old_6eyes
Responses from old_6eyes
| Cables more hype than value? "Do you take their opinion as unbiased? Obviously, they want you to spend your money on their equipment! In their opinion you can use a coat hanger to tie your gear together so that you can afford to move up their food chain and buy their more exp... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Prokofiev piano sonatas #7 & #8 / Ashkenazy / London | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Brubeck - Time Out" - 90s Classic Records reissue. | |
| Realistic STA-2100D Service Manual Needed 09-21-12: Mapman"I worked at Radio Shack back in the day of that unit and remember it well. A very nice vintage piece and one of the bigger and better Realistic receivers!" I worked for them about that time too. IIRC the 2100 was their "big one".... | |
| Earliest serial Garrard 301 Hammertone known? I have #2265 which has a flat brake disc, which looks to be made of aluminum...just to add to the confusion ;) | |
| Periodic replacement of Audio Grade Fuses? 07-08-12: Audiofeil"I change my audio fuses and headlight fluid in our cars at the same interval i.e. every 12 months."I hope you don't forget to lubricate your muffler bearings while you're at it. | |
| Periodic replacement of Audio Grade Fuses? I did that Lacee. I recommended stuff we sold, of course. I didn't tell them to bypass the fuse either. You know, I could have sold them fancy fuses too, but we didn't have them then. I should have put a /sarc tag on that post, I guess. | |
| Periodic replacement of Audio Grade Fuses? Fuses...I worked for a well-known electronics retailer years ago. Guys would come in and say, "Hey dude, my receiver keeps blowin' fuses, should I put in a bigger fuse?" Naah, just stick a penny in there instead. I guess for high-end stuff, you sh... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? My old MOFI of "Days of future passed" . | |
| Shakti Stones Do they actuall work guys. I'm guessing they would have the most pronounced effect when one listens to rock while stoned. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Prokofiev "Cinderella" w/ Moscow/ Rozhdestvensky on MHS -recorded by Melodiya. Despite those 2 sonic strikes against it, it actually sounds quite good. | |
| WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE LINN K 9 CARTRIDGE? Mgguy, it's just a bad pun. K9, dog, get it? I've never heard that cart, just trying to be funny, sorry. | |
| WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE LINN K 9 CARTRIDGE? K9? It's a dog!!! ( Sorry, couldn't resist ;-) ) | |
| Garrard 301-Worth the effort? "If you are more of a consumer and music lover (listener) and want something that once it is set up properly just works and works there are far better turntables made nowadays."Which ones are those? I ask as a user of a 301 which "just works and w... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Nutcracker! OSR/Ansermet (crackin' nuts with Ernie) |