stevecham
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| Top 3 from: Allman Bros, Tull, Kansas & Feat Allmans - Eat A Peach and FillmoreKansas - Song For America and DebutTull - Thick As A Brick, Passion Play and MinstrelFeat - Waiting For Columbus and Hoy Hoy | |
| Vandersteen 2ce questions I had the 2Ce Sigs with stands, purchased new from the local dealer in town, for about two years and I could never get them to recreate anything approaching a true 30 Hz tone, no matter what high power integrated amp (Musical Fidelity 5 integrated... | |
| Your thoughts please After years of believing that (and implementing) spades and bananas were needed, I have gone back to bare wire with a little ProGold on the ends and feel this is the best method sonically. | |
| I would advise to avoid amazon for vinyl purchases I also have had good luck so far (tapping head to knock on wood) with used vinyl though Amazon resellers, inclusing some stellar first pressing Steely dan recordings.Also, Discogs is another source I use frequently. | |
| Where exactly do I add oil to VPI classic motor I use a wooden toothpick onto which I have placed a small bead of oil at the end and just work this into the side of the spindle at the interface at the top of the bearing while the motor is turning. You can see the oil work its way into the beari... | |
| Upgrades to Analog System I have a Rhea V1 too and I recently purchased a Manley Chinook for an all tube second system. This is a superior phono stage and I am tempted to sell my Rhea and get a second Chinook for my solid state system. It is that good so you might save som... | |
| Supertramp "Crisis, What Crisis?," their follow up to Crime, is one of my favorites. It is often difficult to write the next album after the big one that put the band on the map, but with this one I think they succeeded. "A Soap box Opera" is amazing in its ... | |
| Vote for best US made solid state amp It's the one I own: Krell 400cx. This amp has worked flawlessly for ten plus years. | |
| Solid State for Rock and Tubes for Jazz, Yes or No One good system of either type, or a mix, can do it ALL. | |
| Delos Loading I too am in the same process, just waiting for a new table to arrive to install it. Given that 100 Ohms has worked optimally for my Argo i and Helikon carts, I plan to use the same 100 Ohm setting. 120 Ohms should work. The fiddles can stay on the... | |
| Cartridge Break-In I have the Cardas record and have used the concentric grooves on new MC cartridges from time to time, but I still don't understand this idea of having to get to the finish line right away. Maybe I've just been lucky with the brands I've purchased ... | |
| Favorite Genesis Tracks? Trick and Wind are great albums and were the two recordings that were the "least" afffected by Gabriel's departure. For me though it is the Gabriel era Genesis that I like the most. Selling and the The Lamb are my favorites with Foxtrot next. Gott... | |
| Life of a PS Audio PowerPlant?? Yes it does and, as I said, I changed it out for a much quieter version per Paul's suggestion. | |
| Information on setting cartridge loading I load both my Lyras at 100 Ohms; tried it once at 75 Ohms with the Rhea and this was not good. | |
| Life of a PS Audio PowerPlant?? I have two Premiers that have worked flawlessly from day one and they get a lot of work time. I also have a P300 with multiwave 1 that I bought new in 2000 that has not been used since I bought the Premiers a few years ago but also works without i... |