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| Looking for really fine cables at really low price FWIW, the WE 16 ga wire is currently available on eBay in both red and black under seller tajacobs for $1.39 per ft. just purchased 40 ft myself | |
| Planars/ Electrostats benefits over box speakers? I apologize in advance if this is not a concern for you but it's worth noting that most planers,electrostats, etc.... Do not blend in very well with room decor but if you don't have a significant other to be concerned with or have a dedicated room... | |
| TAD1000 Blowing Fuse I've blown quite a few fuses over the years on the 1000's it was always because of a bad tube. The Tad's are a little rough on tubes. Double check the bias settings as well | |
| wow...playing vinyl again on major market radio st I'm in the Philly area frequently and listen to WXPN as soon as it becomes available- U Penn station I believe and they do have a vinyl hour or two every day around mid day and yes it is an excellent station as are all the member supported station... | |
| Anyone into cassettes? Bought a used Nakamichi about 10 years ago,Can't remember the model but remember it sounding excellent and still have it. Not quite as good as a friends reel to reel deck from back in the 70's though, man did that sound sweet. | |
| Tad 1000's quiet? Out of curiousity have you tried hooking a CD player up to the 150 and or trying the other inputs? I owned the 150 and regret selling it, also about to get my 1000's back. Whatever you do don't use kt 66 tubes in them | |
| vintage versus modern speakers I think I would be more willing to take a chance on vingage amplification(particularly receivers) than vinatage speakers, of course there are exceptions and due diligence goes a long way so choose wisely and most important try to have some fun | |
| Inexpensive tube amp It's a real shame and kind of sad that Jim Nichols can no longer be used as a reference, as he built some of the best tube amps around for the money | |
| Quality system, make poor recordings sound better? there's some very good and interesting responses here but it would be nice if there were a few paragraph breaks for some of the longer ones | |
| JWN Amps still in business? From what I surmised from that thread awhile back was that Jim either had some health issues / medical bills and or rehab of some nature that I could only speculate about causing him financial hardship. It's rather unfortunate as Jim made some gre... | |
| Custom Audiophile Speaker Builders Rodge, good to hear you still have your Shelby+Kroll I'm still working on getting that woofer monitor, sometime soon hopefully Danny Richie from GR Research also makes some excellent speakers as well but I think he's trying to move in another dire... | |
| Anyone see the Marc Maron show a couple of weeks Happy to hear someone else saw this episode it really was funny. I also liked the part when he told his friend how much he paid for the Mac - and replied $4000.00 and his friend then replied "what! are you kidding I could have bought like three ca... | |
| Seeking more 3d imaging, deeper/wider soundstage All things being equal I still believe that tubes provide a deeper soundstage with greater depth. As always YMM | |
| High End Audio-Gaining Higher Ground? I mentioned Peter Green because he was in the original Fleetwood Mac band. Many people don't realize how great a guitar player Frank Zappa was, and while we're at it how about a shout out for Mike Bloomfield as well | |
| High End Audio-Gaining Higher Ground? I'm still waiting on that chance encounter of meeting or running into a fellow audiophile by accident |