thaluza
Responses from thaluza
| Sweetvinyl Sugarcube - SC1 and SC2 I have an SC-2. I am impressed with the real time click and pop removal function. It is hard to tell the difference so I I leave it on for all my listening now, at a 2 or 3 setting. Still waiting for SugarCube to introduce the automatic track spli... | |
| Preamp Input for Coincident system - Don Sachs, deHavilland, LTA, Joule Electra? I also own Frankensteins, along with the 101D preamp that you mentioned, the Coincident Statement Line Stage. I used to own the Joule Electra LA-150MKII. The Joule is a nice preamp and it might be a match with your listening preferences, given wha... | |
| What were your humble beginnings on the path to high end audio? When my father was in the Navy, someone from his squadron left behind his copy of Magical Mystery Tour after a party at our house. He was killed in action a few days later. He and 30 other men on a reconnaissance mission were shot down by a North ... | |
| if I buy an ultrasonic cleaner for my records will I be able to hear the difference? I have a V-8. I'm not sure I heard a difference at first between that and my VPI 16.5. I was just using distilled water, photoflo, and isopropyl alcohol, as suggested by the seller of the V-8. Then I tried the "suggested chemicals" that is in Rush... | |
| Your last concert was to see who and when? Hi boxer12 - I really liked Mayer’s guitar playing and singing. My friend who is a longtime Deadhead said Mayer plays "faster" than Jerry, like he is fitting in more notes. I’m more of a novice Dead fan than you or my friend, but in my opinion Joh... | |
| Your last concert was to see who and when? +1 on moe. I saw them a couple of weeks ago, what a great live band! I learned later that the bass player recently had cancer treatment, which makes the 3.5 hour show that they played even more impressive. I went to Dead and Company the next day. ... | |
| New Look for Audiogon hard to work with In its current state, the update is terrible. Other sites like Amazon and Craigslist also display items in an “image view” format, but they also let the user switch to a “list view” if they want. I wish we could have a similar option. I always u... | |
| Have You Ever Owned QUADS? My main speaker progression since 2000:ESL-63 - loved them, my first big boy speakers. If I knew what I know now, I would have kept them and saved tons of money chasing its sound. Alas, I traded them in for a new pair of ESL-988's.Apogee Stage - H... | |
| Outstanding service in high-end audio: Anecdotes, please. I'll start with Klaus and Duane Nick Doshi fixed my Lectron amplifier for free. I was going to pay for the repair but since it took longer than expected, he did not charge me. He had modified the amp several years ago. I was at least the third owner since the modification. He... | |
| Stylus inspection with USB microscope Regarding the removal of the plastic lens guard. ... it was harder than anticipated. Fremer recommended squeezing with your thumb and fingers, going around the circumference until the lens guard comes off. That method did not work for me. There mu... | |
| Sweet Vinyl Sugarcube - I Want It!!! I have had my SC-2 for two months and really like the click and pop remover. It has brought new life to some of my Goodwill finds. I do not hear any attenuation of high notes which apparently was a problem with older click and pop removers. Se... | |
| Sweet Vinyl Sugarcube - I Want It!!! Thanks bondmanp for reviving your thread, Fremer reviewed the SC-1. The SC-1 as you know only does click and pop removal, no recording. He concluded: "I think many will react as I did and come to see this is an indispensible addition to their vin... | |
| Borderpatrol Dac SE I bought a used BP DAC SE 5 weeks ago. The previous owner said he put 50 hours on it. It made a good initial impression on me, with excellent 3-D presence and a full bodied sound. The bass is weighty, just right to my ears. As I put more hours on... | |
| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable I think this guy gets it right:"[Nature] ... never says "Yes" to a theory. In the most favorable cases it says "Maybe," and in the great majority of cases simply "No." If an experiment agrees with a theory it means for the latter "Maybe," and if... | |
| DAC recommendations for CDs in 2-channel system that Border Patrol DAC (eg. on the LTA site) has made me drool. there was a used on the classifieds recently that got snatched up. I am the one who bought the Border Patrol dac. To my ears, in comparison to my Yamamoto YDA-01 dac, the BP is more h... |