tomcy6
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| HELP! Large speakers fell over during shipping. Glad things worked out. Enjoy the speakers! | |
| NOS Tubes - Agony or Ecstasy -Part II - The Search Yeah, drewh1, the right tubes can add that little bit of magic.petg60, you should have been able to return those tubes for new ones. | |
| NOS Tubes - Agony or Ecstasy -Part II - The Search @tomyc6, nice score but I bought from them some years ago and they have sent me end of life Mullards, i believe they have become better by now. Few sellers now on ebay are trustworthy. Wow, @petg60, Sorry to hear that. All I’ve ever gotten from th... | |
| members and their systems In addition to all the good financial advice given here, remember:1. You can't take it with you.2. If you don't spend it, someone else will. | |
| More Detail From a CD? I don’t think there is a consensus about whether CDs sound better than streaming (more detail). It will vary depending on the individual system. There’s nothing wrong with your CDs sounding better, though. If you get the itch to get your streaming... | |
| NOS Tubes - Agony or Ecstasy -Part II - The Search I've always gotten nice tubes, well packed from Langrex Vintage Electronics LANGREX | eBay Stores They're in England. They have 99.8% positive feedback on 66,573 transactions. | |
| NOS Tubes - Agony or Ecstasy -Part II - The Search shawn, It doesn’t exist. You should call a reputable dealer, tell him what your system consists of, what sound you are hearing now, what changes you would like to hear, and how much you want to spend. Start with one pair of tubes and see how it wo... | |
| NOS Tubes - Agony or Ecstasy -Part II - The Search drewh1, I didn’t mean to take your thread off topic. Looking forward to hearing your opinion on those 6SN7s. Would you mind posting links to those threads you found helpful? | |
| NOS Tubes - Agony or Ecstasy -Part II - The Search Phillips was a Dutch conglomerate that owned many of the popular European tube manufacturers, Amperex, Mullard Siemens, Valvo, etc. Tubes from one manufacturer often would be labelled with the name of another manufacturer. To find out where and wh... | |
| The Lifespan of an LP? ?? I've had a few of them fail for no good reason. 1+ Ralph, I have had plenty of bad CDs. I'm thinking that the return rate of CDs is probably lower than that of LPs. In this study they concluded that laminated media like tape and CDs had... | |
| The Wilt Chamberlain of Audio Gear Check out this thread: My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! | Audiogon Discussion Forum Jay (OP) makes most people who think they run a lot of gear in and out of their systems look like wannabes. I could not even imagine u... | |
| The Lifespan of an LP? The Library of Congress did a study of archival audio storage in the 1980s. In this study they concluded that laminated media like tape and CDs had lifespans that were measured in years and a couple of decades, depending on storage. Ralph, The ... | |
| HELP! Large speakers fell over during shipping. I’m contacting Dali today to price out driver and crossover replacements so I have some ammo when the insurance adjuster comes The seller is the insured party so it’s up to him to file a claim and deal with the insurance. The insurance company wil... | |
| HELP! Large speakers fell over during shipping. Anyone who would put speakers on a pallet without strapping them down is pretty much guaranteeing that they will be damaged. I can’t believe anyone would do that. Tell him that was his mistake and he is responsible for what happened. | |
| Better Records White Hot Stampers: Now the Story Can Be Told! It may be that the German pressing is also a Hot Stamper and that the two records glupson ruled out immediately are what everyone else is listening to.glupson, would you go out and pick up another 20 copies to test that theorem? |