mikelavigne
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| Do I buy an upscale TT? there are a number of people who have traveled down the road of simply buying improved levels of Garrard 301. they love the 301 sound and want better, but don’t really want a different sort of sound. and they get to a place where it’s an ultimate ... | |
| Reel to Reel Machine for 15 ips playback @chauncey not exactly sure where the price a high quality 'stock' used ATR-102 starts, my guess is the $15k-$25k range. to know it’s high quality you need a reliable source. for reference a nice Studer A-820 is likely in the $30k-$60k range for... | |
| HT and 2 channel in same room? 1 or 2 systems? i have 2 separate rooms. prefer that approach. since the ideal 2 channel room uses diffusion to retain energy. whereas the ideal Home Theater uses mostly absorption to reduce comb filtering. reflections are kept to a minimum. acoustically combini... | |
| It was 61 years ago today... i was 12. and watched that broadcast. remember it well. been a fan for life since. never tire of listening to them. they were the real deal. | |
| Reel to Reel Machine for 15 ips playback the question becomes what level of decks can make $500 tape titles from Acoustic Sounds sound better than great vinyl? as i have a considerable commitment to vinyl; surpassing my vinyl takes great tapes and a great RTR deck. the better your viny... | |
| Reel to Reel Machine for 15 ips playback @chauncey if you are wanting to be in the realm of state of the art tape playback, you should try to acquire a ’master recorder’ level deck. there are a number of decks at that level that are all capable of sounding great. any of the new decks b... | |
| Reel to Reel Machine for 15 ips playback @chauncey give me a ballpark idea of your budget, your general location, and i will see if i can give you a relevant answer. if you want the top level of performance, and are willing to pursue high quality tapes, there are some very fine choice... | |
| Iris DeMent, past and present. +++++ big fan of Iris DeMent, saw her 'live' open for Emmylou Harris in 2003-2004 here in Seattle. this was after i had fallen for her first few albums. she stole the show. play "Easy's Gettin' Harder Ever Day" off 'My Life' on a regular basis. ... | |
| If I could afford, I’d purchase 100% Oswald Mills Audio gear @lewm i have changed my mind on my perspective about the K3 since my comments above, in October 2021, eighteen months ago. a month after i made those comments, i spent 2 days at a small local audio show where Michael Fremer was present, and was ... | |
| Why so few devices with BNC's?? @thespeakerdude darTZeel only makes analog products except for one integrated amp with a dac in it. the ’zeel’ 50 ohm interface is strictly analog only. Herve Deletraz of darTZeel wrote an article published in the Sept 2001 issue of Stereophile... | |
| Why so few devices with BNC's?? in my system i mostly use BNC’s for my interconnects. but it’s not that simple. i use the darTZeel ’zeel’ BNC 50 ohm interface between my preamp and amps, and between my tape repro and my preamp. then i use RCA’s between my phono pre and preamp,... | |
| need amp recommendations for more separation of instruments agree with @arcticdeth on speaker and listening position significance. also; imaging has much to do with first reflections to the sides, behind, below and above the speakers. those first reflections will reach your ears close enough in time to th... | |
| Emotiva or Anthem or Something Else? @balooo2 when i purchased mine the list price was $16,995. right now i think it’s $18,500 list price. likely your dealer would work with you some on the price, you can’t buy it on line from a big box store. the support is phenomenal. once you i... | |
| Emotiva or Anthem or Something Else? owned an Anthem AVM60 and wanted to step up to higher speaker count. i had a 7.1.4 Home Theater system and wanted to step up to 9.3.6. 2 years ago, i decided to go all in and purchase a Trinnov Altitude 16. it does not use off the shelf chip sets... | |
| Are There Improvements that Can Be Easily and Quickly Made Without Buying More Stuff? i spent 9 months treating every surface of my listening room through trial and error. the cost was about $350 worth of cloth and thumbtacks, and about $600 worth of Aural T-fusor diffusers. these changes were the biggest performance boost i ever... |