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| Analogue Productions Duke Ellington's Masterpieces Where did you buy your copy of this great record? I don't think that would be in violation of any rule etc. Thanks | |
| Buy Mono vs. Stereo LPs for Stereo Rig Do you have access to a set up with both Stereo and Mono? If so simply act on which you liked best. I am part of the school of thought that you should try inexpensive solutions first. Such as summing the two mono outlets and then treating each cha... | |
| Trafomatic Audio Reference 300B monos Looks vaguely like the a white Ayon Audio. I don't have first hand experience with them. I suggest that you find reviews etc. on European web sites that have consumer reviews. You can get a sense of their real street value, avoid commercial seller... | |
| Thoughts on the Signal Path The length of the signal path doesn't seem to account for everyones preference as you said. I am one who likes his small but active preamp.I also have trouble with idea of some sacred purity of concert music. Czarivey was careful to say unamplifie... | |
| Bryston 4BSST2 What are you going to use the 900 watts with? Your user name suggests your affinity for another brand of amps ...just adding to this curiosity. | |
| Emotiva XSP-1 vs XSP-1 Gen 2 I have no dog in this "discussion" but wanted to point out and emphasize a comment that was ignored. I paraphrase- "a small tube amp will give you holographic ,3D,and a wide and deep soundstage." I think this is absolutely true, except it doesn't ... | |
| Do you listen to non-music media? Yes-Radio Mostly National Public in my car. I have seen Spike Jones on YouTube. Can't say I am a fan, sorry to say. | |
| Input Requested on Possible Amp Change It seems that you have had a good experience with the Quad ii-80 amp. I always tell people that you should go for what they like no excuses necessary. That said many in this thread have endorsed VAC so you may want to try that one even if you are ... | |
| Anybody a high-end pen collector here? Aren't the bill signing pens expensive pens? For some reason I think of them as being hi-end, but not sure which company is used. I assume the pen is made here in the US of A. If that is true, it would mean no Mount Blancs, which are what most peo... | |
| Atma-sphere amps best power tubes How many good roughly matched 6AS7G US made or other NOS tubes can you assemble. I also have a headphone amp which uses the 6080/6AS7G/421A etc. tubes. I can't recall having a large number of special 6AS7gs offered for sale. You can of course find... | |
| High end cartridge made in USA? Where is/was Stanton made? I wonder why the domestic production is so important in this truly small market. Yes indeed Grado is made in Brooklyn NYC. | |
| KLH MODEL NINE ELECTROSTATIC SPEAKERS. I would exercise some caution with loading a vintage amp. The amp probably needs to be recapped and I would not subject it to anything other than one pair of speakers at a time. I once burned up an old Marantz power amp playing around with multipl... | |
| Rockport Altair matching amplifier? Just curious -Does Rockport demo it's speakers and then just ask with what? I don't know what your budget is and whether you can afford what Rockport uses, but I will take a leap of faith and guess it's an SS amp which is expensive and big, heavil... | |
| Input Requested on Possible Amp Change I keep wondering why the heat that every tube amp makes to a greater or lesser extent is so problematic. I thank Polk432 for the answer which is space around the amp or amps. Other than that sitting 10 ft from the amp shouldn't be much of an issue... | |
| Emotiva XSP-1 vs XSP-1 Gen 2 That's what we have virtually killed off. The few remaining brick and mortar give us a place to listen locally and establish a relationship with. We can't keep turning around and then buying off the internet to save a few dollars. Support your loc... |