noromance
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| HOW DID YOU END UP WITH YOUR DREAM SYSTEM? @terry9 Serious stuff! I saw your air-gapped caps. Any more info on your components? | |
| What % Of Your System Are Your Cables? @mitch2 They’re BELKIN AV20302-06 The old metal plug version. Something of a low-level cult favorite for folks who know how good they are. They are very specific and all the others in the series are no way near as good. | |
| What % Of Your System Are Your Cables? 4%. I’ve tried some relatively expensive cables but wasn’t impressed. I made my own speaker cables from solid core OCC wire. I was lucky enough to buy 10 pairs of NOS Belkin interconnects that are sublime. I tested them against a number of ICs i... | |
| The clearest, kindest voice I've heard Nice. A more contemporary take: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2WgM-wiot0 | |
| HOW DID YOU END UP WITH YOUR DREAM SYSTEM? Read all about it here in Virtual Systems. | |
| Ugliest Component of the Year 2024! Anything that uses LEDs to light up the tubes is ridiculous in my book. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Stephane Grappelli + Joe Pass + Niels Henning Ørsted Pedersen - Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen, Denmark (1980 Pablo Live) | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Bee Gees - Trafalgar (Polydor 1971) Elly Stone - Elly Stone (Columbia 1969) Lucy Ward - I Dreamt I Was a Bird (Betty Beetroot 2015) Jean Redpath with Abby Newton - Lowlands (Philo 1986) Various - Bread & Roses: Festival of Acoustic Music (... | |
| What Holiday Gifts did you ask for or Give to Yourself? Nothing. Home insurance went up $1000 for no reason. | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Conor Oberst - Salutations Wooden Wand - Death Seat | |
| Garrard 301 - Project @dover Funny, I had a drawer full of the box plate Mullards you mention. Nice if one likes creamy, warm, and slow, with no air. I'll concede that Teles can be a little lacking in warmth. However, I maintain that you can adjust tonality elsewhere i... | |
| Garrard 301 - Project Link to my aforementioned Black Treasures. | |
| What are your top three live concerts of all time? Roger Waters Pros & Cons tour in the 90s in London. Roy Harper in 1983 in Northern Ireland and many times since. Martin Stephenson in a pub in Dublin in the 80s Honorable mentions Neil Young Leonard Cohen 10000 Maniacs Black Heart Proce... | |
| Garrard 301 - Project I haven’t heard an amp that hasn’t been improved by rolling in old production Telefunken ECC83/12AX7. Failing that, Grant Fidelity have a Black Treasure 12AX7 that is wonderful. | |
| What devices have you found useful when inspecting your stylii for cleanliness? @richardbrand I inspect styluses with a loupe with a built-in LED light. I also use a digital otoscope with a probe if a screen view is needed. |