newbee
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| Thor Audio repair? Don't know about Thor but in general if this unit 'broke down' as a result of a tube failure, which you replaced, and will not now turn on, it could be a couple of things, neither of which would be difficult for a techie to service, i.e. blown fus... | |
| How do I pay? If you must do it and can't do it in person, postal money orders offer some protection. Crooks know that the feds will come after them if there is fraud involved and won't accept them. Ditto using postal mails to deliver it. Of course this guy mi... | |
| Equipment purchase that made you want to get off the Merry Go Round (good or Bad) Yep. When I bought my Silverline Bolero speakers I closed the book on that pursuit. Left some otherwise fine speakers in the dust. :-) | |
| Audio Research customer support??? FWIW I think ARC relies on its dealer network to deal with potential customers. Most folks who own ARC products and need service are usually more successful, although perhaps not as before when it was outstanding. | |
| Downside to "revealing" system? Erik, Sorry about your response to my two posts. Did I step on your toes by merely explaining to your audience something they might want to consider in making a choice of what kind of tone controls might be important to them - not just limit it t... | |
| Downside to "revealing" system? E, FWIW on the cheap but effective side that little Schitt Loki can work well for simple tone control of bass, lower mid range, upper mid range and treble. It ain't sophisticated but it works. I use one in a headphone system (i.e. headphones, sour... | |
| GoldenEar Triton 1 vs. Triton 1R Maybe he just figured out that the differences were so subtle that you wouldn't buy them after you compared them to your present speakers. Lot of work for the slim chance of a sale (he thinks). :-) | |
| Downside to "revealing" system? Erik, The only problem with your solution is that the range of the equalizers/tone controls may not really affect the 'offending' frequencies. For example upper mid range brightness, a common illness of CD's and a lot of electronics are not really... | |
| Opinion: Half of the reason to listen to choral works is the acoustics in the recording twoleftears, We can agree and I do. The most anticipated venue would have been a church I think. Maybe not so much for Mahler though. :-) FWIW, Faure's requiem, the original version performed by the Ensemble Musique Oblique and conducted by Herrew... | |
| Opinion: Half of the reason to listen to choral works is the acoustics in the recording Something only an audiophile would say. For myself, I listen because I love the music. The acoustic of the recording venue can be additive or subtractive but is not, for me anyway, a motivating factor. Like most other large scale music it pales i... | |
| Location of instruments in the orchestra... Could be the source has the channels reversed. Check all of your connections to be sure they are plugged in correctly. If you have a CD or LP of a another symphony play it and see if it is correct. | |
| Turntable If you do decide to try using just the platter sans mat don't forget to adjust your VTA. Personally I'd use the mat which should help minimize micro vibrations. | |
| Turntable placement and isolation indranilsen, If you're not in love with the results of #1 and don't/can't do #2 you might consider a different TT with a spring suspension where the springs are between the top of the plinth and the supporting plate for the arm and platter. I use... | |
| Turntable placement and isolation Indranilsen, Well that pretty much rules out anything that is 'anchored' to the floor. You might try mass loading but frankly I doubt that that would help much either., the floor would still transmit foot falls. Wall mounting might be your best s... | |
| Tuners you wish you had back? Accuphase T 100 and T 101. Both died after about 43 years of service. Couldn't find anyone to fix them. Now using a Yamaha T85. Nice little tuner. Excellent reception. |