nightdoggy
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| Tivoli Radio??? I have one. It has a perfect finish and is worth the $. | |
| typical "shelf-life" of phono cartridges? It depends upon the storage environment and suspension composition. High ozone like in L.A. attacks rubber fast. I live on an island off MA and the air is clean. We have salt air which attacks other things like metal. I have a lot of vintage cartr... | |
| jewelers loop I have a 20X loop. It is okay for the cantilever but not quite strong enough for the stylus. | |
| PS audio hca 2 feedback... I was shocked when I had this amp home. It sounds harsh and muffled. I was not surprised when I read the reviews detailing its poor (measured) performance. The unit is also grossly overpriced given its parts count/quality. | |
| Mint Condition, Doesn't Anyone Know What It Means Everything is mint on ebay. | |
| Out of curiosity, where does everyone live? Hyannis, Cape Cod MA. | |
| Is it Audio, or is it Art? If you want to see beautiful equipment go to Luxman's (Japanese but you can look at the pictures) site. Only Accuphase comes close. I like good sounding and good looking equipment. I miss the prominent heatsinks popular until the mid 90's or so. I... | |
| What happened to the loudness control? Some of my preamps (I have many, mostly vintage) have a loudness button. I lean a little to the purist side and I do not use it because I can listen at higher levels. At low levels a well-designed loudness function does improve the frequency balan... | |
| Is anyone willing to entertain the idea I have a large collection of mostly vintage amps, preamps and tuners. All have been completely dissambled, updated and restored to better than factory new. For instance I'm lucky to have an industrial pc board washer and a paint shop to put automo... | |
| What is your most beautiful component? My Luxman tuner collection. Each is a visual delight. | |
| Anyone heard the Krell Evo 402? The new Evos are a ripoff. I believe they cost far less to make than the venerable KSA-250 did 15 years ago. Now that was an amplifier. I don't see how an enclosed design such as that with internal heatsinks can dissipate heat effectively. The hig... | |
| Mcintosh transformer hum My Mac 162 power amp had audible transformer noise and very audible hum coming from the speakers. It was hard to take after living with Japanese high end amps which are tomb quiet. I sold it rather than going through the repair hassles. | |
| Your Private Audio Museum After 18 years of living with my disease my wife had enough and split. I knew it was over when she asked me to "dismantle" my sound room. She even sold the nice little system I gave her on ebay. I could not fault her, after all, 40 or so component... | |
| What is your most beautiful component? He said audio components! Who cares about your wife. You must be whipped! | |
| Gold CDs ...... too much? I have the same AJA cd as well as an origal pressing on vinyl. The cd is nuetral throughout the high end, maybe a bit on the warm side. The bass is as good as almost anything from 1977. Overall it is a good (3 out of 5) transfer as far as I am con... |