mdalton
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| Sad news. oh my. have known him since the Sound Images days, going back over 20 years ago now. he repaired a tonearm cable lead i clumsily snapped just a few weeks ago. what a terrible loss. | |
| Are Harbeth the only warm and euphonic speakers in town ? audio note, of course. | |
| The Most Philosophical Song You Ever Heard sunday paper on a saturday night | |
| OK - Now What…? have you considered upgrading your DAC? Don’t get me wrong, the Aurender has a nice reputation, but is it in the same league as your amp and speakers? Purely on the basis of $, maybe not. A good friend of mine has dCS Bartok, and it’s extraordi... | |
| What Is The Most Romantic Song That You Have Ever Listen To? Time after time | |
| Opinions wanted: 10-30K Speakers for Jazz/Folk I have AN-E LX/Signatures (with deja vu custom crossovers and woofers replaced with hemp versions due to cat incident). Anyway, agree with earlier observations regarding relaxed sound - that’s exactly what i experienced whenever i entered the dea... | |
| Newbie Can't Decide Which Tube Amp i have a triode corporation trv-35ser (35 w integrated with pre in, el34 tubes) driving acoustic zen adagio jrs (6 ohm, 88 db) in my second system, and it’s a very nice combo. triode is a cool niche brand, and the price is within your budget. th... | |
| Budget tower speakers that rock! Music Direct has sale price on Klipsch RP-8000F. Right at $1000, they’re efficient (i.e., will play loud), and go down to about 30hz. | |
| Name a few albums which helped determine your musical tastes @trentmemphis Thanks for your note - yes, it’s not something you recover from, but something you survive. Re Bonnie Raitt, yeah, she first hit my radar with “Give it up”, in 1972; my sister had it, and I would “borrow” it from time to time. Re L... | |
| Name a few albums which helped determine your musical tastes 1967-68 - The Byrds, the 45, “Hey, Mr. Spaceman”: my first purchase of music, at 7 or 8 years old, at The Grande Place in Brussels, Belgium. I was the youngest of 4, didn’t have my own record player at the time, but by God I was gonna keep up wi... | |
| Opening Record Store Also gotta know how many customers on his list before you can assess what you’re getting for $10k. And how much marketing has he done to this list of customers previously? if not much, they come to his store based on convenience of location, hab... | |
| Am I asking too much? @whart thanks for your note. will keep you posted. am close to pulling trigger. it’s a big investment, and i go all hamlet-like on major purchases (e.g., “maybe the etsuro cobalt, or the new Hana”, etc.). but i really love the idea of a koetsu,... | |
| Am I asking too much? @whart my issue with the local dealer was not that he would use someone else to do set-up, but that he was telling me: “good luck with that. if you want help, call this guy. he won’t charge you that much.” he also pretty obviously changed his s... | |
| Am I asking too much? @mijostyn my 3P is a 12” cocobolo, 18g effective mass. and yes, it came with a cardboard protractor. | |
| Am I asking too much? my phono amp is a Synthesis Brio |