salectric

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Tonearm recommendation
Analog Instruments Siggwan is a 12" unipivot well-suited to your cartridges. 
Harbeth 40.1 - Need some tips on placement from current owners.
What output tubes are in your Von Gaylord amps?   
Great Flugelhorn Recordings
Lots of great recordings with Art Farmer on flugelhorn.  In fact, I would recommend any LP with Art Farmer. 
Harbeth 40.1 - Need some tips on placement from current owners.
Do you now have 40.1s Granny?  I have never heard them but I have been very impressed with the 30.1 and Super HFl5+ at the Capital AudioFest.  I still love my Spendor SP100s which are similar to the 40.1. 
New format, dislike.....
At first I was quite negative about the forum changes, but as time goes by the problems are being corrected and I am getting more comfortable with it.  I am perhaps most impressed by the quick responses to complaints and questions.  Somebody is ac... 
What vintage speaker might you use today
LarryI, as a matter of fact I have tried a Jensen RP-302 tweeter to fill in on the extreme treble; however, I was never satisfied with the blend with the 802/32A.  My crossover includes a small HF boost circuit that helps make the 802-8G closer to... 
What vintage speaker might you use today
LarryI, your speaker is hardly modest.  I am sure it sounds very nice by any standard.  My own vintage speakers are further down the scale.  As you may recall, I use a 15" Jensen P15LL woofer in a sealed cabinet similar to the Western Electric 753... 
What vintage speaker might you use today
Doug Schroeder needs to hear an "extreme" (his word) vintage speaker system.  If he does, I predict he will change his opinion that vintage is only suited for "lower end systems" (his words).  To be clear I am not talking about speakers you will f... 
12" Tonearms for TD-124
I used a Schick with my TD-124 using both a Denon 103R and Miyajima mono cartridge.  It works ok but I encountered some noise issues with the Schick/Thorens combination, pretty much the same thing Art Dudley described in his review of the Schick. ... 
I Dislike new format
Recent Activity no longer includes updates and comments on Virtual Systems.  This is a major problem as far as I am concerned. 
New Forum Format Sucks
Agreed!  Who in their right mind thought this was an improvement? 
Questions on KT150 tubes
What sonic differences do you hear in the KT-150s compared to the KT-120s? I have been running KT-120s in my Emotive Audio amps for a couple years but no tubes last for ever. When replacement time rolls around, I am wondering what to expect if I g... 
Cleaning records. How often really?
Another Almost Never. I have both a Loricraft and a Nitty Gritty, and it's probably been a year since I last used either one. I do clean LPs that are really dirty but for normal records including most Ebay and used record store purchases, I just f... 
What vintage speaker might you use today
All of the speakers I now own qualify as vintage. From oldest to newest these are:1. Custom 2-way using 15" Jensen woofer and Altec compression driver in an Altec/Western Electric 32A horn. The cabinet is modern and so are the crossover parts, but... 
Need Tube Preamp Warmth
The Emotive Audio Sira is a seriously good preamp, and the one listed on Audiogon has the V-Cap upgrade which puts it above any of the Siras described in the reviews.