rshak
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| are we also coffee connoisseurs? Or wine enthusiasts? As for wine - - I prefer reds and generally buy whatever's good and cheap at Costco. This evening I'll have a bit of Monte Oton 2018 - a very nice Spanish garnacha. Hard to go wrong at $6.89/bottle. | |
| are we also coffee connoisseurs? Or wine enthusiasts? I buy whole roasted beans from Peets and grind them in a Baratza Vario. Then brew in a KitchenAide pour over brewer. Very fine results. | |
| Why is Audiogon checking my browser? gdnrbob - - Just curious what browser you're using. I use Safari, and there are a couple of sites I regularly visit where the dreaded capcha demon plagues me - - until I change the browser to Firefox. Then, no more capcha crap. Just a thought. | |
| Record Seam Splits Thanks for the sleevecity tip, slaw. Didn't know about that one. | |
| Best Sound Track Ever Vote for One Victory at Sea - Richard Rodgers and Robert Russell Bennett - NBC Symphony Orch. | |
| New mat for Rega P6? I've got Herbie's mats on my two P-9s. Very pleased with them - - and the absence of static. | |
| Favorite D2D LPs Forgot to mention that *Big Band Spectacular!* is on the Chasing the Dragon label - comes with 2 records - one cut D2D and the other (same session) mixedown to 1/2" tape @ 30 its - - plus a (very short) "behind the scenes" dvd. Kind of pricey, bu... | |
| Favorite D2D LPs Two of my favorites: *The Glenn Miller Orchestra* - 1977 release by The Great American Gramophone Company) *Big Band Spectacular!* featuring the Syd Lawrence Orchestra (circa 2018) There are others, but these get played several times per year. | |
| Anyone have experience with the Tung Sol 7581a vs. EL34, KT66, KT88, 6L6 Well, I guess one could say I'm sold on the Tung-Sol 7581A. Bought a matched quad from Tube Depot, which arrived today in good order. All in, the cost was $210.71. Together with the low mileage set bought in 2017 and re-installed a few weeks a... | |
| Anyone have experience with the Tung Sol 7581a vs. EL34, KT66, KT88, 6L6 no romance - when I first tried the 7581As I thought they were good - but perhaps a bit "dry" and not as warm as the KT88s. Mind you, I last used the 7581As some years ago. They now sound quite fine - generally well rounded and "warm" . I menti... | |
| Anyone have experience with the Tung Sol 7581a vs. EL34, KT66, KT88, 6L6 I bought a quad of the Tung-Sol 7581A's in 2017 when this thread started. I used them for about a month in my PrimaLuna integrated and thought they were good, but went back to Gold Lion KT-88s, which I had been running since since PL amp was new... | |
| What is the Bu-ray plauyer that you are using? Oppo 103 (from 2010). Great little unit - - I only use it for watching Blu-Ray and dvd's. | |
| How many systems do you have? I have two - but it seems that the "secondary" system has become "primary" - - and has been for some years now. | |
| 8-Tracks and Open-Reels: Who’s Got ‘Em and Whatcha Got? About 20 years ago I picked up a nice Akai 4000ds Mk II. Had a capable tech go over it, and he pronounced it to be a top working condition. I've got +/- 100 prerecorded 4-track tapes, and I play a few of them from time to time - - in general, e... | |
| Has anyone ever used a company called vacuum tube values to purchase vacuum tubes? I've made several purchases from an Ohio-based eBay seller, wpc1896 - - mostly a couple quads of Gold Lion KT88's, but also some smaller signal tubes. I've been happy with each purchase.Here's a link to his current listing of a quad of KT77's:http... |