tonykay
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| Who are the Stand Up Guy's and Gals in this Audio Industry? mijostyn,Thanks for the heads up. While I don’t really know Dan, my comment was about someone who would introduce me to his wife, and even his dog, and then give me a guided tour of his facility on a weekend when they weren’t even open for busines... | |
| Who are the Stand Up Guy's and Gals in this Audio Industry? We dropped in unannounced, and unexpected, to Dan D'Agostino's manufacturing facility in Cave Creek, Arizona. Although he doesn't know me, he gave me a complete tour of the plant. His products are beautiful, well-made and expensive. When I can aff... | |
| What do audiophiles do in their cars? Years ago, I had the Honda/Bose system and later the Mark Levinson system in a Lexus. I don’t recall the sound being anything special. These days, Honda and others probably, don’t even offer a CD player. For my money, I believe the best spend is f... | |
| Trouble joining "Insider"? rmbotto,Just FYI-a year after I joined, I received a pop-up telling me I was being charged for another year automatically. I contacted Tammy and she cancelled the charge, but gave me the second year free. I don’t think they want to lose any of the... | |
| Polk S-8 Speakers getting old If your budget is around $3K, then a pair of preowned Sonus Faber speakers would fit your description. There is a plethora of models to choose from. | |
| Still happily using vintage gear? Most of my stuff is about 30 years old, and still working and sounding fine (fingers crossed). Some of the oldest are my Sonus Faber Electa Amator speakers, Classe Audio DR-15 amp, Stax Lambda Signatures, MFA preamp and Denon 3520 CD player. Over ... | |
| Your experience/thought on best sounding SACD/CD Player for 1,500 or less IMO, I think you will have to look hard to beat the value of the Oppo 105D. They can be had for around $1,000. Use the other $500 to buy some more discs. Another good choice would be a Sony 5400ES. You can find them for somewhere around $1,000. | |
| Cremona M FWIW, I don't think you will go wrong buying any of the early Sonus Faber speakers. I have the earliest model of the Sonus Faber Electa Amator speakers and can't see a time when I would ever sell them. | |
| Request for advice on best method to sell my 'vintage' equipment It may seem obvious, but have you considered selling it all on this website. It's what people do here. | |
| A Word About SkyFi audio Customer Service Who wouldn't want a reel-to-reel, or a Garrard or Thorens turntable? The point is that if you plan to buy from SkyFi, be prepared to pay probably twice as much as you would pay for the same product elsewhere. | |
| Auditioning headphones (ethically)? northman,If you look at my comment above, you’ll see that I prefer the Stax headphones over the Audeze. Obviously, that’s a personal choice but it’s due to two things; the heavier weight of the Audeze phones, and the transparent sound that electro... | |
| Auditioning headphones (ethically)? During my search for the perfect headphone (which never ends), I attended a few high end hifi shows. I recall going to RMAF and shows in California where they had whole ballrooms devoted to headphones. I was able to audition a lot of high quality,... | |
| The first system you had that was "high end/audiophile", by you standards In the early 1970’s, my system was:Crown DC 300 ampCrown IC 150 preampEmpire turntableShure V-15 cartridgeJBL Olympus speakersPioneer headphonesThe system sounded very good at the time. | |
| What are your top 5 Billboard top 10 songs of the 1970"s? Without regard to Billboard, my five favorite 70’s albums would be:Cat Stevens- Tea For The TillermanJoni Mitchell- Court And SparkCrosby, Stills, Nash & Young- Deja VuBob Dylan- Blood On The TracksJethro Tull- Thick As A BrickI grew up with t... | |
| What are your top 5 Billboard top 10 songs of the 1970"s? No disrespect intended to previous posters but when the Beatles channel puts on "Hey Jude", I change the channel. That one and "Yesterday" were so overplayed on hit radio in the 70's (and beyond), I just can't listen. |