pcanis
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| How BIG is yours? I worked at a CD store for about 4 years, during the heyday of Classical issues and reissues (back when Fanfare was as thick as a good-sized paperback). Plus, I was fortunate enough to marry a wife who had a very, very nice vinyl collection from h... | |
| Best 5 engineered rock albums? seantaylor99 -sorry, maybe I wasn't clear enough. I had NEVER listened to Lenny K. cuz I just suspected he was just a MTV tool. LOL, I was actually just asking you for some more info. Sorry for the confuzion.pcanis | |
| 6692: what is the best upgrade to aim for? Some advice please.If I contact conus or upscale, are they trustworthy to be able to recommend good upgrade tubes for my BAT vk-3i? I am not knowledgeable about tubes, but would like to experiment a bit.pcanis | |
| Which budget turntable will provide me the best service? The turntable I'm currently using, a Miida 70's era model 3115 (Ac drive direct drive table) just sold for 27 bucks on Ebay a week or so ago. When it comes to turntables, don't forget ebay!!! People get rid of top dollar tables from yesteryear (an... | |
| Best 5 engineered rock albums? seantaylor99:really? Lenny Kravitz album well done... and also a good album music wise? The reason why I ask this, is cause it is clear that Mr. Kravitz is trying to "conjure" a retro, guitar-based, and raw sounding psychedelic kind of sound, but ... | |
| Analog First Timer. I just got my analogue set up to the level of the rest of my system, and now I listen to vinyl about the same as I listen to cd's. You didn't say whether or not you are a big "record collector" type of person. I am, and the truth is there are bad ... | |
| About to plunge back into analog I recently went through a grado red, and then switched to an audiotechnica 440ml. As you can see by my recent postsover the past week or so, I am very impressed with the audiotechnica. It is quiet, very clear and crisp, and eliminates a heck of a ... | |
| Passive Preamps: Jumping Ship I was using the anlogue outputs of my Theta Miles cd player (balanced upgrade) for the past year or so, and just finally splurged to get a preamp for my system (a BAt vk-31). Your discription parallels mine. More presence, more fullness, more dept... | |
| How can I tell if I need more power? Re: this thread. ummm, how come audiogon is so much more friendly and down to earth than audio asylum? Ok, off topic, sorry, but threads like these always remind me of that question.I think every speaker starts to shine more and more, the better a... | |
| Do I really need a pre-amp? I recently used a fairly high end CD player directly into a good amp for about a year or so. The cd player has a high quality, analogue domain volume control built in. The sound was concise and clear. I recently purchased a pre-amp to match my pow... | |
| Good inexpensive cartridge I just replaced a Grado Red with a Audo technica 440ml. The Grado sells for around $75, the 440ml for $99. IMHO, the 440ml is amazingly better, much more quiet, much sharper. The Grado will not mitigate surface noise; with the 440ml, surface noise... | |
| Contemplating vinyl, How hard is it to get LPs? about being able to tell ok used vinyl from ruined used vinyl: I think it is an acquired art. M. Fremer from Stereophile and other audio magazines said once he brings a jeweler's loup and one of the those headbands with a lamp on it (that doctor's... | |
| Contemplating vinyl, How hard is it to get LPs? Even though the garage sale-thrift store sources are kind of starting to dry up a bit, you can still shop around if you live in any kind of reasonably populated area and find 70-80's rock quite easily. I run out to a thrift store once a week or so... | |
| favorite online vinyl vendors? the search function at the elusive disc site is kinda messed up, isn't it? You type in a artist to search for, and it returns quite a hidgepodge of records in response. What's up with that?I still havent found a good site for "alternative" music (... | |
| Nirvana on Simply Vinyl Inspired by this post, I went out to a local vinvyl dealer, and found (sigh, why do we always have to *find* vinyl, why cant we be normal and just go out and buy it?) a clear vinyl geffen issue of in utero. I am guessing this is just a straightfor... |