pryso
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| Joule Electra preamps and amps. What is your impression? inna, I've owned a JE LA-150 with the phono stage for several years. Most of that time it drove Parasound JC-1 monoblocs. I never had issues with noise, even with low output cartridges. I heard several JE amps over the years and always enjoyed ... | |
| Any modern band that comes close to Mahavishnu Orchestra ? inna, no good ideas regarding your original question. In fact, I now find little to no interest in some of the fusion I enjoyed back in the '70s. Still, MO stands up to the test of time.I just wanted to share that in spite of a few other comment... | |
| What is Technics thinking? m-db, ah yes, I'd forgotten about the WTTA. And I owned one, but that was many years ago and thus my excuse. Still, I can't think of any others.Also, as noted, I don't believe the standard SL headshell is a P-mount. At least the one I saw at TH... | |
| What is Technics thinking? "its S shape prevents an on the fly azimuth adjustment. WTF?"With most arms azimuth is set at the headshell, few rotate the arm tube itself. So why does it matter if S shape, J, or straight with offset headshell?Actually I can't think of ANY arm ... | |
| What Does a Cartridge Compliance/Tonearm Mass Mismatch Sound Like? stringreen, maybe you should have responded to Dodge using Viper in your example instead of Porsche.Oh wait, doesn't that already have a truck engine? ;^) | |
| How loud in DB, Is "cranking it" How deep is the ocean? | |
| What is Technics thinking? m-db, one of my implied points was not seeing how the new model would appeal to their recent sales base, so why continue the styling?"I'm thinking they were considering how they would maintain their current customer base (scratchers) and their abi... | |
| Should I keep or sell my modded AR XA for a Rega RP3 or comparable deck? mjperry, I have not followed pricing for AR tables recently but am amazed if you could get near $850 for a restored one.On the other hand, if they do now command that range in pricing, what does that tell you? | |
| Atmasphere amps trustable? Absolutely untrustworthy! I came home and found my girlfriend alone with them having a glass of wine with the lights down low!!!But I will say, match them with the proper speakers and they make wonderful music. ;^) | |
| Ebony Denon DL 103. 50 years too late? Conical styli, such as the basic 103?Anyone who has been in this hobby more than 15 years should be familiar with J Gordon Holt. He originated Stereophile magazine and near the end of his life wrote a bit for TAS. Gordon was highly respected for... | |
| Larsen Loudspeakers After a few members were impressed by the Larsens at THE Show Newport two years ago they were invited to demo them for our club. That resulted in many more favorable comments.I think drubin offers a good description. They don't sound like most o... | |
| Should I buy a Class A Amp. Don, I cannot say what amp you'd like best. I don't believe anyone here can. My opinion is that the word "best" should be stricken from our audio hobby vocabulary.We simply have too many personal preferences about what pleases us most. And our ... | |
| Anyone into cassettes? geoffkait, I was surprised to see your comments on the RCA and Mercury cassettes. In my experience, and I played with tapes for several years, commercial recordings were always a disappointment. I attributed that to the high-speed reproduction u... | |
| Anybody else using a distributed array sub system? Agreed. Other than the distributed sub systems may be candidates to match with just about any speaker system, including those like Vandersteen which make their own subs.BTW, I now have Janszens. It has been many years since I owned Vandys but li... | |
| Why will no other turntable beat the EMT 927? Yes, I can blame Raul as well for a larger collection of cartridges and wanting to be able to interchange them easily. ;^) |