schipo

Responses from schipo

Deciding on a phono preamp
you could look for in that price range an "Adcom" model 565 preamp.This is an excellent pre built with high quality parts and it's phono section is very quiet and quite the performer even compared to many very expensive units of the day. 
Which movie would you most like to see in HD
Plan 9 from outer space. 
How often do you folks vacuum clean your albums?
What I usually do is lay all my lps down on the rug. Then I take out the Kirby vacuum and give them a good dusting,this is done once every week. 
What If Wall Shelf Isn't Option For My Turntable?
Do you live close to an ikea, if yes your in luck. Buy an ikea "LACK" table they are light ridged little stands that cost next to nothing can support your TT and can also be treaded for spikes. I also here that Target and Walmart sell a table simi... 
pre-power for Theil CS 3.5
Acoustatthe mosfet amp is an excellent performer. I would leave this amp in the system and possible try an affordable tube pre such as a used Conrad Johnson or Audio Research or any of the Golden age of tube preamps of there day. Your amp is a kee... 
Cheapest Sweetest deal you've found
Sony c333es 65.00Kenwood 8300 tuner20.00Mitsubishi f-20 tuner25.00toshiba dvd3960 player 5.00 
Rewiring a Well Tempered tonearm- thoughts?
there are kits out there that rewire the tonearm by running the wires on the outside of the arm. I would think this is a good idea by bypassing the old wire and not upsetting the enternal damping of the arm. 
audio research sells out good or bad ?
Output555 is right on the money........cash infusion for R&D might give us better and most likely more affordable products in the future. 
Thiel 3.6, what will drive them best?
An Acoustat 200 mosfet amp now that might be the ticket, anyone think this could be a good gamble for price and power? 
Thiel 3.6, what will drive them best?
you could consider an Amber series70 amp there built well run cool and can be ran in mono.They go for about 175.00 to 190.00 and can be found either on this site or Ebay. Also a NY audiolab 300 hybrid is a good buy and might also do the trick. 
Best jazz or blues female vocalist ever
You could also look for Carmen Lundy and Carmen mcrae and have a listen. 
Thiel 3.6, what will drive them best?
Look for a used Classe DR-9 I can't think of a better amp built and sound wise and right in your budget. I would also think that a used pair of B&KM200 mono amps can be had for around 500.00 or less and are wonderful. 
Best jazz or blues female vocalist ever
Thats a hard one to answer because at any given time a female singer with any good material will move you. But if I had to I would say Ella,Vaughan,Bessie Smith and Kelly Smith,Holiday and Washington. There are more just to early in the morning. A... 
Is it the Windex?
I will agree the windex ain't good but it's better then a brillo pad. I would not avoid buying from him because of the use of windex. Just take home what ever you purchase and give it a run on the VPI. This should remove most if not all of the win... 
Has Anyone heard The Boulder 1021 CD player?
to spend this much on a cd player is just crazy in my mind...when one can buy for much less many competent and excellent universal players/cd players costing a tenth what this cost. This is just my take.I am sure many on Audiogon would disagree?