richopp
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| What are the sexiest components ever made? It doesn't really work at all, but the TRANSCRIPTOR Turntable is as sexy as audio gets, I think. We kept one on the shelf just to look at back in the day: https://mniec.wordpress.com/2014/05/09/transcriptors-hydraulic-reference-vintage-turntable... | |
| Best tube preamplifier for under $15k I am with @roberjerman--I bought an SP-6 for less than $1000.00 recently and it is awesome.Of course, the new Audio Research stuff may be better, but you will pay a lot more for them. I would certainly audition one in my system. They started out... | |
| Ever feel like a "low dollar" customer that your dealer doesn't think worth their time? When I opened my shop in 1974, I learned two things VERY QUICKLY:1. NEVER ask a customer what he or she does for a living.2. NEVER judge a customer by his or her appearance.Made a LOT of money by following these two rules. In those days in Sout... | |
| Sexy singer(s) and/or song(s) I don’t know how "sexy" the song is, but the most amazing video I have seen in a LONG time is this one. I like the song, too, but the Eagles’ version is a bit better, IMO. However, this video is a hot as any "porno" to me: https://www.google.com/s... | |
| The very best sound: Direct to Disc I keep mentioning these in my posts but no one, until now, seems to have mentioned them at all.Thanks for reminding people that these are the vinyl items that show what can be done when people try to excel.Cheers! | |
| Upgrade to Maggi 3.7i or Tekton Moab? If you want slam-me-in-the-chest bass like you used to hear at hard-rock band concerts, you need two stacks of 24" woofers about 30 feet high.Other than that, the Maggies are transparent, so garbage in, garbage out. I suppose you can add a few Har... | |
| Which one to choose between two 80K$ tube amps? Your question is interesting, but if your dealer does not bring both amps to your house and set them up for you for an extended listening period, I would shop elsewhere where that can happen.In the end, the price is irrelevant; which one do YOU li... | |
| WHat did Audiophiles hear during Tape deck era? @tweak1 Let us not forget to mourn WTMI, please. | |
| WHat did Audiophiles hear during Tape deck era? Nagra (still around and wonderful) Stellavox (hard to set up but good once it is) and Nak Dragon (broke a lot) but was pretty good deck.OR, you could get a master tape if you knew someone and happened to have an Ampex recording deck at home...Cheers! | |
| Have you ever wondered who sets the trends in the hi-end speaker industry? Sometimes, smart people with ideas that are somewhat "different" from the norm help here.Take Mr. Jim Winey, an engineer at 3-M in the 1960's, who was working with materials that gave him the idea for Magneplaners. As one audio writer put it:"To ... | |
| In Defense of Audiophiles, Bose, Pass, Toole and Science Uh, these companies are not charities, right?Therefore, in the glorious world of advertising and marketing, they excel.As for their products--bose???? Really? The company that used ads full of tall young men in horn-rimmed glasses and white lab ... | |
| Best debut album Meet The Beatles | |
| What is up with Audio Research during the pandemic? I called them today to ask a tech question, but their website says they are closed for a while. I sent an email; I am hoping to hear back soon re; using balanced-output amp with an SP-6. We shall see...Cheers! | |
| How many NICE looking high end floor standing speaker are there at present Any Magnepan product is better looking than any box, IMO.Cheers! | |
| Black vs. Colored Vinyl From what I was told, leaving the vinyl to "rest" a bit after pressing improves the quality of the product. Mass-produced pop records in the day were thin and flimsy due to "fast" production requirements so that they could put that million copies... |