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| Double Advent wiring question... I have a stacked set of 1974 Large Advents that I love the sound. I had the pleasure of knowing a design engineer at the Advent company and he told me to remove the foam inserts and fill with a certain amount of insulation, He also showed me how t... | |
| The Most Digital Recording You Ever Heard You guys and your pissing matches of digital verses vinyl. I listen to mostly vinyl but I have heard good digital also.If what you have is pleasing to you then why do you get in pissing matches about this. The bottom line is that you like what you... | |
| Which tubes are the best? The only tubes I roll are the signal tubes and the only tubes I use for my power tubes are Genalex. I have three different amps and all of them have either the EL34, KT-66 or Kt-88 tubes | |
| Whats your favourite track to play to the non hi-fi visitor? Tin Pan Alley by Stevie Ray Vaughan | |
| Budget Tube Preamp ($2000) You should consider looking into a Don Sachs pre-amp http://www.dsachsconsulting.com/custom%20line%20stage.html | |
| Stacked Large Advents v Cornwalls v Klipschorns I have heard all three of them and stacked Advents are hard to beat if the woofers have been serviced correctly. I have owned 4 Advents since 1974 and I went through them a couple years ago and when people hear them they cant believe how good they... | |
| Does anyone use white gloves to handle records? I wash my hands before I handle my records. Then you handle the LP by the edges and label and you shouldn't have any issues. I been doing this for 40 years and my records play like new.Of course you should clean yours records periodically. Thats m... | |
| Whats the FATTEST sounding Tube amp to warm up Lean speakers? For the money you cant beat a Bob Latino VTA ST-70 with a set of Genalex KT-66's. I run this exact amp with a stacked Advent setup I get that big fat sound you are looking for.Friends that hear cant believe it is a 35 watt per channel amp. Its rea... | |
| Used audiophile preamp Save your hard earned money and buy this one from Don Sachs.http://www.dsachsconsulting.com/custom%20line%20stage.htmlFor around $2,500 it will blow you away. You will have to spend $5000 on the over priced ones out there or more to out perform i... | |
| Onzow Stylus Tip Cleaner I have used brushes and many other types of cleaners and none of them clean like the zero dust. I use Ortofon carts on all my TT and never had any issues. It is the best cleaning of the stylus that I have experienced hands down. If someone is havi... | |
| My first Tube Amplifier Mine was a 1962 Dynaco St-70 that I built from the kit. I completely rebuilt it 3 years ago and it plays in my main system now. I have a HK Citation II that I believe is the best tube amp ever designed.I call it the beast that plays like Angels si... | |
| Gold Lion KT77 tubes for Primaluna Amp - a few questions You should contact Jim McShane thats lives right in your Backyard. I have bought tubes from him for a few years now. He is well known for supplying great tubes at a fair price.http://www.mcshanedesign.net/tubes.htm | |
| Cartridge recommendations I highly recommend the 2M Blue. It took a while to break in but after about 200-300 hours it went into another world. If you listen to Blues and run a tube amp you will truly enjoy the cartridge. | |
| What is the fascination? New expensive Turntables verses older vintage ones that is the question. Well the answer is it DEPENDS. I personally like the older vintage tables. After all this technology isn't actually rocket science.I personally have a 301 and two other Thore... | |
| Fixing up a Fisher KX-200 I just finished rebuilding a KX-200 and the only option you have is to get 2 560 Uf 400 volt low ESR caps. One is for C1 and the other is for C2B. I used nichicon brand. |