roberjerman
Responses from roberjerman
| power cables where do I start? Aftermarket power cords are a clever ploy to get the gullible to spend their shekels! I am speaking from longtime experience (40+ years!). It would be nice to live in a world where changing a piece of wire brought an improvement in sound quality! ... | |
| Looking for a Thin Lightweight PowerCord for Digital Aftermarket power cords are a clever marketing ploy to get the gullible to spend their shekels! Speaking from long experience (40+ years!). | |
| NYAL Moscode 600 tube rolling There are NO more REAL Mullards and Telefunken's being made today! These are all East European inferior copies. Hunt down and buy the ORIGINALS - even used (as long as cathode emissions test GOOD)! | |
| NYAL Moscode 600 tube rolling I own a Moscode 150. Mine uses just four tubes (dual-triodes) in the front end. I will only use pre-1970 tubes (US, UK, Holland, Germany, Japan). Used ones are fine as long as they test GOOD for emissions. Avoid present-day Russian and Chinese (qu... | |
| Recommend some Jazz to me Checkout anything by Lester Young (the Prez) done in the Fifties! | |
| Recommend some Jazz to me Weather Report: S/T, I Sing The Body Electric, Sweet Nighter, Mr.Gone ... Joe Zawinul and Co. at their creative best post-Miles! | |
| Recommend some Jazz to me Checkout any of the recordings of Eric Dolphy - bass clarinet - Outward Bound! | |
| Recommend some Jazz to me Check out any of the recordings made by Tony Williams and Lifetime! | |
| Recommend some Jazz to me Essential Miles Davis: In A Silent Way and Bitches Brew! These two recordings had Miles going electric and breaking out of that tired old (by then) conservative trope of the previous 10 years (1958 -68). He was tired of his declining record sales ... | |
| Looking for not too expensive Turntable I can recommend any of the vintage Empire TT's. Belt drive and a high torque motor. I own three - with a fourth on the way! | |
| iFi AC iPurifier Ac purifiers are just another marketing ploy to get the gullible to spend their shekels! | |
| Shopping at Goodwill anyone? mapman: I bought a pair of Heresy's at my local CT GW for $25! Over the years I found many hi-fi bargains at that store! One time I arrived just a few minutes too late and missed buying a pair of JBL 77's! A particularly good score was a pair of J... | |
| Anybody watch the Grammys tonight? Bring back the SEX PISTOLS!!! | |
| Integrateds: Why do they all SUCK? How about my restored Scott 233 and LK72? Vintage tube sound at its best! Also my Proton 520 SS can kick serious b*tt! | |
| Epos Too many monkey-coffin boxes that look and sound alike! Remember Tangent? Good sounding British speakers that failed in the marketplace! I owned a pair of RS2's (KEF B220 and T27 in a sealed box). Kept them for two years and stupidly sold them whe... |