normansizemore
Responses from normansizemore
| Old school analog system chakstar,I completely agree with you. Something is seriously wrong when turntables start weighing several hundred pounds and cost mid six figures. Really?You couldn’t give me one. I do miss my EMT 927, but I love the performance of my Dual 1229 a... | |
| Old school analog system We moved a few years back, and before setting up my system I listened extensively to everything I owned. Harman Kardon Citation, GAS, McIntosh, Phase Linear, Sansui, Marantz, Krell etc. several units from each over an extended period.My favorite... | |
| Has anyone compared the EMT 139st phonostage to others ? pain,The 139st can be had as an out board phono stage, which is the case with my clients system. I have seen photos of the 139st integrated with the EMT 927, but not in person.Tom (my client), also has a small Bellari phono and a Rega, but I don... | |
| Has anyone compared the EMT 139st phonostage to others ? pani,I am a vintage guy, initially I used a mark levinson 25L phono stage. In the late 80's I became a mark levinson fan, but eventually abandoned the brand and went back to vintage gear from the 60's & 70's.The levinson is very very good. I... | |
| Has anyone compared the EMT 139st phonostage to others ? The 139st is incredible. I restored an EMT 927, and wanted to get the 139st for it but couldn’t find one. I’ve heard it many times and it’s hypnotic it’s so good.Even without the 139st, the EMT 927 was the best turntable I’ve ever heard. I miss... | |
| Has anyone finally decided to sell their Turntable and Vinyl collection? I’ve been collecting LPs since I was ten, now I am 57, so, I have thousands of lps. The thing is, I can pull out any one of them and tell you how old I was when I bought it, what system I was using and what store I bought it from. I really can’t... | |
| Help chose : Hafler 110 preamp or Carver C2 preamp ?? Carver and Phase Linear are very detailed but forward sounding preamps. It’s like sitting on stage as opposed to 7th row center like most preamps, or row 25 like Marantz.. I like it sometimes, but listening fatigue is the order of the day. Conve... | |
| sansui 2000a 35 wpc 8ohms and kef c80 4ohm I have a modified set of Definitive BP-10’s, which are 3 ohms. I used a 2000x (no you can’t get rock concert volume) for about six months when I was having gear cleaned and serviced. It performed beautifully, and was completely stock and had neve... | |
| Carver, THE standard of excellence IMO Come on.... it’s time to let it go. This is Hi-Fi after all. When did the forum get so serious? Lighten up, spin a record, pour a drink. Enjoy some music.. just sayin.. =)N | |
| McIntosh MC2152 power amp technical question mrdecibel is of course correct. However being in my late fifties, I harken back to the McIntosh of old. I have owned a MA-6100, C-26, C-27, C-28, C-29, MC-2300, MC-2105, MC-2505, MR78 and none of it purchased new.When I bought my MC-2300, it was... | |
| Pioneer RT-909 Take it to Mike at Deltronics. He set up my B-77 and my RT-1050 perfectly. My 909 is next. | |
| McIntosh MC2152 power amp technical question I am really surprised at Macs response to your service question. For decades, no matter who owned the unit, if it was a manufactured defect, they fixed it. Period. Additionally, their service rates were always in line with third party service a... | |
| sansui 2000a 35 wpc 8ohms and kef c80 4ohm I have a 2000x in a smaller system. You won’t have any issues driving the speakers, especially if the Sansui has been well maintained. Nice preamp section on theses old Sansui receivers. I used mine as a preamp/tuner for a while as it has pream... | |
| Harman Kardon HK870 Recap Harman Kardon always built a nice amp. If you like the amp, then have it serviced. There isn’t any reason not too, and I doubt you could replace it for what the servicing would cost.I used a H/K Citation 16A for years. Wonderful, powerful open ... | |
| Pioneer XA 780 Receiver ....no sound ! Do you mean a Pioneer SX-780? That is a late 70’s receiver. It’s doubtful you could have overdriven the receiver without first hearing gross distortion. The KLH Barron is an easy load to drive, so that shouldn’t be an issue, and Pioneer receive... |