tbg
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| Audiophile turntables of the 60's and 70's I had most of these turntables at one time. I strongly discourage buying an Empire. Pretty and well made, but terrible sound. Way too massive an arm. I also had a Oracle and found it again pretty but not much competition for a well done Linn LP12.... | |
| Spare tubes? How many? Elizabeth, I had the Opera Consonance 211 which give about 16 watts. I was quite impressed with them relative to my Reimyo PAT777 which only has 8 watt output. Unless the 300B amps are PP, I would be concerned about have enough headroom for your m... | |
| Spare tubes? How many? Kurt, I used to know of several. They are all gone now. Most of the Western Electrics are in Asia now, as they appreciated them before we did. | |
| Spare tubes? How many? I have always found that 1940-1970 tubes are unequaled by newer tubes. Years ago I began buying good buys on a broad range of miniatures as well as output tubes. I have nearly 1000 tubes. They have been a great investment, even though now I use bo... | |
| Unhappy with tubes so which transistor amp? I strongly recommend the Exemplar Statement amp. It is integrated but you can bypass the line stage. I have not owned a ss amp in over 35 years,with the exception of the tiny 25 watt amp whose name I cannot recall. I heard the Statement amp at the... | |
| Why are hi-end active monitors not more popular? I remember hearing a Phillips active speaker 30 years ago and thinking how much easier it would be to have such a speaker. It sounded quite good also. But now they are largely invisible. Other than those on my computer, I cannot remember hearing a... | |
| 12 inch tonearms Pryso, you are right. I should have directed what I said to Dmgrant1.I once had another arm where you entirely removed the arm, counter-weight, and cartridge and could immediately replace it. It was the Keith Monks which used four mercury baths fo... | |
| 12 inch tonearms Rgordonpf, having owned many tts and arms, including the Schroeder and now a Shindo 12 derived from the old Ortofon 12 spring loaded arm, I have to say that ease of setting up an arm is not an indicator of it sound. I loved the Schroeder I had wit... | |
| 12 inch tonearms Berlinta, we all know this happens. Is there any other reviews of it. Norm | |
| A butt-load spent in cables - how much improvemt? Joeylawn, that is another meaningful dimension. Ultimately, I suspect all of us have a pricepoint beyond which we will not go. | |
| Powerstrips: Oyaide MTB vs Acoustic Revive RTP Tboooe, you may well know the price I pay for posting my impressions from the "know nothings," but nevertheless I will. | |
| Powerstrips: Oyaide MTB vs Acoustic Revive RTP Tboooe, I too have been down the path you have traveled. I still use an IsoClean outlet strip and am very interested in the new Acoustic Revive RTP-6evolution power strips with the CCR-DX outlets just added. A dealer friend has ordered one so I ex... | |
| A butt-load spent in cables - how much improvemt? Well said, David12, this thread is just another of the "there can be no difference" versus "I hear a difference" threads. They are a waste of energy. | |
| 12 inch tonearms Frank, do you make a 12" arm?Norm | |
| Preamps w/ best transparency/top end, no brightnes Opus88, I certainly would generally agree with your initial posting. I entirely concure with the comments about the Shindo gear also, although I have never owned any of the electronics. I have also heard an extraordinarily good Exemplar tube unit.... |