stereo5
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| Where do you buy your CDs these days? I buy my CD’s from Music Direct and Amazon if MD doesn’t have it. | |
| Vintage ARxb turntable. Refurb or replace That turntable is pretty long in the tooth. If it were I, I would look into something new, like the new Technics SL1500 turntable for $1199.00. I would think a cartridge in the $300-400 price range would match nicely. There are also many used t... | |
| Anyone Hear the New JBL L100 Speakers? Music Direct had a demo pair of the L100 Classic speakers with blue grill for $2500.00. I wanted to pull the trigger so badly but I have my daughters wedding to pay for in November so I have passed on them, for now. I think it would be fun to put ... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Cowboy Junkies, “The Trinity Sessions” CDRoger Waters, “Amused To Death” SACDDavid Gilmour, “Rattle That Lock” CD | |
| How deadly is transformer hummm... I had a humming sound in my system I couldn’t pinpoint. Turned out my wife was humming along with the music. 😂😂 | |
| ISO McIntosh Integrated Demo Unit @audiotroy ,Why the shouting And why are you bashing McIntosh? A good Audio Dealer would never bash another manufacturers product. For this reason, you are off my list of Audio Dealers for my next big purchase coming up very soon. You should be... | |
| What has been your costliest mistake in this hobby? @drkingfish,What, in Gods name is your problem? You spewed quite a bit of BS in your post. Get up on the wrong side of the bed or are you always this way? You seem very angry, perhaps some Anger Management Classes are in order? I don’t think... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? @glupson,yup, that’s the one. I bought it in November 1993 for $50.00 Glad I bought it then. | |
| IsoAcoustics Gaia 1 I have the GAIA II under my GE Triton Reference speakers and they made a very worthwhile improvement. They got rid of a slight boom in the bass and tightened up the sound all the way around. As an experiment, two months after I installed them on... | |
| What is the Best power cable for the Soulutions 540 CD player I believe Solution has their own brand of high end cables and power cords. | |
| Thoughts on DAT tape? Any users? I had a Sony DTC75ES I bought in 1990. I found some of the DAT tapes I recorded had dropouts 5 years later. A few years ago, I offered the Sony deck to my brother who is in a jazz band. He wasn’t interested and my thinking of it being a dead for... | |
| Focal 1028BE2's or Tekton Moab Towers @glupson, I never said I had a hard time contacting them, I said I had to ask 3 times on 3 separate calls to secure my refund. By the time I got the refund, Tekton had already received my speakers back 2 weeks prior. One should not have to beg for... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? I did a comparison between Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were here on the Sony Legacy Cd with SBM (super bullshit marketing) and the stereo layer of Acoustic Sounds “Wish You Were Here” SACD. I paid $50.00 for the Sony Legacy CD from Tower Records in Bos... | |
| What has been your costliest mistake in this hobby? I purchased a pair of Von Schweikert VR33 speakers used for the retail price of new because there was a 6-9 month build time and I had to have them. After I received them I realized they sounded terrible in my room. I tried all the usual fixes lik... | |
| Built a DIY butcher block and iron pipe rack over the weekend Beautiful job. I wish I was talented enough to make. |