--- but for me toobs can't pull it off with maggies.jeff | |
| Subs that keep pace w/ribbons & electrostatics? The Vandy mates well, I have custom subs on Maggies, and it's a very nice match but I use a 24 db electronic X/O.loon | |
| Keith Monks record cleaning machine Yes you can, you can use what ever you like for solution.Welcome to the finest vinyl cleaning machine in the world.loon | |
| B&K ST-140 - Older vs. Newer versions? The older EX version which is the best sounding, has a red rocker switch on the front. Gray face plate and champaign handles. It also has fixed, as in not detachable power cord. The old 442 I have was rebuilt by B&K due to a problem with the w... | |
| how do maggies sound with b&k st-140 amps? But the right channel blew up, due to the wife's vacuum knocking the wires off the back, and so I had it re-built but while I waited I found a T-hold and so now I have rebuilt 442 gathering dust.I would go for a used 442, or used T-hold if you can... | |
| Lyle Lovett, John Hiatt, Joe Ely, Guy Clark Joe Ely's, Live at Liberty Lunch.Hiatt is trial and error, and Guy Clark I know but not well enough to comment on.loon | |
| How badly does price drop for RIP manufacturer? http://www.rsvlonline.net/vintageamp/archiveamps.htmHe's very good and can IMPROVE your amps performance.The Forte while nice is very upgrade prone. For minimal $ you too can own a state of the art amp.loon | |
| My vote for Tweak of the Week Me I likes the Monks record cleaner and paid just more for it than the price of the voodoo knob. I have some highly regarded output jacks with wood that also will impove your system, but it will require solder, and I can let a pair of those go for... | |
| Help me find it again I suggest first, experiment with speaker placement, and them some judicous wall treatments, I may also suggest investigation of www.foambymail.com for wall treatments, you can get a box of 2" wedge type tiles for the wall,(less than $100) and use ... | |
| Dilemma: LP or SACD? Try analog only to give up? Considering only the stereo aspect of SACD, vs Analogue, it's no contest, except on 1 SACD. Alot of the quality of SACD is in the disc, and who mixed it. Sound familiar???With a lot of SACD I am highly underwhelmed.On vinyl if you have em, invest ... | |
| Low cost simple 5.1 pre-amp no processing needed? Thanks folks, I just sold my processor as well so now I am hunting with a bit more cash. Funny how an audio community gets word you got the trading bug and people come out of the wood work looking for your stuff, I could of sold the who rig, whew!... | |
| Music to warm up with??? Albert Collins: Snow Bound | |
| Magnepan MMG's just arrived Well then you already know they have no highs so to speak and no lows so to speak, and no dynamics ---- so to speak, now to tell how far they are below the perfomace of your old speakers, put them back in----- ahh yes the trebles back, the bass is... |