ltmandella
Responses from ltmandella
| Favorite moment with music in your car. In mid 80's finally decided to make the big move to leave Boston. Checked a U.S, map to see how far away it was possible to get from Boston. On the map it was clear, San Diego was the furthest away. Quit my job, bought a new car,and John Mellen... | |
| Tube amps under $7500 Check out Transcendent Sound OTL tube amps. They are sold only as kits but there are pros on the Transcendent forum that will assemble and test for a reasonable fee. | |
| Is it okay to run two amplifiers for two speakers No, and if you did that in my presence I would feel compelled to make a citizen's arrest. 🤣 | |
| Looking for advise and recommendations on a nice record cleaner. @dogberry From their spec sheet:. Drying is also handled safely with blowers | |
| Looking for advise and recommendations on a nice record cleaner. I own and have used two record cleaning devices, and I use them to clean both brand new, and LPs I have purchased used. The record doctor vacuum, and a generic ultrasound bath that has a record "rotator" device clamped onto it. The ultrasound de... | |
| Top Audiophile companies over the last 60, or so, years..your choices? PROAC ATC | |
| Buying Used Speakers @elliot. I would not buy used toilet paper from the Russkies. You can't be serious. | |
| Buying Used Speakers @paulcreed I watched the UNITED PULVERIZING SERVICE guy free drop my brand new Wharfedale 12.4 speakers off the truck onto the driveway, then flip them end-over-end up my second floor stairs... Lucky all that was broken was one of the floor stand... | |
| Buying Used Speakers Buying any used hifi generally has more risk than buying new unless there is an ironclad money back return policy.. One exception might be buying new from shady foreign dealers... | |
| Thin Line Between Critique and Courtrooms: A Dialogue on the Recent Audiophile Drama I expect ASR will have more protection from manufacturer/distributor lawsuits than most since so much - and sometimes all - of his content is emperical measurements. Now a litigant can always claim ASR's measurement technique is flawed and theref... | |
| Turntable prices. Is my mind going? I think you are just not cognizant of the concentration of wealth the U.S. economy - and many but not all - capitalist countries in the world have experienced in the past 2 or 3 decades. When you literally could not spend all your money on a dail... | |
| Searching for a little more warmth Reference3A Speakers. Some of the newer models have two mid-bass units to pump out a bit more, deeper, and better controlled bass. Efficient, tube friendly. Great service and support from the small company in Canada. | |
| Turntable Isolation Magnetic levitation is the way to go. Not that difficult to setup nowadays; the new ultra strong magnets are not that expensive. Then just a couple steel plates and you are in business. A little foam or something on the sides to keep the suspe... | |
| Stereophile review of the $30,000 tekton speakers Does Tekton advertise regularly in stereofool? | |
| You tube hifi influencers. Love them or hate them? Sampled a few videos. Lost interest mostly. The only videos I found interesting were the ones where the "influencer" was able to interview on camera a bona-fide industry pro. Those interviews I found interesting. Mastering engineers, performer... |