roberjerman
Responses from roberjerman
| MARANTZ MODEL 10 TUBE AMP/ TUNER AND MARANTZ 7 TUBE PREAMP Pictures, please! | |
| Reel to Reel is Alive & Well! RTR tapes turn up often on EBay. I bought a bunch! Some can be quite pricey! I have 3 decks - including an all-tube Sony. | |
| Original Blue Notes vs Reissues Stamps (and coins) are more fun to look at than an LP. The artistry is readily apparent to the eye! | |
| Preliminary DIY Grounding Box Result @geoffkait: Rumor has it that you have a working example of the Dean Drive? Inertia-less force is ready to be unveiled! | |
| used Integrated tube amp under $1500 for Klipsch Cornwall III's? A nicely restored Scott tube integrated. Still affordable (unlike vintage Marantz or McIntosh). I have two! | |
| Recommendation for detailed/analytical bookshelf speaker? The venerable BBC LS3/5A! Read Art Dudley's review of three versions in the latest Stereophile. | |
| What’s your vote for the most ridiculous, overpriced, and useless tweak? The Gate - a $5K piece of hardware that fails to deliver on its promise to access "other realms and dimensions"!!! Touted and beloved by a certain NW Agoner! | |
| Preliminary DIY Grounding Box Result +1 almarg! | |
| Preliminary DIY Grounding Box Result Lord save us from fuzzy-thinking subjectivists! | |
| Preliminary DIY Grounding Box Result SR grounding block (another fine product from the genius mind of T.D.) - as effective as a copper bracelet for relief of arthritis! | |
| Preliminary DIY Grounding Box Result @tomask6: You will fail your electrician license test! | |
| Preliminary DIY Grounding Box Result A pail of magnetite is not a ground! And a bucket of quartzite is equally useless! Use the cold water pipe if you want to experiment and don’t have access to the outside. And again it must be all-metal piping from basement water source! | |
| Preliminary DIY Grounding Box Result More Flat Earth Science! Only a true earth ground (copper rod driven into the soil outside) has ANY benefit! That is how lightning protection works (by shunting the HV charge to the path of least resistance). Next best is connecting grounds to a c... | |
| Original Blue Notes vs Reissues And the fact is that analog tape can and does deteriorate over time. So those old original pressings may be the "freshest" sounding of unique musical moments! | |
| Original Blue Notes vs Reissues Sadly some (like T.P. of Better Records) have realized the attraction of original pressings and have contrived to gin up the prices for once common musical fare. |