swampwalker
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| First Tube Amp @recluse- Not sure why you need to shy away from the used market based on local availability. This site’s classified ads are a global market for high end, mostly very gently used goods. If you stick with long time members with lots of positive fee... | |
| Tandberg Unit needing some love You could also try Electronic Service Labs in Wethersfield CT. | |
| FM Antennas For Old School Tuner? Any attic or roof mounted antenna will be dramatically better than the best indoor. If you have to stay indoors, the ST-2 is a good bet. It can also be used outdoors. | |
| First Tube Amp Welcome to the wonderful world of vacuum tube audio. A word of caution on SETs. In your OP, you talked about classical, which can have a very wide dynamic range. Although your speakers are quite high efficiency, these peaks can require lots and... | |
| I have the speakers I grew up with in the 50's 60's. Jane- The problem you are having is likely a result of some semantic challenges. The James Lansing 375 is a "driver" or individual speaker that covers a portion of the entire sound range. It was used in professional theater type and PA type syst... | |
| John Prine IMO since his throat cancer, and recovery, the sense of sheer joy he exhibits at being able to still perform just takes the show to a totally new level. His voice has suffered significantly - but if was never that *pure* of a voice to begin wit... | |
| What Do You Think Of This? +1 simao. However, he probably has you over a barrel having used paypal. As far as I can tell, paypal usually sides with the buyer in these types of disputes. One option would be to suggest that you two file an Audiogon dispute, which is more l... | |
| Digital streaming/library I don't know about deezer, but you cannot download tunes from Tidal. They stay on their servers, you pay a monthly fee, and they stream them to you on demand. With the correct version of Tidal, you will get 16/44.1 aka CD quality data stream and... | |
| Vandersteen 2CE Signature II: Is it worth the price of $2700? Why are so many for sale? +1 tubegroover and gdnrbob. 2ci's were MY first entry into "high end". If you want sizzle, maybe not your cup of tea. If you want steak, OTOH, give them a listen. | |
| Cartridge alignment question/problem I think what you are hearing is "print through" from the master tape. According to Wikipedia " Print-through is a category of noise caused by contact transfer of signal patterns from one layer of tape to another." (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... | |
| TT Stops @ 1/3 Points on Records I just had the same experience with my Teres. Any hints greatly appreciated. I sent an email to Chris at the Teres audio address; not sure if it's still active but if I hear back, I'll post. | |
| John Prine One of my all-time favorites. Paradise is on the best songs ever written; totally evocative of a young boy's childhood in the country, combined with a strong environmental message. I finally had the privilege of seeing him last September. Even ... | |
| Pick A Tube Phono Preamp, but not just any Tube Phono Preamp What is terrible is that I still can't find a definitive answer or a chart to how much gain is really needed with any given cartridge mV output. Check out the KAB gain calculator https://www.kabusa.com/pregain.htm | |
| Tube life 2500 hours is not an excessive amount for the small signal tubes in most pre-amps (there are exceptions) but it's getting up there for power tubes. At that point, not a bad idea to buy a set, if you can't find someone to test them. If there is ... | |
| Newbie with some turntable, cable, pre-amp, and speaker questions. How do you currently listen to vinyl? Unless the TT you have has a built-in phono pre-amp aka phono stage, you will need a separate one to plug in to any of the line level RCA inputs on your AVR. Looking under pre-amplifiers>phono on this sit... |