oregonpapa
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| Where did you sink the most cash into? I started collecting records as a teenager. In looking at my collection, without a doubt, the music collection would cost more than my stereo system by far. Original Blue Notes, Six-eye Columbia's, Original Contemporary's, Riversides, Roost's, Pac... | |
| Speaker help under $2,500 Eddy ,,,You should be able to get a pair of Legacy Signature III's in mint condition for under $2000. per pair. They are a wonderful speaker that LOVES tubes. At 93db they are easy to drive too. The ribbon tweeter is amazing. http://legacyaudio.co... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... So far, with the preamp and amp using the RED fuses ... I've experienced no "thinness" or "brightness." My audiophile friends who have heard the improvements all have come to the same conclusion that II have, namely ... a big step toward realism. ... | |
| If you could have only one Christmas album/CD, which one? Nat King Cole's Christmas album. | |
| Headphone Amp Question My friend Robert, who I refer to as "Mr. Golden Ears," has the Grado battery operated headphone amp. He loves it in spite of the fact that it eats batteries. He says its very tube like in overall sound. They can be picked up used on Ebay for aroun... | |
| What Color is your system ^^ Rosewood? Hmmm ... similar here at times, jafreeman. It depends upon what music is on at the moment. At times the color is the color of cellos, violins, double basses and perhaps an oboe. Other times, it's the color of a tenor or alto sax comb... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... abucktwoeighty ...Let the fuse break in for a couple of listening session before passing judgement. It will sound better right out of the box, but the best will "be yet to come." Please come back with your assessments. Take care ,... | |
| Your Best Tweak Lately Its NOT going to end. It's a curse! *lol* | |
| Pani ... New ART-9 up and running ... If you really want to hear what this cartridge is capable of, replace the fuses in your electronics with the Synergetic Research RED Quantum fuses. You'll be amazed, I promise. | |
| Best Jazz pianist I love Monk. I love Bud Powell.I love Claude Williamson.I love Hampton Hawes.I love Brubeck.I love Art Tatum.I love George Shearing.I love Bill Evans.I love Tommy Flanagan. I love Phineas Newborn Jr.I love Ahmad Jamal.Oscar Peterson = Blazing ... | |
| Your Best Tweak Lately jafreeman ...See the review in "amps and preamps" for the latest results now that I have the SR RED fuses in both the amp and preamp. One word ... FANTASTIC! | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... So, the SR RED fuse for the amp arrived two days ago. I installed it into the ARC REF-75 SE. So now there's a RED fuse in the amp and one in the ARC REF-3. There was an immediate improvement in overall sound right out of the box. I let it burn in ... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... Jafreeman ...I have to agree with you in all areas. The improvement in the CD playback is really significant. Best sound I've gotten from digital so far ... and this is with only one fuse in the preamp. The second fuse, which will be going in the ... | |
| Your Best Tweak Lately Without a doubt ..the SR Red fuse that I put in my ARC REF-3 preamp about a week ago. Fantastic! | |
| Newbie, old timer or returned to analog? I thought that the folks who dumped their vinyl when CDs came out were nutz. I, and a couple of friends had a field day at garage sales and thrift stores buying as many of the mint cast offs as possible. I bought 300 mint import classical records ... |