tkhill
Responses from tkhill
| I'm at the pearly gates and they tell me I can only bring in one jazz cd Tonight it's Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderly. Check back tomorrow night. I'm assuming God uses a 275 and a pair of A7s for playback. | |
| Albums you do not get...a plea for help and understanding Anything Paul McCartney did or does after the Beatles. Most of the Beach Boys. | |
| Most Realistic Recordings This a great question and terrific conversation! Try https://www.amazon.com/Arthur-Moreira-Waltzes-Ernesto-Nazareth/dp/B00Q5KL3IC https://www.amazon.com/Piano-Rags-Rifkin/dp/B000005IYF | |
| What stereo equipment do respected musicians listen to? In 30 years of providing sample cassettes for many well-respected artists, the most common complaint was "There's something wrong with your recording. The entire concert is sharp/flat." The problem was, of course, their not very good cassette mach... | |
| The Best Preamp is no Preamp? I'm feeding a CD player directly into my Sophia EL 34. Anything else comes in on an "Aux" input. It sounds glorious. | |
| Your single most significant purchase mistake? Selling my original Mac 275. | |
| China built tube amps I'm on my second Chifi amplifier & have been very impressed both times. The first - a Music Angel Class A - was excellent after an inexpensive tube replacement. A U.S. technician's incompetence killed it. Now I have an early Sophia EL 34 China... | |
| When did audio goners now have to pay to see the book value of equipment?? A thing is worth1/ its value to you2/ what someone will pay you for it.Why do you want to sell it? How much do you want to buy it?Are you listening to the music or are you in the equipment brokering business? | |
| Do chinese tube preamp/amp clones interest you? I am using and loving a 2003 Sophia Electronics EL34 A/B amplifier. Parts made in the PRC to U.S. (Chinese) owners specs and assembled in Northern Virginia. Previously I owned a Chifi Class A based on 6N1P outputs. The class A benefited from a $10... | |
| Good to remember ... how to tell what sounds better Some of the best playbacks I've ever heard were on really crappy systems on the beach in the Dominican Republic and in the mountains of northwest Vietnam. | |
| Amp repair cost — is this right? Get a second opinion. I've been very happy with HiFi Heaven in Falls Church, VA. | |
| Sophia Electric is not honest According to a very reputable tech here in Northern Virgina the 2003 EL34 A/B amp I own was assembled in the U.S. from Chinese parts. As long as the q.c. is good, there's no problem with Chinese parts. I had a Chifi class A amp for many happy year... |