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| Adventures of a novice tube roller;Why did I wait? just in case you're not aware of it, there's a break-in factor with tubes - about 100 hours - so, if the changes you described were recent, things should only get better! | |
| Don't lie....Do you hoard vinyl? the problem with vinyl is that, unless you sell on ebay, you get so little money from used record dealers that you'd have to be literally starving or broke for it to make sense to sell to them. They're basically taking advantage of people who are ... | |
| Music for Passover Bread's Greatest Hits? | |
| blues recommendation early howlin' wolf! (Howlin' Wolf: Memphis Days - The Defintive Edition Vols. 1 & 2, Howlin' Wolf Rides Again) | |
| Do you play an instrument/sing? I play 2 Indian classical stringed instruments, rudra vina (archaic, ancestor of sitar family) and surbahar (bass sitar). It definitely comes in handy when I'm auditioning equipment - I bring along a CD of my teacher and know what it really should... | |
| Are Sub-woofers really for music? You can spend kilobucks completely upgrading your speakers to ones that go down to subwoofer frequencies (and do it well) or you can audition something like a rel or vandersteen and see if it makes you happy. I had also heard the same line your sa... | |
| tandberg 2080 as a phono preamp?: I have used a 2075 - the phono section is fine, but won't do anything below high output cartridges. | |
| Best Joni Mitchel Album I'd add "For the Roses" to the list | |
| Comments on the Meridian 504 FM Tuner I've heard that the 604 is better (which is probably why you see at least 10 504's for sale for every 604...). I've also heard that the best macs are the mr71 for tube and mr7083 for solid state. I have the mr71, being a tube fan, and love it! The... | |
| Interconnects:Dazed and Confused You should try to establish a relationship with a local audio dealer. They can loan you broken-in cables to take home and you can actually MAKE UP YOUR OWN MIND. Differences should be immediately discernible. Some people call high-end cables "tone... | |
| Please help Lak with a tube problem:- kevin deal at upscale audio is a tube expert, and he carries cary - you could email him... | |
| Please help Lak with a tube problem:- why don't you call cary? | |
| Audiophile "PA" System?? I have a mackie sa1521 powered speaker ($850, 15"+horn) that I recently used as a stereo (using a mackie mixer - you can find these for $150 - as pre) while my 'real' stereo was being worked on and it sounded amazingly good. Way better than their ... | |
| SACD or vinyl? Looking for great sound and mid $$ One benefit of going with vinyl is that classical vinyl is dirt cheap ('shaded dogs', mercury living presence, etc. excepted). Hit the garage sales and you'll be able to pick the stuff up for a buck a pop. That being said, if you're into opera, th... | |
| "simian" rock/pop songs?-a survey suzanne vega's 'fat man and dancing girl' on the album 99.9 talks about "monkey in the middle..." |