t_bone
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| A spousal revelation ... and a tall order. Help I have recently purchased a pair of Altec Model 19s (made in 1978). I am surprised by the sophistication of the crossover. The speakers sound great too. They are a bit thin in the high frequencies, but I am trying to figure out a way to correct fo... | |
| Telephones for Audiophiles? I don't know if you use 2G or 3G. I find 3G to be fine (as long as the person on the other end of the phone is also 3G). I was similarly unhappy with cell phones when I had a 2G. I now use a 'smartphone' by HTC which allows me to deal with multipl... | |
| Uesugi UTY-7 phono stage Lewm, the one in Shibuya is less than a 5-min walk from home - pure torture sometimes. If you are willing to sift through the cheap bins, there is the occasional gem. Otherwise, there is lots of good stuff there at "regular" prices. If you are loo... | |
| Uesugi UTY-7 phono stage I think recofan is a terrible place and you should never ever go back there (because you might buy the stuff I want to buy). Recofan is just down the street from me and that makes it downright dangerous, and I go there as often as I go to all the ... | |
| Voltage differences Europe vs Japan Gsm, It would be my pleasure and privilege.Regarding your ground, there are a couple of products which are sold which provide a ground. The best-known version is the Acoustic Revive RGC-24, and I believe Acoustic Revive made one other, which can b... | |
| Uesugi UTY-7 phono stage Hmmm... I looked on Audiounion after i wrote that (because they occasionally have Uesugi stuff, and they are one of the only places to have Linear Technology stuff) and I did not notice it. I guess that means you live in Tokyo too though... Pity t... | |
| Uesugi UTY-7 phono stage Perhaps this will be of limited usefulness but, I believe....It was sold in a limited edition in the early 90s (replaced by the Bros-20 (a single chassis phono pre) in the mid-90s). It had an MSRP of JPY 350,000, which would have been about $2800-... | |
| Voltage differences Europe vs Japan GSM,Based on your post, I assume you are moving (or contemplating a move to Tokyo (if so, welcome to Tokyo) rather than the west of Japan. In that case, the frequency is 50Hz, same as France. These guys have a product which is supposed to be a sel... | |
| Best matching phono stage with Zyx Universe cartr. Having not tried the Alaap, I cannot say, but with the Artisan the Universe makes beautiful music. Occasionally the Artisan can be found used and at that price it is a bargain. Beware to those who only want to own equipment which weighs a short to... | |
| 2-way speaker with best bass Dunno if it is the absolute best bass, but I bought a pair of Model 19s recently, had to re-solder some of the wiring to the crossover, finally got that done today and WOW! "BIG" sound at a great price. I have not found something else I would pref... | |
| Can someone explain the differant CD formats? XRCD is a process (check xrcd.com though JVC USA sold its ops to a retailer 2yrs ago). It will be fine on any CDP.HDCD requires a decoder chip I believe (or software decoding within the playback software) to get to the HDCD dithering algo and filt... | |
| how much would you say a good set up cost Your question will elicit a wild array of responses as to what is necessary to spend to get "a good set up". Your comment about sitting down to figure out what is in your system and being shocked when you actually tally it up will resonate with a ... | |
| Single driver speakers - opinions Apologies Jeff and thanks for your answer, I had read on other threads that the Madison was based on the Sachiko, and I remember a post several months ago by yourself saying that your then newly formed company was building speaker cabinets from th... | |
| Single driver speakers - opinions Thanks Gents (Mariusz & Pauly),The last two octaves are important to me because I think they're important to the music. Mariusz, couldn't the spiral simply be a matter of switching the "hole" to the side (covering the front), and switching the... | |
| Single driver speakers - opinions Pauly, I am intrigued so am thinking of how to make some myself. I expect I could get some relief from the LHS of the graph through room/floor/ceiling reinforcement (and if one could spiral the top horn so it went out the side, I would could impro... |