newbee
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| Getting started w/ tube equipment Assuming that your speakers are compatible with tube amps, and many are not, I would start with something both reliable and easy to play with.Depending on your expectations, getting good sounding tube based audio systems can be seen as a black art... | |
| "Best" 80's HiFi System Audio Research SP10II, Audio Research D115II, and Quad ESL 63's, with an Oracle TT, MMT arm and Grace 9E cartridge. As close to (affordable) SOTA in 1985 as I could get. | |
| Replacing ARC SP-12 If you really like the SP12 don't change it, just get a remote volume control like the Creek 12, or for higher quality a one input Placette, and put it in the tape loop. I did that with my old SP10 and only used it when necessary by flipping the t... | |
| Man in need of new music First I agree with Erndog, although our preferences in recordings vary. I prefer Askenazy's performance on London. You might argue that the RR disc in HDCD is a 'better' recording, but I find the Ashkenazy recording more crisp which makes the musi... | |
| Seeking advice on how to improve my system Your system is fine as it is IF you like the sound it is presently making. If you are unhappy about the sound, what is causing it? Personally I think I would find the wires and CDP contribute to some excessive brightness but that is just a WAG. On... | |
| Why aren't the older members still active ? I still lurk to help with music but even then I find so many folks don't really want the music so much as they just want great sounds on their newly acquired set up to validate their purchase. I pass on these inquiries as well as most equipment or... | |
| What are you 'TRULY' Looking for in Loudspeaker... A speaker that on one hand allows me to hear everything in the pits and grooves, but at the same time never gets in the way of a good recording. A highly resolving speaker with an old fashion BBC dip I suppose. Bill doesn't want to get bored, I do... | |
| CD Player with Polarity Invert? My BAT has one. | |
| SANSUI AU-719 Gets Really Hot? Your problem may be running 2 sets of speakers IF you are running them at the same time. Try disconnecting the satelites and see if the amp still runs hot. | |
| Having an ear for Jazz I moved into jazz initially just because I thought I must be missing something. It took a bit of exploration but I found that I was missing a lot. Interestingly this correlated with a diminishing interest in large orchestral pieces (classical) and... | |
| is "audiophilia" another form of conspicuous consu My guess is that initially an audiophile may be doing just that, buying stuff because it impresses his friends more than his having a developed/refined appreciation for what these 'finer components' can bring. Gives him bragging rights especially ... | |
| Modern Linestages Dammed if I know. Seems as if the cost of some of the finer vintage pre-amps w/phono stages when adjusted for inflation etc, cost no more than current line stages, albeit the newer lines stages may sound more detailed, etc.Lets face it, cost corre... | |
| Compairson ground rules....should we have them? Anyone asking strangers for opinions usually ends up with something seriously value challenged. But you are right, many that come to forums believe that everyone has two good ears, good equipment, good environment, good set up, some degree of expe... | |
| How do you judge your system's neutrality? Bryon, FWIW, I've never considered the mere collection of common opinions on any subject to be anything more than just that. What these opinions show, for the most part anyway, is that these particular individuals supported the use of 'neutral' as... | |
| How do you judge your system's neutrality? Bryon, Your last post raises an issue I was not expecting. I'm sure I must have missed it somewhere, but can you direct me to the post(s) in which the participants actually stipulated to the meanings and use of the terms you refer to. I must have ... |