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| Opinions on these amps? I've heard pretty great sounds on the Gallos driven by the Pass First Watt F5, only 25 watts, I believe! All watts are not created equal. Good luck,Spencer | |
| Grover Huffhman Sx I am using Grover "S" interconnects, and his latest speaker cables, mine in a tri-wire configuration. After having tried many more expensive cables w/variety of gear, I also continuously impressed with Grover Huffman's products and his service. He... | |
| Best Amp to drive my Apogee Stages? Pass Labs is a great choice, but not in your budget. A old Threshold would be perfect. Something that might not be a conventional recommendation, but was surprising good for the money is the Sunfire amps. They are powerful and high current. At use... | |
| Top 2009 recordings Neko Case - Middle Cyclone, preferably on Vinyl, second on Wilco - The albumCheers,Spencer | |
| For Basis TT owners does the VPI SDS work? Samhar,Your comments about the improvement in sound due to adding the Walker Motor controller echo what I've heard on a number of VPI tables. No, it's not a placebo effect! Cheers,Spencer | |
| "Tell the industry what you want" postingboard Newly manufactured tubes with the sonics of the best NOS combined with quality assurance testing and consistency, as well as cost efficiency(i.e. value pricing) of the best modern manufacturing. Drubin's suggestions on better input labeling and sp... | |
| VPI Classic and ZYX Airy 3 X SB...good match? I am very happy w/my 3XSB on a 12.7 arm & TNT6HR. The SB is required! The other cart line that should be on your list is Dynavector. Very good matches across the board w/the JMW arms. Cheers,Spencer | |
| Decent sounding Pretenders album? Although a little different from most of their catalog, the CD Isle of View is an "unplugged" type live performance that is pretty decent sounding. Some of the arrangements feature strings and decidedly mellower than avg. album of theirs, but a ni... | |
| retubing and would like to hear input from others In many circuits, the 5AR4 doesn't have any impact or just very small impact on the sound. Try before you spend big $ on rectifier tubes, if possible. 2nd re: Joe's tube lore. Also another thread this week talked extensively about 6922s. Cheers,Sp... | |
| Tube rolling 6922 tubes looking for transparency Much good advice on Amperex and Telefunken. One great value, the Toyota/Honda analogy fits, is the Tunsgram from Hungary. These are quiet, pretty neutral, with good extension in the highs -- not too bright, but plenty of air. Bass is not as strong... | |
| How to convert VPI turntable to banlanced? Agreed, you don't need anything else if you get the VPI box. It was easy to install, and sounds great. FYI, if you are interested in buying one, I have one that I've been intending to sell, but haven't taken the time to list yet. I switched to a s... | |
| Analog maintenance Flyfish,I used to have a dusty room, and I solved it by getting a Honeywell air cleaner, which I run whenever no one is in the listening room. Like this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000GT9RJK/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_2?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd... | |
| best vocal harmonies in rock CSN&Y, Yes, Byrds; my underrated fav: The Jayhawks. Cheers,Spencer | |
| Ripping to Mac OSX AIFF with error correction via itunes gets the job done easily and doesn't lose metadata(art, etc.). Apple lossless will use less space, but AIFF doesn't lose anything. Stick with AIFF. Cheers,Spencer | |
| Analog maintenance Good suggestion to go right from your record cleaning machine into a new rice paper sleeve.I think you should seriously consider using Magic Eraser to clean your stylus instead of the gel goop. There are many reasons why. 1)dirt gets transferred t... |