markd51

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great vinyl sound cost as much as great cd sound
Howdy again Sit, James, and all.Yes, I'll go along with what you say Sit, if I had 2500 LPs, I'd seriously consider some form of machine for cleaning. My collection is nowhere as vast as yours, I have about 425-450 LPs. I am sort of borderline wit... 
Speakers to mate with McIntosh gear
As far As McIntosh goes, I'm certain I would be correct, that you won't find the most expensive state of the art cutting edge componentry inside of them, but McIntosh seems to be a brand that was at least highly recognized for long lasting equipme... 
Speakers to mate with McIntosh gear
Most home speakers don't look too offensive nowadays, but yes, there are some beautiful speakers that come to mind that would really set off a room, and no doubt become instant conversation starters when one walks into a room, take Advantgarde, a ... 
great vinyl sound cost as much as great cd sound
Hi Jdaniel, Yep, I think we'll all agree about that! ;-)To be honest, I have lusted for a good cleaning machine for years, and I'd be quite tickled owning either of the VPI's. Sadly, I've put it off, put it off, always making some sort of excuse '... 
Spade Lugs for Vintage Mac Amps
Jaybo/All,A reply from Frank Gow @ Audio Classics did reveal that they still do carry an adapter called the "Outposts" which consists of the Cardas Billet Spade Lugs, 13ga wire, and a Block of Paduk, with Cardas Binding Posts.An excellent product ... 
great vinyl sound cost as much as great cd sound
Karma/AllI disagree that a VPI Cleaning machine "is a must", it certainly is not a must, especially for the biginning hobbyist, with 2-3 dozen Lp's in their collection.A hobbyist in time, with the accumilation of countless LP's or one who buys man... 
great vinyl sound cost as much as great cd sound
Karma, Others have responded, and I understamd what your question was, but I find your question leaves something out, and that is, do you own any LPs?If you don't own not one LP, well, I'm not going to say it's impossible to start into Vinyl, but ... 
Speakers to mate with McIntosh gear
XieKitchen, Not to be disrespectful of the Cornwall Speaker, nor of anyone who owns, or likes them, as I do feel this speaker is a timless classic. They're quite large too, not exactly a "bedroom" speaker, that's for sure. In my life, I've heard a... 
Spade Lugs for Vintage Mac Amps
Jaybo, Thank you very much for the help, I'll give Audio Classics a holler, and see what they have available for these Vintage Amps. I seen mention on the Web of an Item Ausio Classics call "Outposts", but when searching their Site could find no i... 
Upgrades for VPI HW -19 jr.???
Hi Tedd,The Jolida JD9 sounds like a nice unit, especially for the money, as i did a bit of searching here on A-Gon, and a bit online to see what all the bustle was about :-)I myself wouldn't mind giving a unit such as this a try, but I'm fearing ... 
Speakers to mate with McIntosh gear
A speaker I've always liked myself, but aren't all that easy to find, in superb condition usually surpass their new cost, and would perhaps be a shipping nightmare- costly to ship, would be a JBL Pro Studio Monitor from the 4300 Series, such as th... 
Spade Lugs for Vintage Mac Amps
Sorry my friend, I should've elaborated a bit more, that I'm running two 2105 Mac Amps into 4 vintage L-65 Jubal Speakers, hence I would need four small Spades per Amp, therefore a total of 8 for the two Amps.A few years back, I upgraded my JBL's ... 
Spade Lugs for Vintage Mac Amps
Supposedly, doing some searching online, I seen someone make a reference to "Outposts", sold by Audio Classics, who is a large dealer of McIntosh goodies, but when I went to the site, I could find no info about these.I would assume that in general... 
Speaker Cable-The Best of the Cheap?
Yes Drubin, you are correct in what you say, and it was a poor anology for myself to use-say. (I should know better!)My goal at this point is to DIY four 10 foot runs of good, but inexpensive cable that will run from 2 main amps, to 4 speakers. At... 
Speaker Cable-The Best of the Cheap?
One question I have concerning DIY construction, whether the Canare 4s11, or other DIY Cables, do some of you go to the extent of also sheathing the cable?I've seen some pics of the Canare 4s11 just terminated, and heat shrinked, and it looks good...