lou_setriodes
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| Audiophile Fakery Back in the day, some 25 years ago, I sold audio at a mid-fi/lower high end retailer. We carried Sony but not the Sony ES line which was carried by a competitor close by. When someone came in looking for Sony ES, our response was, "What for?" Its ... | |
| Best lines in a song "See me, feel me, touch me, heal me" THE WHO / WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT"A little indian brave before he was ten, Played wargames in the woods with his indian friends And he built up a dream that when he grew up He would be a fearless warrior ind... | |
| The Best & Rarest of all Stereo Gear Several months ago I picked up another rarity of a British integrated amp, a Ditton Elan DI-260 made by Celestion. It's a very beefy and transparent sounding 60 wpc line level integrated that sounds great and has very nice build quality. Not much ... | |
| Personal amp evolution Here's my amp/int amp/rec'r journey from 1984 to 2015:1. Yamaha M50, crown straight line 1 preamp2. Sansui AU7173. NAD 2155, Luxman preamp & Acoustat TNP pre4. B&K ST140, Acoustat TNP pre, Music reference RM5 mkII pre & dyna PAS 25. Dy... | |
| Anyone into cassettes? I recently gave away about 3-400 cassettes that I'll never listen to and currently have over 400 cassettes of mostly recorded music and some pre-recorded music. I had a Nak BX-125 for many years, sold it, and now have two 3 head cassette decks tha... | |
| Describe ube sound vs solid state Tube sound is like having sex with a whole bunch of different really hot looking women because each output tube has it's own sound characteristic and then how that tube is utilized (whether its single ended triode, single ended pentode, push pull,... | |
| Best bourbon? Got a chance to A/B Eagles Rare 10 and Woodford Reserve last weekend. Woody was the clear winner, not even close....glad someone took my keys away from me - next Bourbon shootout will be Makers Mark or Bullett against Woody Reserve. | |
| Tuners that do it? Sonically, I'll take an analog tuner anyday over a digital one....but for convenience digital | |
| Amp for Magnepan MMGs A quick look at the MMG's specs shows:Description: Two-way Quasi Ribbon/Planar-MagneticFrequency Response: ± 3d, 50Hz to 26kHzSensitivity: 86dB, 2.83 Volts, 500Hz @1 MeterRecommended Power: 40 to 150W @8 Ohms. Impedance: 4 OhmsDimensions: 14... | |
| Budget floorstading with a good waf.... Help B&O always made pretty good sounding speakers, seriously...it might have been their best component. IMO, get the B&O's and make your wife happy, trust me it's worth it...a happy wife, is a happy life | |
| Amp for Magnepan MMGs The B&K EX-442 Sonata is a wonderful sounding amp in your price range that is extremely tube-like. It is 200 into 8 ohms and 360 into 4 ohms, 75 amps. IMO, sonically it is a definite upgrade from the Adcom if you like the sweetness of tube gea... | |
| Agree or Disagree? - FM tuner info site Interesting, so it all depends on a good alignment by a competant person? Not knowing how it works, I thought an alignment was an alignment. The Sumo Charlie just arrived and it's settling in attached to a pair of custom silver IC's...so far, so g... | |
| What are the Best FM tuners? I've had a lot of good tuners over the years and very soon I'll be getting a Sumo Charlie. I'm an analog tuner/tube and vinyl person but looking forward to hearing this tuna. | |
| Upgradeitis: New/used/vintage amp for KG4 Low powered single ended amps or a chip amp from Derek Sanderson of Fleawatt will make those KG4's sound the best. You never really heard what Klipsch's are capable of until you put really low power on them. | |
| Cheap tweaks...What would YOU reccomend? Funny, I haven't heard anyone here talk about food tweaks so let me enlighten you fellow twerkers if you haven't tried this yet:Creamy Peanut Butter: Take 2 to 4 jars of JIF or Peter Pan put it in a large ziploc bag and place it underneath your cd... |