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| A New Reel to Reel Tape Deck? +1 Norman, that's been my experience too. Most of the tape recordings and dups I made from those days and under normal (indoor) storage conditions seem to have held up well. Even though my Pioneer 909 was freshened up a few years back I can't imag... | |
| Has anyone heard the Vandersteen Quattro wood CT Consider how few true innovations there are in this hobby. Not those manufactures who bait their loyal customers with new models every few months. Mr. Vandersteen is an old guard success because his offerings work very well. After a few months of ... | |
| Horn Speakers and Sub Woofers ["There's nothing to be concerned about with HT, all you have is processed fake sound effects. david"]Not to be a smart ass but they now have these things called music videos and the ones on BluRay can have rather good audio. I also enjoy the few ... | |
| Which phono preamplifier do you recommend? Go to the Analog Room in your hood to at least get an idea of what you're getting into. Your cartridge and preamplifier will have a great deal to do with the range of gain you may require. Beware, indoor cigar smoking takes place at the Room. | |
| Who tried Class D only to return to S/S or Tube +1 KuriboAt the risk of sounding like a broken record - switching amplifiers are simply another major amplifier class to choose from. Consider the list of major amplifier designers who currently offer a switching amplifier along with their traditi... | |
| KT-120 tubes vs Gold Lion KT88's Wolf, at the introduction of the 150s there was much talk regarding the 150s as a direct replacement for, say a set of KT88s, because the transformers and/or power supplies may need to be upgraded. I haven't been keeping up with this topic and I'm... | |
| Dan D 'Agostino, Mark Levinson, Jim Thiel, My Carver 180s have been clowning around driving a pair of Eidolons since their introduction without any issues. Before audio I beat the crap out of a Phase Linear amp to drive a PA system for nine years and sold it still working perfectly. Nothin... | |
| KT 150's in Your Carver 305's I'd email the manufacture for a definitive answer. | |
| Audible Illusions M3B or L3 4+months, in since February?!?!?! Hmm, lets see does this sound familiar?We're backed up in manufacturing our new product and we had to put repairs and upgrades on hold. We ran out of the parts needed to complete the work on your unit and it will ... | |
| Audible Illusion MA3 mod/upgrade? My M3A was having attenuator issues and I was told that its five years of use required the attenuators to be replaced. The manufacture then suggested to have the sonically superior 2000 main printed wire board upgraded which included the attenuato... | |
| Interesting Article In one of my favorite studios they A/D-D/A with a Burl Audio suite. The unmixed program material at this juncture of the process absolutely kills any high end digital playback equipment while maintaining the timing issues that tense my shoulders w... | |
| Subwoofer to mate with Casta model C's....... 05-06-15 Bacardi "@M-db, do you think running the subs speaker connectors to the speakers allows for better blending with the mains?"I apologize, my statement is misleading. I used my Velodyne DD Plus' line level High Pass filtered output to accom... | |
| Subwoofer to mate with Casta model C's....... Since budget isn't an issue there are now a growing selection of manufactures that offer internal calibration and/or equalization which usually makes integrating with the main speakers a matter of infinite personal taste or at the very least a sim... | |
| Revel Ultima Studio 2?? It's generally accepted to assemble an audio system around the speaker system? The Ultimas are highly regarded by many as a reference level speaker system which should be extremely helpful when auditioning everything else in your current and futur... | |
| JC1 upgrade to Lamm M2.2 or dartzeel 108B or Ayre? Steve Nugent may have pertinent information regarding modifications for your well regarded JC1s.http://www.empiricalaudio.com/about-empirical-audio/Ayre is announcing their newly voiced "Twenty" series on page 60 of the 2015 March issue of Stereop... |