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| A long and winding road down memory lane . . . Wonder what a properly refurbished unit with higher quality, but appropriate parts, would sound like today? (dekay)Don't know, but I'm going to find out. There appear to be two people refurbishing the Holman on the East Coast -- one in Maine and o... | |
| how to eliminate air-born RF The ONLY cure for RF (radio-frequency) interference is a Faraday cage; however, as others have mentioned, RF is hardly likely to be the culprit. Most likely, it is EM (electro-magnetic) interference rather than RF. As someone has mentioned, transf... | |
| A long and winding road down memory lane . . . I also had an old Advent 300 at one time. Good phono section, decent tuner and preamp. The power amp section was great for headphone but not so great for speakers. | |
| You are invited on a "trip down memory lane". My grandfather's JBL Paragon (from about 1959/60/61). I didn't sell it; my grandmother did after he died in 1978. It didn't sit well with her idea of living room decor. It may have overpowered the room visually; but sonically, it was superb in its... | |
| How about the "not so Audiopile" systems we've had? My first system was little more than a record player and distinctly awful -- a suitcase looking thing with a fold-down turntable, an AM/FM stereo tuner on the front of the turntable and detachable speakers on either side of the case. From the Sear... | |
| What was in your first "real" higher end audio system? Garrard SL95 turntable & Shure cartridgeHeathKit AR-1500 receiver (that I built)a pair of AR-3 speakersTons of upgrades over the next decade and a half. Then everything was stolen and I quit cold turkey until just a few days ago when the bug b... | |
| A long and winding road down memory lane . . . Great story! (edcyn)Really? I thought it was rather depressing. unless you want to use it out of nostalgia (roxy54) Nostalgia is part of it. I knew Tom Holman back in the day. And my Apt (meaning the one I actually owned) beat out the Thresho... | |
| Best drink while listening to your rig? Easy: Talisker 12 (from the '80's), Talisker 25 (current) or Hine Triomphe -- my three laid-back after-dinner beverages of choice. | |
| Is being an audiophile a disease? It's called GAS -- Gear Acquisition Syndrome. It is rampant in other industries as well -- or else, I wouldn't currently own 57 F-mount lenses and 10 F-mount bodies (not to mention all the ones I no longer own). There is always something that is... |