terry9
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| How expensive are best NOS tubes ? And how difficult to find ? I too compared 6922’s 20 years ago, and I found that the best tubes were also the best bargains for what they were: HP branded. Back in the day, stories circulated that engineering students got part time work at HP testing tubes - and rejecting 95... | |
| Changed amplifiers and need some feedback... I've even had test equipment that had wiring mistakes. And not low cost junk either! | |
| Do you listen mainly to Audiophile CDs and records? @willemj And yet sometimes the old recordings are just magically better. I'm thinking of the first complete major piece recorded in stereo, Beethoven's Emperor, performed by Gieseking in 1944 (sic, 1944), released by Varese. The performance is jus... | |
| Do you listen mainly to Audiophile CDs and records? RV, I expect that the Telefunken set is rather rare. I bought mine at the Ring Festival in Seattle, where it was recommended in hushed tones. And at the cost, it should have been. Even so, it's been a good bargain; 35 years and still quiet as a Se... | |
| Turntable getting back to vinyl Turntable gives you a quiet background and stable speed, and therefore low distortion. Or not.Tonearm allows your cartridge to track properly and give its best performance. Or not.Cartridge accurately converts the information on the groove into el... | |
| Best looking reel to reel Appearance? Tandberg 9000 series or Revox A700. Or really ugly (to me) Technics US series, like 1500US. With aftermarket electronics the Revox was special. | |
| Advise on TT Support Platform If I understand you correctly, there will be a mass cantilevered about 10 inches in each direction, supported by 3/8" effective steel pipe, a 27:1 ratio. Sounds unstable to me.Noromance has a good solution. Even better would be to do exactly as yo... | |
| Great music few are aware of. Any genre. Gorecki: Symphony #3 (of Sorrowful Songs) Available on vinyl as the soundtrack of the French movie 'Police'.David Hykes / New Harmonic Choir: Hearing Solar Winds | |
| Do you listen mainly to Audiophile CDs and records? I tend to listen to performance before recording, although sometimes they go together (e.g. Solti's Ring on Telefunken vinyl). Still it can be fun to have a sound spectacular. | |
| Power line conditioners- to use or not to use? That is the question? I use isolation transformers from Plitron. They sell directly to the public. The hospital grade units require their own electrical boxes, and may require a specialist electrical inspection, depending on your jurisdiction. Plitron also sells stand-... | |
| What was the first system you heard that made you think the high end made sense Yes, Sound Systems. Nice people.Damn near bought the T-IV's, then T-IVa's. Each time was side-tracked with something else - mostly losing investments. Now it's different - I don't invest in anything but immediate gratification. Hence DIY. And Quad... | |
| Preamp Recommendation Parts Connexion has a 25% off sale this weekend, and free shipping over $100. | |
| What was the first system you heard that made you think the high end made sense September 1973, Palo Alto. Goodness, but as a group we do seem to be getting on, don't we?Magnepan Tympani 1a's with ARC electronics and SP10, playing Cat Steven's Tea for the Tillerman (Wild World). | |
| A battle between two turntable generations. Which one is the winner? @harold-not-the-barrel Sorry Harold, they are all gone. | |
| Switching to solid state amp? Wooolfie - You one hard man ta troll. |