sunnyboy1956
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| Quad ESL owners question Mothra"Quads are a pain in the ass and have a very small sweetspot..."Have owned a pair of 2905s for two and a half years plus and its certainly news to me that the Quads have a small sweet spot!! On the contrary, the Quads, IMHO have one of the l... | |
| What's the Best LP You Bought in 2008 dittoShelby Lynne,Hugh Maskela and Jennifer Warnes...two of my best lps for 2008 - Muddy Waters "Folk Singer" and Buddy Guy, Junior Wells "Drinkin TNT and Smokin Dynamite". It also features Bill Wyman and real guitar magic.Cheers | |
| How Many Turntables Have You Owned 4 in 30 years:A Sony direct drive PS 515 in 1978(still working !).Project Debut bought in 2001.Clearaudio Emotion - 2002 ( the vinyl bug was starting to bite).Michell Gyro - 2007. In 16 months this has been upgraded from a Gyro SE all the way to a... | |
| the best CD player between 6'000 - 10'000 $ ? What dac/transport does MF use?Me Lord I rest my case ...lol | |
| Nagra VPS Hevac1Thanks. I barely have 30hrs on it but I have the feeling this is the last phono stage I am going to buy. Female voices and voices in general are superb. I was playing a 20yr+ Gordon Lightfoot lp a couple nights back and I don't remember the ... | |
| How to break in Shunyata Hydra 6 ? I used a fan for the Hydra 6 as also the V Ray that replaced it. A 100hrs is required. Simply play the music and Njoy. Its only going to get better...LoL | |
| whats better v ray or hydra 8 Sorry for the late response. Moved from a Hydra6 to a VRay some 6 months back. There is a difference but not as dramatic as the ads would have you believe. The V Ray is plugged into a Shunyata supplied wall wart with a Anaconda Helix cable. The sy... | |
| Nagra VPS RaulI think you hit the nail on the head when you say :"...you are happy with what you have..and that is what counts..."I am the newest member of the VPS tribe with my unit being barely a week old with somewhere around 25hrs on it.I have read MF's... | |
| Nagra VPS Hevac 1Not only are we the same age but we both have impeccable taste in audio...Lol. Tried the 470 ohm card (had actually asked for 500ohm ) but it sounded a wee bit closed. Actually I am a bit concerned that I should not rush to any conclusion a... | |
| Nagra VPS Hevac1 and JfrechA quick question : what cartridge loading are you using and with which cartridge? Am still experimenting, currently using a specially supplied 1k ohm card with a Lyra Skala. There is a difference with the 47k ohm card but hey its ... | |
| JA Michell Turntable - Need help Hi Erider,Have gone from a Gyro SE to a Gyrodec and now finally(?) to a Gyro Orbe. If you need any specific inputs I would be happy to help. Just drop a line if you find the online sources a tad difficult. From my experience while the Michell is a... | |
| Help all ye Triplanar Gurus Mark :thanks for a dispassionate and objective post and indeed taking the trouble of speaking up for me. I had made up my mind not to respond but on further reflection I find some of the innuendos and insinuations deeply offensive. For example to ... | |
| Nagra VPS Well my VPS arrived yesterday and it would be darn right stupid of me to attempt a review on 3hrs of listening but there is one observation I want to share. The tubes on my Conrad Johnson power amp are new with barely 8/10 hours of use. With my pr... | |
| Help all ye Triplanar Gurus I never questioned anyone's integrity !!If Tri has done as stated I offer my unconditional apologies and thanks. Just goes to show what a wonderful forum A'gon is with a truly great bunch of guys ( well most of them...!!).Cheers | |
| Need tube advice Further update: Tube Store has refunded $6 post purchase on account of a price reduction. Wow now that is outstanding customer service !! |