r_f_sayles
Responses from r_f_sayles
| Are all of these NOS tube inventories real? How have we not consumed them already? You really just have to do your homework with vintage valves or NOS. You need to know what labels, plates, and getter constructions look like, and be able to look up valid date codes. The vacuum tube industry was just as incestuous and precarious ... | |
| BlueSound Stinks(!), anyone? Sorry to hear about your issues, frustrating I’m sure. Now we have had a Bluesound Node 2i just on WiFi, plugged into a Luxman receiver in our great room for about a year now. Everyone in our home shares it, except the cat, and it works just fine.... | |
| PS Audio Power Plant 15........ horses for courses. I believe it’s safe to say that different products and methods, perhaps especially in mains conditioning, in different locations (geographically on the grid) and in the context of a system (a whole kit in a room), offer differe... | |
| If you could, what live performances would you enjoy re-living? Gregg Allman tour 1974 Detroit Masonic Temple last row center against the back wall. Enjoyed every minute of Gregg’s Hammond B3 and his blue eyed soul. Miss you brother! Pink Floyd Animals Cleveland Municipal (baseball) Stadium 1977 about 15 ft f... | |
| Lyra owners! Congratulations. Please read around A’gon. If you have not seen it already, there are threads with Jonathan Carr of Lyra urging everyone to be very precise about the VTF as recommended 1.75g exactly with the Delos especially. | |
| What's In Your Tape Cassette Deck Tonight? Forgot to add the tidbit that I have owned and loved the deck since it was new in 1982(?) Never regret spending for high quality! | |
| What's In Your Tape Cassette Deck Tonight? A Nakamichi ZX-7 just completely gone through by Willy Hermann is in play in my listening/living room. Listening to a live Springsteen concert that I was actually at, but someone else recorded with a Sony Pro recorder, captured the entire concert ... | |
| Pondering a change after 30 odd years... If you have loved what you have, why open a can of worms? Why not possibly have the panels refurbished/updated and/or try a different power amp and continue a path that satisfies and you understand? Some in this hobby really enjoy fiddling and tas... | |
| Downside to "revealing" system? I seem to agree with much that has been expressed above toward the idea that beyond subjective tastes, and not to go down the elitist rabbit hole of spending more and more, to (possibly) get incremental improvements. There are two things that ring... | |
| During this isolation, I would be interested in suggestions of great movies you like. Wings of Desire -Wim Wenders 1987Diva -Jean-Jacques Beineix 1981The Ballad of Buster Scruggs -Ethan & Joel Coen 2018 | |
| Downside to "revealing" system? I feel a cartridge or speaker(s) in particular can often create a too analytical presentation (not to be confused with highly detailed and resolving) but including a cart that focuses on record surface noise, pops and clicks is definitely not for ... | |
| Your most indispensable "tweak"? Ear wax removerShunyata power cordsroom treatments | |
| Best Phono Cable for SME Series V As of mid December Nordost has (finally) put to production their new versions of analogue/tonearm cables and this includes for the first time a TYR2! | |
| Miyajima Lab Zero Specs? folkfreak1,306 posts11-30-2017 1:23pmThe coil impedance for the Miyajima Zero Mono is 6 ohms and the recommended loading is 200 to 300 ohms, I prefer mine at 300 ohms rather than 200 but your tastes may differ. The Zero can be a bear fro hum so ... | |
| Curious How These Nordost Speaker Cables Do What They Do Of all the conversations about conductors and signal path “science” what I see very little comment on is one of Nordost’s most prominent physical characteristics. This differentiates it from most other brands, and with the Norse 2 and up lines is ... |