noromance
Responses from noromance
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Kate Wolf & The Wildwood Flower – Lines On The Paper (Owl 1977) Died at 44 from leukemia. Why do the nicest folks die young when so many evil ones persist? 😔 | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Rhiannon Giddens With Francesco Turrisi – There Is No Other (Nonesuch 2019) | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Pug Horton – Don’t Go Away (Bodeswell 1979) | |
| Requesting Technical Assistance You can download it here | |
| I'm going to buy my first tube amp. I need honest blunt opinions None of them do anything for me. Maybe have a look here: Tube | New & Used Hi-Fi For Sale (audiogon.com) | |
| Requesting Technical Assistance @joeradio Have you tried both the A and B speaker outputs? There are 4 amplifiers in this unit, so you may have only damaged one. Ensure you select the A or B set from the from control. | |
| Tannoy Westminster’s Audition? @lloyd1969 That's each. For $27,000 you should really come out to upscale audio and audition them properly | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @bslon I've never listened to them before. Like an English version of this...? Three Dog Night – Seven Separate Fools (Dunhill 1972) | |
| Speaker that are 'KEEPERS" for the long haul!!! Quad 57s for me. Had a bronze pair in the 80s but they vibrated. Replaced them with Spendor SP2/2 but lost the magic. Over 25 years later, picked up an immaculate, matched, sequential numbered pair. Mounted upright at 90° on 20" stands, they are m... | |
| Speaker that are 'KEEPERS" for the long haul!!! @fleschler Note that Upscale Audio prices per speaker; so your Tannoys would be twice the price you listed. | |
| KT-77 vs. KT-66 KT = Kinkless Tetrode. So designed to remove the "kink" in the curve of the anode characteristic in older designs. KT77=EL34 kinkless filament. | |
| Music exposure observation @r042wal I'm not buying it. When I was out of college, the first thing I bought was a low-end Techics turntable, Rotel amp and KEF speakers. Nonoise has it sussed—they do not have the patience nor dedication to pay attention. | |
| How Much Do Aesthetics Factor Into Your Decisions? I prefer the personality of my gear 'cause she ain't no looker. | |
| noise on the line No one is saying shielding doesn't work. It is scientifically proven. It's a necessary part of electronics. Systems sounding best late at night is nothing to do with some additional effect of cable shielding. | |
| Why Do You Listen? A Poll Question @mahgister +1 Lotte Lenya and The Three Pfennig Opera! |