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| Help me mod my tube amp ’Takman carbon film resistors, this what newer Prima Luna uses." The OP’s amp has the same Takman resistors as the current spec lineup. Takman was speced in the original Dialogue series. | |
| Rick Derringer R.I.P "Ricky Don't Lose That Number" is about Derringer. Becker and Fagan went to meet him but couldn't convince him to team up with them at the time." lordmelton, I enjoys learning trivia facts about Steely Dan cuts. Not until now did I pull up the ... | |
| What say you: Is this fair, or AITA? Awedeeoogone ITA No further comment. Fear of getting blacklisted from free participation on forums | |
| Rick Derringer R.I.P "Ricky Don’t Lose That Number!" Thought that was Skunk Baxter? Derringer certainly was on the "most wanted" list in the studio. Rick on his Steely Dan connection. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=m_51Zc2cRmU | |
| Rick Derringer R.I.P Rick is now able to play with all his former bandmates like Johnny Winter and Randy Jo Hobbs. His R & R stories were epic. Jamming with Jimi, Duane Allman and countless other guitar greats. I didn't know Rick did a "Smooth Jazz" album. h... | |
| Flatscreen between speakers "I always have Plasma." I'm an outlier. 20 year old Plasma and picture still crisp as day one(probably cause it doesn't get used much) Not a suggestion, but my remedy is the Plasma is on a rollaway. On movie night roll it in, a couple of conne... | |
| DS Audio Ionizer - Any Experience? I got a laugh from a review- "While $1800 might seem somewhat pricey, the ION-001 gives good value, as it completely removes static, and for a price that, if we consider those three-hour listening sessions, works out to about 50 cents a day. " ... | |
| Soundsmith Zephyr lll retip "For SOUNDSMITH phono cartridges ONLY: the Zephyr lll ’rebuild" is $299. Note that this is not a retip, it’s a rebuild so the cartridge you get back is every good as new." antinn or anyone- So a "rebuild" is the cantilever/stylus assembly is re... | |
| Immersed in the Music Temporarily achieved full audio mindfulness. Nice place to be when time permits-when the boss steps out. | |
| Moving to Tube Separates or Tube Integrated + Phono "how much of the tube goodness from the integrated comes through when playing vinyl? " As mentioned earlier, another anecdotal experience- tube phono stage to complete the tube presentation to the speakers. Your brand choices are solid. Not one ... | |
| Transrotor vs Stable 33.33 - New discussion thread " the Rega 10 Im sure sounds fantastic, but can you use a record weight on it?" A weight is not the solution. As mentioned, a reflex clamp with a rubber washer on the spindle to dish the LP flat on the platter is needed. Rega spindle is too shor... | |
| Rega reference belt disappointment Listening before you did the check, could you REALLY hear a difference? Guessing no? If you haven't already- replacing the plastic subplatter with an aftermarket steel/aluminum one can make a noticeable improvement. | |
| Denny Dias Denny just isn’t a high energy 79 year old. This is SD’s longtime engineer’s daughter with Denny. She and her sidekick were annoying, but Denny didn’t seem to mind. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qkU34Qw066M Interesting CBAT cut trivia revealed.... | |
| Denny Dias "Beato, whose puppy-dog-like enthusiasm usually dominates his interviews and serves to draw interesting stuff from his subjects, doesn’t get far with Dias, who apparently isn’t interested or willing to be drawn out." We have to take what we can g... | |
| Denny Dias Good interview. I HATE the ad breaks watching YouTube. Humble guy. FINALLY someone covers the elusive Denny Dias. Only took 50 years! Only knew of Denny reading the credits on the albums. |