swampwalker
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| Help picking first amp.... I'd consider staying w/ss, esp. if you are concerned about costs of re-tubing. Power tubes are much shorter lived than pre-amp tubes. You could try a Unico Unison integrated that has a tube pre side and an ss power side. New it would be well withi... | |
| Does Audible Illusions pair well with Moscode amp? Evelyn- can't comment on the M3A, but unless you really go for the lush, romantic sound, you might want to go with a ss pre for that amp. Also, you can do WAY better on speakers for the $ you are talking about | |
| Loreena McKennitt and Eva Cassidy RE: Eva Cassidy- I liked Time After Time next best to Live @ Blues Alley. Songbird is a compilation. The new one "Imagine" doesn't seem to have the emotion of the others. Also try Tracy Nelson or Rory Block for white girls singing the blues. | |
| speaker choice help below $800 There's actually a pair of Vandy 2ceSigs at your price for sale right now on this site. Hard to go wrong for that price. | |
| The best hybrid amp? Yeah- just checked a review and it calls it a "digital switching" amplifier which has some characteristics of Class D amps and some of Class B amps. That's where, IMO, the "hybrid" comes into their marketing. But its not the same as the "hybrid" t... | |
| The best hybrid amp? The PS Audio HCA-2 is called a "Hybrid Class A" by manufacturer, but I am pretty sure it is not "hybrid" in terms of a tube stage (usually input) and a ss output, like Counterpoint, NYAL Moscode, Llano Trinity and some others. I think it may be "h... | |
| Where do you go to get Double Boxing Services? Mailboxes has worked for me. Cost about $15.00 for box, foam, and labor, plus additional charges for extra weight. I've never used it, but I understand they have additional insurance. | |
| Buying speaker and amps from Canada to the US.Tax? AS with Sc53, I ignored the bill UPS sent me when I bought a used amp and speakers from Canada. Never heard from them again. | |
| Please explain Mulholland drive? Loved it. You gotta get the DVD and watch it twice. Once before and once after learning about the clues. And as for linearity, thats one term that has absolutely no application with respect to this flick. And I agree, Dune was "merde". | |
| 5 most recognizable voices in American music? Bob Dylan has gotta be on that list. And I wouldn't be surprised if coast to coast, Reba McIntire or Shania Twain were on that list. There's a whole lotta ground between east and west. | |
| Any Jerry Douglas fans? You betcha. Caught him on the Down to the Mtn tour, he's also featured on the new Live Alison Kraus/Union Station CD, in which she calls him the planet's greatest living musician. That man can make more music come of out one instrument in 3 minute... | |
| Yamaha T-80 tuner FM connector type? Yeah, I've got a T-85 and from your description, its the same deal. I bought an adaptor that is male F-threads on one end and a push on connector at the other. Can't remember whether I got it at RS, or went to my local electronics wholesaler/anten... | |
| What of your gross annual income is your system? About 20% in hardware for my main rig at new prices (EVERYTHING bought used, man am I cheap), 7% in my half-assed HT, about 5% in software (better go buy some more music, quick). | |
| Two 210 x 2 amps or One 500 x 2 amp..... I KNOW that two McCormack DNA 0.5s (100 wpc each) biamping my speakers (Vandy 3Asigs) sounds way better than 1 DNA-1 (185 wpc). You might try horizontal bi-amping if the issue is the demands of the subs. | |
| Cueing it up... LP Records are 12" in diameter, traveling at 33 1/3 rpm. Circumference is 12x3.14 or 37.68". Speed of outer edge of record is 33.33 x 37.68 = 1255.87"/min or 1.2 miles/hour. Somebody check my math, but I think your diamond stylus and boron cantile... |