thorman
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| Review: Empire EDR.9 Moving Magnet Cartridge Great close up picture ! You must have one helluva camera? | |
| audio research sp6/8 vs ph1/2/3 I had the sp6 and sp8 ( and sp11 ) along with the ph3 and my 2 cents worth is the PH3 phono stage was dissapointing for me. Not saying it was worse than the phono in the sp6 or 8 but for the money the sp6 and 8 were a better value. Hope that makes... | |
| How to touch up nicks on edge of black faceplate? Sorry Jhold: I must have had a brain blurp.Thought you wanted to get a purple tint...I sumetimes use the Auto spray for touch up,by spraying on a que tip or small artish brush.You may be better off doing 3 or 4 very light touch ups ,rather than tr... | |
| How to touch up nicks on edge of black faceplate? Could you possibly try using a touch up Blue paint first ( maybe an auto paint sprayed on a que tip ) before trying a black sharpie? This may give you the purple tint your looking for...Try it on scrap piece of bare metal first! Good luck........... | |
| Amp Suggestions for B&W 801 Series 2 Speakers Great combo for me was Threshold amp ( s/300 sereies 2 )with Sp11 Audio Research pre-amp .Great combo ! Plenty of power and very musical ,with just the right amount of warmth.Tremendous bass slam.Great combo...Classe amp would do the same.. Any ol... | |
| Speaker match Conrad Johnson I would say a Klipsch of some order would work well...Easy to drive. Should mate well with C/J equipment. Maybe a LaScalla or something ( used ) in that size/price range..I am using the KG4s and these things can crank with the best of them. Also s... | |
| Any opinions on retubeing W/winged c or mullard re I am using Cryo'd El34 SED quads and couldn't be happier! Don't feel a need to try others. Using SED quads for 6 years never had a problem....... | |
| B&W Variable High Pass Alignment Filter Setting. Hklai: I had a pair of 801 series2 for many enjoyable years and found the B&W filter very noisy and irratable. Rather than fork over the extra $$$ for the Krell any other very expensive after market filters, I chose to go without.You may have ... | |
| B&W Variable High Pass Alignment Filter Setting. I'll be honest with you,I had much better luck without the B&W filter. I chose to go without......I found the B&W filter actually hurt the overall sound in my system. | |
| How can I tell when my phonostage is broken? Is it possible that a wire is disconnected on the turntable or the cartridge??? Check the interconnects........ | |
| Which tubes would you recommend? one of the best 12at7 tubes are the Amperex Bugle boy .May be other big names too but to me this ones the all around best for the $$$ | |
| 2006 BEST Female Vocal CD/SACD/XRCD Tierney Sutton and Linda Ronstadt for me! | |
| Speaker Cable Termination To me bare wire is really the best.Even if you order the cables a foot longer than you need and clip off 1/2" every year , you would grow old before the cables were unusable. | |
| Need some advice on replacing a B&W tweeter Try putting a piece of scotch tape lightly over the dent and lightly try to pull the dent back...I wouldn't replace it unless it sounds bad. | |
| Home made cable lifters. If you live in New England,theres a shop in Erving,Mass.,that has hundreds of these insulators and are very cheap..I pick up a couple every time I am in the area.. If you need directions I can help..... |