raymonda

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Recomendation on turntable for less than $1500
If you really feel you need a new table jmsound is selling a well tempered classic for 1200. There is not much out there that compares to this table at or near the asking price. 
Recomendation on turntable for less than $1500
I would suggest that you upgrade your present Thorens with a Rega rb202 or 301 arm and new plinth and arm board, many of which can be had of ebay. I would also add a music hall cruise control 2. By doing this you will match or surpass any table li... 
need to find out maker of these speakers? any help
The logo is there, it is the speakers that are missing! 
need to find out maker of these speakers? any help
Others have reported that after listening to them they felt there was no (there there)! 
need to find out maker of these speakers? any help
This is their micro series of speakers said to have pinpoint imaging, and virtually they melt away leaving you with a huge soundstage. There components don't get in the way of the sound and they are known to be extremely transparent. 
need to find out maker of these speakers? any help
They were last owned by Casper (the ghost). 
Grateful Dead Hour Shows: Transferred to CD's??
I wasn't suggesting that you buy anything to do the transfers yourself. Rather, I was leading you to sources where the shows you have on cassettes are most likely are available in a digital form and from a source of better quality than yours. Www.... 
Grateful Dead Hour Shows: Transferred to CD's??
Also....if you can't find it there....talk to me. I'm a long time taper and collector 
Audio Research Ref 150 or 250 with Maggie
If you don't mind looking beyond ARC, consider Rogue m180's. I use the M120's with my MGIIIa's, tweaked out of course, with stellar results. The sound even better....by a wide margin, over the Classe I was using and the Classe sounded very good.So... 
Grateful Dead Hour Shows: Transferred to CD's??
Go to archive.org many if not all of these shows are available there. Enjoy. 
Audio Research Reference 250 capacitor issue
Upgrade kit to replace the teflon caps that failed...... if you are counting on in field failure rate and repair to keep your business floating.....well....Sutherland, MSB and Classe are examples of business that did repairs for me at no cost. As ... 
Any tricks to firing up a pair of Maggie IIa's?
Don't you just love spell correction. 
Any tricks to firing up a pair of Maggie IIa's?
I owned a pair of mama's from 1986 through 2000 and you have described them perfectly. I found that upgrading the caps in the crossovers and internal wire to have a tremendous effect and greatly improves their positive attributes. I ran them with ... 
Audio Research Reference 250 capacitor issue
1200 for a few caps and some wire that you have to solder your self seems steep to me. How many caps are they giving you, what is the value and what are they made of? This is something they should sell you a cost. Seems like they are making a prof... 
What's the greatest bargain in SET these days?
I guess you could say I doubled down on that comment. ;?)