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| European Speaker Price Increase Nothing says you have to buy new right now. There are some great buys out there. For example, I just picked up a pair of the classic Spendor SP1/2Es for $1,200. The new SP1/2R model lists for $5,000 for the pair. If you don't want to pay the bigge... | |
| Spendor s8e or Devoe Super 8 I've had both the Spendor S5e and the S8e. They are great speakers. I've never heard the Devores. I recently sold my S8es to keep a pair of Spendor's classic SP1/2E. The midrange tonality of the classic model is a little more accurate than the S8e... | |
| lossy to lossless? Two possibilities.One, it is just your imagination. Once data is deleted during the lossy compression process, it is permanently gone. The other possibility is that the MP3 codec that your player uses directly to convert from MP3 --> playback a... | |
| Vinyl in St. Louis area Another good stop is Vintage Vinyl at 6610 Delmar in University City (a older St. Louis suburb about 7 or 8 miles west of downtown.) | |
| Tube Newbie question Tubes are a complex issue. The best thing for a newcomer to do is to not use a tube in a circuit unless the manufacturer has OK'd it in their manual or it is known to be an acceptable direct substitute. (For example, the EL84 and 6BQ5 are the same... | |
| Help me pick out music for a party Verve has a fantastic 4-CD compilation set out called "A Night Out With Verve." It is divided into "Wining", "Dining", "Dancing" and "Romancing." Great for both background and serious listening with a wonderful array of jazz classics. You might al... | |
| Spendor s3/5 upgrade recommendation? Roxy54, there was really nothing to "disagree with" the others in what you did. First, I don't consider the replacement of aged or degraded parts a "mod." That's just prudent maintenance in my book. For me, a "mod" is when the original crossover p... | |
| Audio terms and spread sheets A lot of work has gone into the digital "tagging" schemes. Why reinvent the wheel? Just follow the the format and info fields used for song tags and label the top of each spreadsheet column in a similar fashion. You can start finding info with htt... | |
| bel canto and isolation feet I tend to be somewhat skeptical of the need for isolation cones for something like a digital amp with no moving parts or microphonic issues like tubes. I have an S300 (and enjoy it very much). My room is such that I've tried the equipment in diffe... | |
| Spendor s3/5 upgrade recommendation? You might try the Spendor group on Yahoo. See:http://groups.yahoo.com/search?query=spendorHowever, speaking in general terms, Spendors are thought of as a very well-thought out design with very appropriate component selection. One typically doesn'... | |
| Sound levels: Apple lossless vs. original CD Sounds like it may be a software issue. Computer based player software often has settings that can be adjusted. For example, you may have a replay gain or other setting enabled on the computer that is affecting volume or other adjustments. There c... | |
| cantilever collapsed on Shure V-15 III I've purchased items from http://www.needledoctor.com in the past without problem. | |
| How do you know that a record is really worn? An LP is a format for recording. It has never been a "guarantee" that the recording engineers, producers and those at the manufacturing end have done everything right. I've certainly heard plenty of LP records that are mediocre or even downright p... | |
| What are those extra tube inputs for? Eldartford is correct. The original ST70 amp contained front panel sockets that you could plug the preamp into. It also had one of the socket holes marked on each side to show where to insert a voltage meter probe to check the bias of the output t... | |
| Are horns and hi-eff designs becoming more popular Johnk, I see the brussels sprouts analogy flew right past you. (Actually, just for full disclosure, I happen to like them.) I've heard horns all the way from the original 1930's Western Electric theater horns to the classic EVs, Altec Voice of the... |