superhonestben
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| Brag About Your Vinyl Collection Every original Beatles lps in mono and stereo all near mint, including sealed Yellow Submarine Original Stones lps in mono Beatles introducing, the 25 "ad back" on Vee jay NM Mint peeled Butcher cover Alot of one hit wonders from the 60s on l... | |
| McIntosh dealer discount ? You don't ask....you dont gets....as the saying goes. My take is dont talk price with a dealer unless you are ready to buy. | |
| What is meant exactly by the description 'more musical'? As a drummer and one who has played gigs with people who have been on gold and platinum Lps and even a gig with a 9 time grammy nominee who turned to me after the 4th song and said "you guys can really play " Here is my take on what is "Musical" ... | |
| Review: Pure Fidelity Harmony Turntable I have had the Harmony (quilted maple) for about 6 months and it is terrific, have the OL Illustrious arm and dynavector cart. into an Icon audio ps3mk2 phono stage. Punchy, full, open and musically engaging.....just like real music, all with reg... | |
| What's all the fuss about late 70s and earl 80s run of the mill midfi turntables? I know its bizarre I saw a Philips 212 (I had one too) for sale for 550.00 I am glad I kept all of my records, originals from 60s, funky remixes from the 80s and so forth, records everywhere in my house...I am okydoky With it. Cant believe the ... | |
| What is your experience with the Spin Clean? To the OP, yes I used the Spin Clean by itself, it did well, to me it just takes it up a notch adding the Record Doctor, but by itself it was impressive, especially for the money.....like I said the water got pretty dark, so it was doing what it w... | |
| What is your experience with the Spin Clean? I made the mistake of leaving about 400 records in my basement...for yrs, they were in boxes and I had to peel the lps from the covers, thought they were gonners most were covered in...yuk...great test for my set up...I took 10 bad ones and clean... | |
| McIntosh Power Amp: MC 402 or MC 152 I find it interesting how some give blanket/blind recommendations without any knowledge of the system. I sold hi end audio for many yrs and have heard more gear in my house than most...by a country mile. I can tell you expensive equipment matched ... | |
| McIntosh MT5 vs Rega 8 or 10 I have owned both the Rega P8 and P10 at the same time, both are fine tables and well built and engineered, of the 2 I kept the P8 and upgraded from the P10 to Pure Fidelity Harmony and origin live arm/dynavector cart, and in fairness to the p10 i... | |
| McIntosh Power Amp: MC 402 or MC 152 I would say...not so fast I have had a fair amount of Mac in my day, had a 252, had the 501s in my house, plus more, currently have a c48 and the 152, also have the ma 252 int amp. It depends on alot of variables, like what else do you have...sou... | |
| Paypal Changes for 2022 I just got my 1099 from paypal, sold 6200 worth of audio gear in 2021 FINE BY ME, IRS says I am a business, GREAT, now I get to deduct the loss miles driven to the hi end audio store where I look for gear, a home office etc I will make sure my ... | |
| Help me build a $2,500 system "Speakers have the greatest impact on sound" from a previous post.Sorry have to disagree with this. I sold hi end audio for 15 yrs. and we used to do demonstration after demonstration on how source, then electronics could and did make a huge diff... | |
| Which stereo amp to try under $30k I will throw my .02 here. I sold Hi end audio for about 15 yrs, swimming in this dollar pond for an amp, there is only one thing to do. One MUST hear the prospective amp in their house, in their system.Going to a shop to "hear an amp" that has 20+... | |
| Integrateds: Why do they all SUCK? I have mostly separates but do have a system with the Naim Supernait.The original, DAC is quite good, have the outboard phono stage also quite good. A terrific buy used. | |
| Tube amp on/off: best practice? I agree with the above about not leaving the room when tubes are on, they most certainly don't always go quitely. |