samujohn
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| I Was at a Funeral of An Audiophile... My wife's grandfather was buried by his friends in an old churchyard near his home. They dug his grave with ordinary garden shovels, They performed a simple singing service, ate lunch on the ground picnic style, with the extended family in the gra... | |
| I Was at a Funeral of An Audiophile... Play your records, leave your tubes on, share your passion with friends. Give or sell excess equipment to the young, but interested, cheap! As a lawyer I can tell you that your precious stuff is just somebody else's garage sale! | |
| Similar sound to CEC maybe Vecteur or..? I had a 51Z for years and replaced it with the much older TL-2X transport.It it much, much, better in every way but one. It will only play commercial production CD's, no copies. | |
| A tale of WAF As young marrieds our fist apartment was tiny. We dreamed of renting the adjacent unit and simply knocking out the kitchen wall. A bigger kitchen and a mirror image unit would allow each of us our own living spaces, closets etc. and it would be ex... | |
| ? Tube Replacement Question ? I recently owned the power amp, VS55 that matches your preamp. When I bought it I emailed Jim McShane and was very pleased with his prompt reply and his knowledge. I took him up on one of his suggestions and was very pleased with the results. My t... | |
| ? Tube Replacement Question ? Some years back a friend who was not a "tinkerer" bought a used Hybrid ARC line preamp. Not being sure how old "the" tubes was he contacted ARC and purchased the correct replacement from them directly. It took me some weeks to convince him to let ... | |
| ? Tube Replacement Question ? Never base tube purchases on the name brand of the manufacturer. Only an expert reseller can tell who actually made a tube, or its condition.Fraud and misunderstandings abound in the NOS business, not to mentionthe buying and selling of brand name... | |
| ? Tube Replacement Question ? Ram TubesJim McShaneAntique Electronic supply | |
| ? Tube Replacement Question ? http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=43982.0It's not easy getting a quiet reliable tube. | |
| ? Tube Replacement Question ? I always buy a new tube set when I get a new piece of equipment. Worst case, (outside of spending extra money) is I then have a spare set which is very useful, especially in diagnosing quickly if I have a tube problem or something else has gone wr... | |
| Oh how I wish Class D amps ... The single characteristic that most impresses me about my digital amplifier (Tact) is the absence of noise-white, pink, or mechanical-it is simply absent. The result is that one can hear much more low level detail and much less compression than wi... | |
| Why the obsession with the lowest octave A friend plays the pipe organ, I often attend his practice sessions. No reproduction even come close to the power of such an instrument, however-the organ produces enormous amounts of noise. There is the air rushing through the pipes, the sounds o... | |
| Why the obsession with the lowest octave Well, in defense of my sex I can say that women only like that "sissy" musicthat has "no balls". If we are done now with stereotyping, perhaps we can return to discussing stereo equipment. | |
| Solid State to Tubes and Back Again Classic tube designs are seductive. They beautiful, but not truthful- alas!Modern tube designs are more truthful, but resemble their cousins moreand their ancestors less. | |
| Best sounding PC for adudio may vary The best thing that has happened to my system lately was the death of my cheap audio computer's mother board. $75 later I had the same CPU and software, but a much improved sound (via USB to DAC). In addition, it runs so much cooler that the fans,... |