rushton
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| Philadelphia, PA and surrounding area Lithojoe: I emailed you privately shortly after your post. For some reason my note to that effect was never posted here by the moderators.Dbld, there are approximately 50 active members in our local group currently and we're meeting pretty much ev... | |
| Home made cable lifters. Better to use paper cups than styrofoam. The paper is totally non-conducting (depending on whatever coating may be on it) whereas the styrofoam is a plastic so your reintroducing yet another dialectric in contact with your cables.. | |
| Inventory of vinyl - what software do you use? MS Access in use here. My collection is 80% classical and I wanted something I could set up as a relational database rather than a flat file given the multiple performances I wanted to track. If my collection were largely non-classical, then I wou... | |
| your favorite music Steve O: :^) Nice to see so much overlap in composers we enjoy! As to "all in one night," I often bounce quite a ways in a single evening. One of the joys of a large record collection for me is being able to go as the mood strikes from one recordi... | |
| High End Audio Rack I'll second the Walker Audio Prologue Rack, if you can convince Lloyd to build one for you. Works exceptionally well here. . | |
| your favorite music Hmmm, tonight it would be:ShostakovichMahlerSibeliusJanacekHaydnArnold. | |
| Living Stereo sound bad? Pawlowski6132, you might find interesting Arthur Salvatore's comments about the "Golden Age" era pressings of many records so highly touted by collectors. Arthur is a somewhat controversial figure, but I've found that I agree with most of what he ... | |
| Do audiophiles have a high divorce rate? Listener57: I loved your post! Made me laugh out load and had to share it with my spouse. Chiming in as another lucky audio nut who's been with the same listening partner for over 32 years. And she's going with me this afternoon to a friend's hous... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Pulled out to hear later today on a friend's recently updated system:Son House, Father of the Delta Blues, Pure Pleasure reissue of Columbia CS 9217 Mississippi John Hurt, Today!, Pure Pleasure reissue of Vanguard VSD 79220 (I've liked all the Pur... | |
| Amp recommendations for Maggie 3.6? Wolcott P220-M monoblocks (220w) have sounded really good on the Magnepan 3.6 speakers in Slipknot1's system. You should be able to buy a used pair at the top end of your budget. In Slipknot1's system, the Wolcotts replaced Aragon Palladiums for a... | |
| Best AMP for Avalon Eidolon, ARC, CAT, VAC..? Gregadd, the bass reproduction capabilities of the Atma-Sphere MA-1 and MA-2 amps is one of their remarkable features. With appropriate speakers, one has the best of solid state bass with the beauty of tubes through the midrange and top.. | |
| How to thwart cats An friend here uses two of the following devices very successfully to keep his two cats away from his stereo setup:Scat Automated Cat Deterrent. | |
| Handel's Messiah? I love the period instrument performances of this work and agree with the recommendations for McGegan, Pinnock and Christie, above.If you're looking for a non-period instrument performance, with full orchestra and chorus, then I highly recommend t... | |
| Atma-Sphere with which speaker cables? I switched to Omega Mikro Planar V active cables from the Alpha-Core AG-3 cables with my MA-2s and Eidolons. Huge improvement with the Omega Mikro, highly recommended.. | |
| Best AMP for Avalon Eidolon, ARC, CAT, VAC..? I use the Atma-Sphere MA-2 Mk.III OTL amps with my Eidolons and I love the combination. The MA-2 makes for an incredible match driving the Eidolons: superb speed and resolution; exceptional recreation of correct timbre and harmonic overtones; deep... |