vinylrestingplace
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| SME Tonearms of Canada - Alfred and Company that sell new and refurbish SME He rebuilt my 3009II (unimproved) and it works and sounds great. Service was good and fast but not cheap. | |
| confused and don't know what to do Forget about how a speaker sounds at Best Buy. You need to try (borrow from stores or friends) a speaker to hear in your own listening environment, which as you describe, sounds like a challenge. The room is the biggest variable. Figure out where ... | |
| Help in putting together my system with used equipment on Audiogon and eBay. I'd work with what you already have and not sell anything, because you'll lose money. That said, in building any audio system (other than a headphone system) you need to start with your room: assess your room and pick speakers that effectively dri... | |
| Thinking about upgrading, but wondering about diminishing returns Three comments:1. You don't say what makes you unhappy with your current set-up, but you mention that "soundstaging" could be improved. This usually means there's something wrong with the speaker-room interface. Look there first. Most speakers sou... | |
| why do some turntables have multiple tonearms? If you collect records and like to have the original artifacts, you'll need to play 78s with a 2.7-3.0 mil stylus, a mono configuration and most likely a heavier tracking force. If you enjoy early mono LPs played back properly, you also need a mon... | |
| Dylan wins Nobel Prize in Literature Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize in Literature. Read his lyrics and his book, Chronicles Volume One and you'll see why. While his music helps put across his poetry (much as Elizabethan stagecraft helped convey Shakespeare's) his musical sensibilitie... | |
| Dylan wins Nobel Prize in Literature Mapman, you forgot Louis Armstrong. In terms of influence alone, the rest of your list would not exist without Armstrong. | |
| If I'm looking for "Tube Sound", why would I put a Tube Pre in front of a SS amp? Has anyone in this thread addressed preamp-power amp electrical compatibility? This interface is also important, like the power-amp/speaker interface. Solid state amps tend to have lower input and output impedances than tubed units. Your preamp's ... |