marantz33
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| Rogue Audio. Reliability issues? Anyone? FWIW.. I have been running a Metis Magnum preamp have I bought as New Old stock a few years ago and have had zero issues. Magnificent sound and punches well above its weight. I had a kenrad tube from the early fifties go bad once and throw a ton o... | |
| what are your top "audio bargins" in your system history? Little Feat Time Loves a Hero test pressing with white label. 50 cents at a thrift store. I have over 2500 LPs and this is still the SQ champ. Runner-up is a set of Bowers & Wilkins DM 110i. $50 thrift store. These were cheap speakers to begin... | |
| Better story teller than Edmund Fitzgerald? Hollis Brown... I love the Neville Brothers version and Springsteen's Highway Patrolman | |
| Beatles vs. Stones The Beatles were undeniably a great band. That said, Sway.. Monkey Man.. the entirety of Exile on Main Street... Just absolutely filthy music from the gut. The way rock and roll should be. | |
| Did the Old Receivers Sound Good? You will have to be of a certain age to appreciate this. 99% of my listening is done through either Quicksilver or prima Luna tube amps with a Nottingham turntable and gallo or sonus Faber speakers. That said every once in awhile I will throw on a... | |
| A perfect song? What are your choices? The Kinks..Waterloo Sunset. Big Star...13 | |
| Is R.E.M. underrated by new music nerds? Seola30.. since you are new here let me give you some unsolicited advice. This forum can be a very good source of information if you are trying to learn more about audio gear and accessories. Music, not so much. As soon as I read your post I thoug... | |
| Is there a remedy? Treynolds155 gives excellent advice. I just sent a text to an audio buddy of mine last night suggesting that he tighten the driver fasteners on his speakers. You wouldn't think they would be loose in the first place and you wouldn't think it would... | |
| Only two tracks to test your system, forever! Tracy Chapman Behind the Wall...Yes Roundabout. | |
| Static attack! Time to get the humidifiers going I know I'm late to the party on this one but I have a Nottingham Space Deck so I know something about static. The brass bearing is notoriously conductive. In the Winter it would get to the point that I was actually afraid to flip a record because ... | |
| Primaluna or not Primaluna I think because these have been in production for so long there are various iterations. With mine you bias each tube individually. I start at 40 ma and adjust by ear. Typically the El come in somewhere around 46 and oddly enough the kt120 come in ... | |
| Primaluna or not Primaluna Simna, sorry for the late reply I just saw this. My mid monos are older so my biasing needs to be done with a multimeter. This is not hard to do at all but an LED light would make it infinitely easier. When I first bought them I actually asked Mik... | |
| Primaluna or not Primaluna Sorry should have said metis Magnum pre. Damn voice to text. I should point out that it's no Revelation that rolling tubes in the preamp makes a big difference as well so it's just another level of adjustment for both sets of amplifiers. Because t... | |
| Primaluna or not Primaluna For what it's worth I have both a set of prima Luna prologue 6 monos and a set of quicksilver mid mono. I have run both through my rogue audio meta Magnum pre and love them both for different reasons. Both have impeccable build quality and have be... | |
| Sad songs- We love them- We need them Son Volts "Methamphetamine" is the saddest song ever written for my money. A close second is John Prine's "Souvenirs" |