stevecham
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| Audio Research VT-100MKIII Tube Store or Tube Depot; I have always had good luck with the many tubes I have purchased from either of these companies them over the years. | |
| Any experience with Thiel CS7.2 and PBN EPS2? Hey Brett,I had CS7s (long story as to why I stupidly traded them in for Dynaudios; big mistake) and now have a pair of CS6s and CS2.4s in separate systems. There is a big difference between the PBNs and Thiels, that being that Thiels, like Vander... | |
| Tube pre amp with phono stage and remote Check the conrad johnson section; these are among the finest sounding components available. | |
| Pet Sounds: Most Overrated Album of All Time? It took me many years before I began to "get" the Beach Boys and what Wilson contributed to pop music. One thing I will say for Brian and the Boys was that as a kid growing up in Marshfield, MA in the summer of 1965, hearing their music about Sout... | |
| Any opinions on the Lyra stylus cleaning fluid? I use the Lyra fluid occasionally on my Helikon and it works well. I use it very sparingly on the supplied brush and only let the bristles touch the stylus; not hard to do with a steady hand and 3.0 reading glasses. | |
| What to do with old inner sleevs after cleaning? What I meant was the plain white ones, they have no value and are best recycled. Those that have historical graphics, like the Atlantic and Atco ones from the 70s, are sometimes fun to see the other album covers for records released at that time. ... | |
| Beatles Without George Martin? I second Cyclonicman's assertion about Geoff Emerick; along with Eddie Kramer, those two are among the finest rock recording engineers/artists ever to have walked the planet.What I wouldn't give just to have a two hour lesson for miking, recording... | |
| Beatles Without George Martin? Well, what about George Martin without the Beatles?There are combinations of talent that existed in time and space and this team/group/ensemble was one of them.Even when I was kid and Beatles fan in the late 60s I knew the Martin name and equated ... | |
| What to do with old inner sleevs after cleaning? Recycle them | |
| Contacting Classic Records / themusic.com I stopped buying the Classic label simply because I have had one too many with defects.They need to get their QC department running. | |
| Name three of yours the most favourite drummers easy Jack DeJohnetteStewart CopelandJohn Bonham | |
| Do speaker cables really matter? For years I was skeptical but they indeed make a lasting and audible difference; as someone said above, unfortunately.I've found that, in comparison to Tara, Synergistic and van den Hul, Harmonic Technology ICs and speaker cables provide me with t... | |
| Record shows Tryhttp://www.goldminemag.com/article/Record_Show_Calendar_3/ | |
| What is the best band ever? Define best | |
| Weights on top of equipment to dampen vibration Rubber-coated three-pound handweights work very well! |