middlemass
Responses from middlemass
| What is the most important component to consider while building a new system? Easy answer - everything matters. | |
| LYRA DELOS IS AMAZING!!!! THAT’S NOT WHAT YOU SAID BEFORE!!!! | |
| As you have moved on, are there any items you remember fondly...or most fondly? # 2 would be my Nakamichi 680Z. Also the dumbest audio mistake I've ever made. New Year's Day 1995. Yes, I was hungover but that's no excuse. Was outside putting a new battery in my van. Came inside to switch tapes without thinking to wash my hand... | |
| What do you have on order RIGHT NOW. NOTHING | |
| As you have moved on, are there any items you remember fondly...or most fondly? Right there with oregonpapa and ghdprentice. My pair of Acoustat Model 6. Tough on amps but I’ll never forget that sound. | |
| How long can preamp tubes last? In 1988, I purchased a new VTL Deluxe from Audio Advisor. It came with Westinghouse Hungary (Tunsgram) 12AX7 and Tesla 12AU7. In 2013, I transferred those tubes over to the Rogue Atlas Magnum, replacing the stock JJ’s. So the Tunsgram and Tesla ha... | |
| Advice for upgrading my system The Atlas told me to mind my own business. | |
| Advice for upgrading my system "The McIntosh a tranny amp?"How would you know? Do amplifiers self-identify? I'll go ask my Rogue Atlas right now. | |
| LYRA DELOS CARTRIDGE TOO BRIGHT, THIN AND SHRILL SOUNDING Have never owned a Lyra anything. But I have learned something from this thread. Jonathan Carr is a class act. | |
| Best demo recording This is too funny...once again. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Polly Jean Harvey - To Bring You My Love - Demos | |
| Best demo recording If I had to pick just one (that isn't terribly obscure), it would be Roxy Music's Avalon. Almost a perfect recording. | |
| Should I switch to a larger room? "A dipole loudspeaker in a 10' x 12' room?!"Yes. I am in a similar sized converted bedroom and have managed to get very good performance from my Innersound Isis. 7 feet between the speakers and 7 feet to the listening chair. 30 inches to the front... | |
| Thinking of trying well fuses….. Tried a well fuse once. It sounded like cra*. | |
| Manufacturers past their heyday "grandfather listen to old gear he had on when riding his grandma to give birth to his father while glancing at same poster."Thanks for the imagery. "Once you see it, you can't unsee it." |