roberjerman

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What is as tube sounding as Conrad today?
Don't waste your money on Chinese junk! And that Tripath amp can't be much better! Try to find a used Rogue Audio Sphinx - it's an integrated amp with a tube preamp combined with a 100 watt class D amp. A quality product made here in the USA! Look... 
Speaker advice vintage McI tube amps
Forget that old Mac tube gear! What you need is an Audio Research SP6 preamp and a D76 amp (now considered vintage - but the bomb back in the late 70's). And a pair of DCM Time Windows to complete your vintage system! This is what I presently use ... 
Speakers or amp to be upgrade?
Speakers are the one and only thing that will make a major change for your system! Everything else is of secondary importance! I recommend Ohm Walsh's - 3-D imaging and "performers in the room" with you! Nothing else comes close! Call John Strohbe... 
Top 5 Tonearms Newer or Vintage Under 2500 That Will Beat anything above/below 2.5k?
I have a Denon 307 with magnetic ant-skate and dynamic damping on the arm tube. A superb arm! Bought it in original box from a Japanese seller on the Bay for less than $400! 
Ownership and Review of a pair of Ohm Super Sound Cylinder
The Carver amp came from the same store - I think I paid $25 for it!  
Ownership and Review of a pair of Ohm Super Sound Cylinder
I bought the Sound Cylinders from the Stamford, CT GW some years ago for $39.75 (tax included!). Bargain of the year, indeed! 
Ownership and Review of a pair of Ohm Super Sound Cylinder
Amp used was a Carver TFM 15CB along with a vintage Denon 18-bit CD player! 
Ownership and Review of a pair of Ohm Super Sound Cylinder
I was amazed to hear Angus Young and his SG on the Stiff Upper Lip CD with such realism! Holy smoke! 
Ownership and Review of a pair of Ohm Super Sound Cylinder
+1 craigsub! My vintage Ohm Sound Cylinders certainly do the 3-D "performers in the room" better than any of my other speakers - even the Quads and KLH Nines! 
Why is Oppo stopping products.
Because the bottom line rules and profit is everything, even in Communist China! 
Which is the best audio magazine?
What passes for audio reviews these days is the equivalent of pornography - and is nowhere as much fun! 
Which is the best audio magazine?
+1 cd318! The rising tide of b*ll s*** of today’s audio scene is appalling! "I am an audiophile and am looking for a power cord to take my system to the next.level" LOL! "My new AC receptacles sound better after they have been burned-in". LOL!!! 
Talk but not walk?
Empirical testing lab = Consumer Reports! LOL! 
New Tweak --- Its Fantastic
The real secret tweak is ... KY jelly! Shhh!!! Don't tell anyone! 
Apple TV Streaming Sound Quality vs Streamer?
Stick to hard media like LP's and CD's for the best SQ!