tonykay
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| Yamaha DSP-A1 for 2.1 System I have been a fan of the Yamaha DSP A1 ever since I saw the gold model with the polished wood sides many years ago. They have a huge litany of features, but unfortunately they pre-date HDMI which seems to be the big reason that people unload them.... | |
| Best current footers for preamps? Someone on this forum suggested that I use sorbothane footers (available from Audio Advisor, among others) to cure an annoying hum from my preamp. I tried it and it worked! | |
| ASSEMBLED IN CHINA I'm not anti-China, or anti-Chinese products. Most of my equipment is made in USA, Canada or Japan. My only foray into "Made in China" products is a purchase of a Music Hall Maven receiver, as it looked like a lot of bang for the buck. The first o... | |
| older Stax headphones I'm not an engineer but I have been using Stax headphones since the 80's, so I'll try to answer your question. There are two types of Stax phones, Pro and Normal. I believe it has to do with the bias. The Normal phones use a 6-pin jack, and the Pr... | |
| "New" Beatles Mono Catalog Release on 180gr Vinyl Obviously, my posting above concerns the Beatles mono reissues. I used a stereo cartridge which may be to blame. However, I just wasn't impressed. | |
| "New" Beatles Mono Catalog Release on 180gr Vinyl IMO, if you have one mono box set, you (might as well) have them all. I took the bait and bought a few mono reissues to see what all the fuss was about. Sorry, but I wasn't impressed. I sold them for what I paid for them, and I'm content to listen... | |
| What's going on with the audio market? First things first. Enough with the political rants. If you want to talk politics, go to another forum!The reason the audio market is down is the same reason the music business is down, i.e. saturation. Are there any boomers left that haven't asse... | |
| OPPO BLUE RAY TRANSPORT. I googled it and found almost everything about it, except the price. Do you know what it sells for? At less than ten pounds, it's a little lightweight for a transport. My Oppo 105D seems to weight about twice that. I'm very happy with the 105D but... | |
| VPI TNT Turntables FWIW, I found this posting timely and informative. I just sold my oversize direct-drive Luxman. I'm looking for a VPI (likely a TNT) with a high quality arm. The reason is simple: if it need repair or tweaks, I'm sure I can locate them online. The... | |
| End of the line products. FWIW, my (original) Sonus Faber Electa Amator speakers, and my Stax headphones (various models, currently 009s). I have had the speakers since new, about 25 years. The Stax really are the "End of the Line" as they are the current top of the Stax l... | |
| Jaw Dropping I think we get that! | |
| Jaw Dropping "Very hot" is one thing, $20,000 is another. Even if it was on 200 gram, solid 24K gold, it wouldn't be worth $20,000. Who comes up with this stuff? | |
| Headphone help... with more details :-) I remember the Yamaha YHD-1 headphones as my favorite, many years ago. I still have the earpieces but the headband disintegrated prematurely. Since then, I have moved on to the Stax family. It doesn't sound as if you are in the market for megabuck... | |
| Jaw Dropping My only question is...Why? | |
| Jaw Dropping If by "Jaw Dropping," you mean ridiculous...I agree! |