sc53
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| SACD - Just Starting Out Well, try some of the later albums because I bought two of my favorite old Stones albums (December's Children and the More Hot Rocks double CD) and the sound is still as bad as the original CDs sound, in my opinion! Those early albums just were no... | |
| Replacing cable from tonearm to phono stage I had my Linn dealer replace the stock Linn tonearm/preamp cable for me with a Cardas balanced cable that Ayre sold for use with the phono stage of its K3 preamp. After a lot of struggle, he got that Cardas cable properly mounted and threaded thro... | |
| Linn or VPI I liked my old LP-12 so much that I got another one for my living room system. Now I have two. I don't know how the tables are "tweaky;" I've never tweaked or touched mine at all. I'm probably just naive, but what am I supposed to be watching for ... | |
| What's the funniest or dumbest thing you did? I will report only the most recent idiotic thing: I listened to my Genesis 500's, which have their own bass amps driving the 3 woofers per speaker, for 3 weeks with the bass amps turned off. That's right, there was NO bass information coming from ... | |
| Barber in concert ... well worth the outing I agree w/you, she is wonderfully gifted and creative. I have seen her twice here in the DC area, most recently in May at the Women in Jazz Festival at the Kennedy Center. She plays barefoot, flutters her hands, and squints her eyes a lot. Fascina... | |
| How do YOU justify this hobby? I think very few of us who have invested tens of thousands of dollars in our equipment and music recordings have actually gone out and written a check (or presented plastic) for $50,000 in one fell swoop. That would be amazing and I wouldn't know ... | |
| What speakers for Art Audio Jota? Why not get the Genesis 500's? Those are my speakers and I love them. They don't need much power because of their own built in woofer amps. they are now available for under $4000 on this site! I wish I could afford another pair, they are superb sp... | |
| What is the most decadent, most self indulgent-- An entire second system that was supposed to be just for living room casual listening but ended up being major league (with Electrocompaniet CD player, Linn LP 12 w/Lingo and Linto and vandenHul MC-1 Special, Magnum dynalab 102 tuner, and Nak CR-7... | |
| Good Audio System for Living Room Here's what I use in my living room: ARC CA-50 tube integrated (about 45-50 watts; $1600 used), ProAc Response 1SC monitors on Sound Anchor stands (very narrow profile, placement not a problem for me at least in my room; $1350 used plus $400 for n... | |
| Turntable/arm short list suggestions, please. Like the above poster, I would recommend a used Linn LP-12 w/Akito arm at that price point. Make sure you also have the Cirkus upgrade. You could probably also get the TT w/Lingo outboard motor instead of the Valhalla for your listed max price. Th... | |
| Weirdest Question asked when selling gear? IF the questions and concerns are too weird, aka too anal, DO NOT SELL. A more normal and reasonable buyer will appear, never fear. The only bad experience I've had on all of Audiogon was with an anal type whose signs and symptoms I should have re... | |
| Has anyone had trouble with stereophile magazine? I have received all my issues pretty much on time since I first subscribed in 1986. I have tossed the back issues but have some of 1999, and I think all of 2000 and 2001 and this year too saved, so if anyone who missed an issue emails me I would b... | |
| do you need to tweak a tape deck??? Yeah, Bluenose, the CR-7 is a superb tape deck. Tape playback is almost identical to CD, but not to LP. For your car, you cannot tell the diff between tapes and CDs. I also own the Nak Dragon and the CR-7 is just as good for a lot less money (at l... | |
| Personal speaker evolution You know what's great about this thread is it reveals the approx age of the posters based on what their first few speakers were! I'm glad to see we do have some younger members of this insane club, but the majority seem to be, like me, Boomers, ie... | |
| Personal speaker evolution Paul Woodward: I USED but NEVER BOUGHT Bose! I was too poor during law school to have anything so had to accept the 301s as loaners for the 3 yrs I cracked the big books. I have to confess, though: I thought they sounded FINE! I had a big beer keg... |