twl
Responses from twl
| Someone just dropped cash into your lap Assuming that your speakers aren't broken, the source will give the best improvement for money spent. A low priced speaker can at least attempt to reproduce what you feed it. No speaker, no matter how good, can reproduce sound that it is never fed... | |
| Time for a new turntable...... Natalie, the Well-Tempered Classic is a nice table. It competes well with others in it's price range. It has a very innovative bearing design. All the other tables mentioned above are also good, and I would not disparage any of them. What I am try... | |
| What type of solder do you use and why? Agree with the above, but I'd like to emphasize Clueless's point about making the connection mechanically good, before soldering the joint. | |
| Cable Comparison-Stage 1 Very interesting comparison, guys. My initial impression is that we should all have a box full of cables, and listen to our records with each and make notes. Then when we play a particular album, we can rig up the cables that sounds best with it. ... | |
| OL motor upgrade and Rega I've never used an OL DC motor kit. But I have used other OL products, and they are very good value and performance. I can also say that I have used AC synchronous motor TT's, and DC motor TT's. The DC motor, IMO is a significant improvement in pe... | |
| Time for a new turntable...... Of course, you would expect TWL to chime in on this one. The Basis 1400 is a very good entry level TT. Many are happy with it and I would not knock it at all.Having said that, the Teres TT is not an entry level TT. It may be priced like one, but t... | |
| 2 channel/home theatre for 10,000 ? Get a new Samsung 30" 16:9 format HDTV for $1200. A used Sony DVP-S9000Es DVD/CD/SACD player for $750. Forget the DVD-A. 4 Meadowlark Swifts for $2000 and the matching Meadowlark center speaker for $500. Find a good deal on a used EAD TheaterMaste... | |
| Flavor Of the Month I agree that "Flavor of the Month" in my way of thinking, refers more to the mind-set of the purchasers than the product. There are some who just have to go with the latest, and most-hyped products. Most FOTM products are pretty good, but you can ... | |
| Looking for a great tube headphone amp I believe that the David Berning MicroZOTL is the best you'll find. $750 factory direct. | |
| Audio as a hobby Chrome moly gives the best ride. And you can just feel those hand-filed, skeletonized, long-point lugs caressing that double-butted Columbus tubing. Lovingly assembled by skilled Italian artisans in a small 6-man factory with stains of blood, swea... | |
| Blew my first tube, what next? If it were my amp, I'd replace them all, with every stage matched as closely as possible, with the best NOS tubes that are appropriate for the amp. Keep the others from the original set as "emergency spares". Make sure the tubes are low in microph... | |
| Where does your user name come from? TWL are my initials. | |
| What gear do Audio manufacturers use at home? I know that the owner of Teres TT's uses a Graham tonearm on his personal table. Before that he had a Triplanar. | |
| Phonomena vs. AcousTech PH-1 phono pre amp? Monolithic is about in the same league with the Black Cube. You also might check into the Trichord Dino, and Trichord Delphini. For tube units you could look into the Wright Sound, and the EAR 834.Without trying to offend, you might even consider ... | |
| Replacement Styli Cartridges Well, I wouldn't necessarily agree with the $150 figure, but there are inherent drawbacks with a replaceable stylus assemembly. Vibrations of the smallest magnitude, such as high frequency detail, can be lost in the "sliding fit" of the replaceabl... |