unreceivedogma
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| Solving the "complex music problem"? Some good responses here. I agree with one commenter: room reflections matter. To cut down, try listening at a distance equal to the distance between the speakers, or just outside of it, so that the distances between you and any walls are increas... | |
| Best turntable under $4000 I’ve been using the following for 35+ years: - VPI HW 19 MK IV with SAM - Sumiko MMT - Koetsu - started with (“the old”) Black, currently the Onyx (“the old” onyx, made by The Madter) | |
| Tube or solid state Go to and scroll to the bottom. | |
| What I wish I knew before starting my audiophile journey In my 54 years in this hobby, I’ve owned …. 5 pairs of speakers. Your philosophy ain’t too far off. I don’t waste money on cables: they are at best 2% of my budget. I don’t even bother to mention them in the link below theaudioatticvinylsun... | |
| What speakers have you mistakenly let go and then later repurchased? 1 - I started with a pair of Lafayette Criterions - bookshelf 2 - I moved up to a pair of Wharfedales, can’t remember the model - bookshelf 3 - I moved up to a pair of Altec Lansing 604Cs - floor 4 - I switched to a pair of Duntechs can’t remem... | |
| Coaxials - Reality vs. Experience? I have been using Altec 604Cs since 1978. I have never been unhappy enough to make a switch. or rather, I’ve yet to come across something that would incline me to do so, at almost any price point. For me, they ain’t broke and I’m not fixin’ ‘em. | |
| Ultimate stereo nightmare @rvpiano I am quite serious about tagging your cables. I have a s - - - load of cables behind my system. I’ve tagged every cable, and I use large electrician tacks to hold them in place on the floor or the wall so that they don’t get tangled up. | |
| Ultimate stereo nightmare Buddy, you need to first see if the dropped channel is from all sources. That means it’s most likely a cable between the amp and preamp, as someone else here has said. If not, I would pull everything apart and start over. When you put it back toge... | |
| What Does It Take To Surpass A SME V? Jelco manufactured my Sumiko MMT. Jelco manufactured many of the arms of other very well known and very highly regarded brands. Jelco started producing arms under their their own name a few years back. COVID19 knocked them out of business, if y... | |
| Innovative Autio in NYC just hung up on me My audio buying experience in NYC is as follows: - Innovative Audio, 1985: I was shopping for a turntable. The salesperson was demoing a number of tables for a group. He insisted that if you were not buying a Lyn Sondek, you were an idiot. He sai... | |
| Why is it that every time, lately, that I'm interested in a thread... If people would only follow these guidelines: | |
| Speakers that are good with tubes @hilde45 You can avoid the output transformer problem altogether by going with an OTL, such as atmasphere, or Futterman. I use Altec 604Cs - 101db - paired with the NY Audiolab OTL3 version of the Futterman design, converted to triode. | |
| Convincing your local dealer to let you try speakers at home I've never encountered a dealer that would let me audition stuff at home, but I've been set with my gear for decades now, maybe things have changed. | |
| High-end-turntables Requests for payment by wire is maybe THE classic sign of a fraudster. So sorry that you had to learn this the hard way. | |
| Confession: I only like Norah Jones because so many others told me to She has always left me cold. To me, she lacks passion. She feels like a product more than an artist. |