mammothguy54
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| Do you care about car audio? I am amazed at how many people on an audio forum feel that car audio is not of good quality. Sure, the OEM systems are generally poor sounding, but don't stop there and accept it. All you need is a good source (CD is best for the car but an MP3 ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Tubes, tubes, tubes...I think that tomorrow I should play a couple Tubes albums. Man, they sure were a fun band in concert. I saw them three times in 3 years.I have a tube phono stage (Manley Chinook), a tube line stage preamp (BAT VK-33SE) and ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Steppenwolf 'Monster' I have had this for many years, ppCarol King 'Tapestry' Mobile Fidelity reissue. Fantastic!Jeff Beck 'Truth' Originally I believe this was released in 1970. I bought this in 1974 so must be a repress. It never cea... | |
| Favorite obsolete formats..... cd318 got it right. "The sound of some of those cassette car units (1980s/1990s) seemed to be a lot better than what I now hear in many car CD players. That could just be my memory but there's no doubt that there were some very good car units back... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Paul Simon 'There Goes Rhymin' Simon' NM condition, pp issue, I have had since it was first released. Excellent album!Neil Young 'Harvest' I just received this, it's the new Neil Young reissues. SQ is vastly superior to my original album. T... | |
| Favorite obsolete formats..... In my hi-fi retail days I worked at Pacific Stereo, here in Southern California. That was from 1976 to 1982. I sold some L-Cassette decks and also some of those BIC T-1 decks, mentioned above. Both sounded remarkably good, for the day. I also ... | |
| Favorite cable brand. Remember Discwasher, "Gold Ends"? That was my first foray into better cables than what came in the box with hi-fi components. And no, I don't use them any longer and haven't since about 1990. My preference is Audioquest for signal cables, power... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? My vinyl rig is back up and running, nicely I may add. Just listened to these...PJ Harvey 'To Bring You My Love' Thanks to all for turning me on to this artist. What a great album. From recorded total distortion and over modulation (such as ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? I miss my vinyl rig...Hopefully the problem will be solved and I will be up and running again for the weekend.🤞 | |
| Cartridge without serial? It is indeed possible those cartridges are knock-offs. However, it's impossible to know for certain unless you bought one and then sent it to the manufacturer for inspection. Even a serial number can be misleading. Our products (of the company ... | |
| Cartridge without serial? Even if the quantities are incorrect, Chackster is absolutely correct on what he describes about the "system" of rats out there. I worked in consumer electronics for 40 years until retiring from the workforce 3 years ago. We constantly had issue... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? John Mayall 'Turning Point' This album title seemed like a good one, considering the verdict today.My system will be down for a few days. I'm having a resonance issue, intermittent, and it seems to be turntable/arm/cartridge or possibly phono ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? DynaMat is excellent for stopping ringing of metal. Great for car doors, floorboards, fire wall, rear quarter panels, etc. (I worked in the car audio industry for 34 years). Not necessarily for home audio products, though. Draining vibration, o... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Brian, vibration control, as in vibration drainage from the internal parts of the component and drained out & away from the component. The sonic gains are of articulation and very fine definition that you find in the depth of listening. Vibr... | |
| Looking for recommendations for a pair of full range speakers for ~8k or under I never said that mine were the best. Only that the previous generation can be had for around his budget, what the power requirements are, and basically how they are worthy of his consideration. Others had mentioned Dynaudio so I thought it fair... |