normansizemore
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| New Dual turntable parts website All new old stock Thanks for the link! We have four Duals in our home so this is nice to find. Anceint history? I reall enjoy my 1229, it gets used every single day. Wonderful table. Thanks again,Norman | |
| Death of Jim Bongiorno I was recently reading reviews of Jim's work. Bascom King's original review of Ampzilla, TAS review of Grandson and Theadra, Stereophile review of Sumo's amps. One thing that consistently comes up is how musical they were. I can't agree more. They... | |
| looking to buy mcintosh audio I love Mac gear. Had lots of it. You don't mention your music likes so itsHard to direct you. My favorite solid state Mac amp is the now ancient but still credible MC2300. It will drive Any load you can image with thunderous reserves of power. Rid... | |
| Do You Love Music or Do You Love Hi-Fi? I need good hi-fi to enjoy music. | |
| Anybody remember G.A.S. I could write a book on how good the h/k 16A is. Today, it would compete against almost anything. But this little Grandson amp has got to be the 'over achiever' of the century. I can't stop listening, it's that good. I am going to look into the ne... | |
| Anybody remember G.A.S. Everyone here knows I am a h/k Citation nut. The Citation 16A is my favorite amp of all time, besting my McIntosh MC-2300 in the sonics department. However, I have been listening to an old G.A.S Grandson amplifier that I have had for years and nev... | |
| VPI Rim Drive vibrations With a rim drive table, the drive puck or idler wheel has to be perfect. Their should be NO variations whatsoever so that the motor, platter or idler wheel have to absorb them! That's crazy. My Dual 1229 (yes I know it's a different design, but th... | |
| Nagaoka MP-500, what's your comment? You'll find that all the Nagaoka cartridges sound pretty much the same, at least I do. I have three. They are very engaging, and throw a wide believable sound stage. They remind me quite a bit of my Denon 103. Not nearly as fast or dynamic as most... | |
| harman kardon citation 16 amp????? I hope you bought the amp. I use a Citation 16A, I find it the most listenable transistor amp ever made. Wonderful mids, superb upper octaves and the bass goes way down stairs. Very engaging, with no listening fatigue. This amp replaced my McIntos... | |
| SUNFIRE vs COUNTERPOINT I remember sitting for hours listening to the 5000. Was that 1992 or there abouts? Anyhow, of all the many preamps I have listened to, that one stills sticks out in my mind. I have never heard the Sunfire, so I can't comment. Didn't they also have... | |
| Amplifiers:A Keeper for Life. Do you know of one ? Gaslover, Wanted you to know, that Grandson is an extremely musical little amp. It almost has a tubey (I know it's not a word) sound to it, but with extra heft in the lower end. Nice wide, deep sound stage. Been listening to it for nearly a week. ... | |
| The Cheap Stuff It's is refreshing to hear of someone enjoying music and on vinyl no less, for less that $$$$$.$$ =) The ADC was a nice little table, with a respectable tonearm.Enjoy, thanks for the nice post.Norman | |
| My Nak 505 sounds like its going thru a phase shif The pinch roller is skewing the tape due to tape residue build up. What your service dept is probably doing is replacing the pinch roller OR pulling it off it's bearing, cleaning it, turning it around and putting it back on (most likely). If your ... | |
| Amplifiers:A Keeper for Life. Do you know of one ? Gaslover... I just might look up the little guy and see how it compares to my Citation. You say and Eagle 7 sounded better than the Godzilla? My memory might be off, but wasn't Godzilla a pure class A design? Enormous power output, something like ... | |
| Looking to simplify CJ's are like fine wine... better with age. You might end up in utter disappointment. I would keep what you have, unless of course there is a 'space' problem now. The idea of an 'integrated' is a good one. I know it isn't new, but you might consid... |