roberjerman
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| Good Sounding Vintage SS Receiver or Amps My first receiver was Marantz 2270 bought new from Rabson's on 57 St, NYC. This was 1976 and the price was $280 + tax! Excellent sound, kept it for a year and sold it when I bought separates - AGI 511 preamp and GAS Son of Ampzilla! Ah, the good o... | |
| Looking for not too expensive Turntable How about a RekoKut idler-wheel drive? I have one in my collection and it does sound excellent with a good tonearm! | |
| Allow myself to introduce...myself Welcome to this interesting and informative site! Regarding upgrades I recommend replacing the Adire's with a used pair of DCM Time Windows. They offer a significant improvement over your present speakers and can be bought cheaply! I paid $219 + s... | |
| Biamping with very different amps Thank you George! You are correct in this matter! | |
| You got to see this!!! Some rich China man will scoop it all up! | |
| Looking for vintage Quad ESL's - or my wife thinks a "shrink" becase she says I'm crazy! An amp greater than 30 watts can be used with the 57's as long as you are careful with the volume control and loudness level! Otherwise stick to a 303 or a Bedini 25/25 (both of which I own). For tubes a Dynaco ST70 (easily nodded!) is a great ... | |
| Looking for vintage Quad ESL's - or my wife thinks a "shrink" becase she says I'm crazy! I recommend the Oppo 105 as a digital player for all formats (that sounds excellent). | |
| Looking for vintage Quad ESL's - or my wife thinks a "shrink" becase she says I'm crazy! OTL means "output transformer less" - NO output transformer for the tubes! These are the rarest and most problematic of tube amps! Atmasphere (Ralph Karsten) makes some excellent ones! They can drive Quads quite well! I myself still own a pa... | |
| Tube match problems Contact VTL tell them the model no. of your amp. Ask how to check and adjust the output tubes' bias (milliamps). You will only need a multimeter and a screwdriver to do this. Be sure to have a load (speakers) connected when doing this! Otherwise d... | |
| Biamping with very different amps You really need an active crossover to split the signal into high and low pass outputs to drive the bass and mid/high amps! An active crossover will allow you to set the roll-off slopes (not doeable with passive) and levels for the best sound! Bee... | |
| Replacing my Sonic Frontier Power 3's +1 for a CJ tube amp! | |
| Replace my DAC or not? Today's profusion of DAC's at all price points is just marketing ploys to sell something "new" and get the gullible to spend their shekels! Use and enjoy what you have in the Delius - an excellent DAC! | |
| Replace my DAC or not? Nothing wrong with the dCS Delius! An excellent DAC then and still excellent now! Stop worrying about the "sound" and get a good transport. Start enjoying listening to music again! | |
| Looking for vintage Quad ESL's - or my wife thinks a "shrink" becase she says I'm crazy! A really good buy on that Quad gear, Mark! | |
| Anybody watch the Grammys tonight? Bruno Mars "Alblum of the Year" "Song of the Year" ! Who is he??? Are we near the end of Civilization!!! Maybe I'm too old for this cr*p! |