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| Questionable service at Soundsmith A few years ago I had a cartridge retyped by Soundsmith, it took 8 months. From my forums reading, I expected a long wait but 8 months without an email or phone call, really. | |
| Retired audiophile? Yes, I am retired. Your original post rings true for me. I retired last May, yet I've been done with my main system for a few years. These days it's maintenance and listening. | |
| Automatic Tables A few years ago I had a Technics SL-1300, nice machine, it's really worth a look. It handled my AT-150 and a Denon DL-160 cartridges nicely. Also look at the Technics SL-10. I have two TT's in my system and the SL-10 gets most of the work. Play... | |
| How many pair of speakers do you own? 5 Pairs:B&W 801S3Thiel CS6* Acoustat Spectra 33*Spica TC 50NHT T-5* not in use. | |
| Sound quality of Genesis remastered CDs? I agree, the newer remastered CD's are not very good. I purchased a few, hoping they would sound better the original CD's. I ripped them to my Mac Mini music server and used the equalizer in iTunes make them sound a little better. | |
| Do you remember when Audiogon was just a bulletin board classified ad site? Yes, I'm an old-timer. | |
| need help moving to NAS and RAID Re-ripping huge numbers of music is a pain. I’ve had a few Hard Drive failures over the years so I’ve gone a little back-up crazy. I use a QNAP TS-251 NAS for whole house back-up’s and streaming ripped movies on multiple smart tv’s. The enclosur... | |
| How to store headshell and tonearms safely I use the dense foam rubber packing material and cute out the shape of the head shell with a utility knife. It looks silly but it functions well. | |
| Mono Blocks for B&W 801 s3 I use B&W 801 S-3's. Before settling on my current amps, I used Classe CAM 350 mono blocks. Also, I auditioned a pair of Bryston ST7 amps. Both were outstanding performers. The Classe was the best of the two for me. Plenty of power and very sw... | |
| THIEL Audio their demise... You guys are killing me, LOL. Because of the thread, I had to connect my dusty Thiel CS-6's and the matching SS1 sub. The 6's are not the greatest dance partners, these beasts are heavy! I have not used them in three years. Change is good sometime... | |
| Why are records still warped? 03-30-15: Zd542"Many of my "not" Golden-era pressings from the mid-70s through late-80s also lived up to expectations when I got them home. Many more did not, and that's why I ended up jumping on the CD bandwagon with a Sony CDP-101 in 1983."Me to... | |
| turntable with detachable headshell The link is to a forum post regarding the new Pioneer 1000 turntable. Interesting reading. Look into the Jelco line of tonearms and mating one to a Sota Satellite II w/S202 table or like.http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=132804.0 | |
| Has anyone noticed... Check out the movie "The Time Travelers Wife". Tube amps and vinyl! | |
| How Do You Feel about The Cable Game? Here is how I played the game. Seven years ago an audio buddy and major collector send me home with a bunch cables to try, all leading brands at the time. It took weeks to audition them all. I ended up buying mid level MIT because they sounded the... | |
| Classical music comps Telarc made my favorite "Show Off" disc's. I have two that I use for non audio types. "Time Warp", it has the themes from "Star Trek' and "Battle Star Galactica" on it. The other is also a Telarc disc titled "Star Tracks" and it has "Star Wars", "... |