whart
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| High mass vs Low Mass Turntables - Sound difference? @10timps - I had one of the original Well-Tempered turntables many years ago. It had been upgraded and tweaked considerably and was a terrific table for the money. The design, these many years later, is still quite ingenious. The difference I have... | |
| I will travell to New York, would be glad to meet members Stefan: I don't know about "best" but if you eat spicy food, there is a superb Szechuan restaurant in midtown called "Wu Liang Ye." It is not fancy- in fact, it is a bit of a dump, but it is clean enough, and the food sparkles. You must make a res... | |
| I will travell to New York, would be glad to meet members Stefan- I am sorry that I will miss you-- I moved from New York a few months ago, but lived there for a long time, last in the lower Hudson Valley not far from a town called Nyack. The city is a splendid place for a visitor. Among hi-fi dealers, J... | |
| High mass vs Low Mass Turntables - Sound difference? Without getting into the relative merits of the two types of tables, one additional factor to take into account is isolating the high mass table. My Kuzma XL is approximately 168 lbs, and the HRS base for the various turntable parts to sit on is e... | |
| Tired subject...Steely Dan original pressings It’s been a while, but I preferred the sound of a second pressing of "Thrill" (with the orange concentric circle label) over an earlier black label first pressing. Can’t tell you about Katie Lied, I sort of tuned out after Countdown to Ecstasy, bu... | |
| What 3 Albums of 2/3 Genres (PopRock, Jazz, Classical) Would You Recommend? Lucifer's Friend s/t is a great call-- the original German Philips is worth the price compared to any reissue I've heard.I'd throw in Spirit's Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus-- a relatively well known album in its day that is all but forgotten now... | |
| Subpanel/Isolation Transformer/Dedicated Lines I will look for Cornell after the madness of SX, Eric. Hard country = real country? Love western swing. | |
| Austin Texas area Audio folks? Me too. Been coming here for several years during the winter, finally settled here. Am in town. Love it! bill hart | |
| Subpanel/Isolation Transformer/Dedicated Lines +1 on the serious grounding array there Rzado, and thanks. | |
| Subpanel/Isolation Transformer/Dedicated Lines lloyd- yes, aware of that. I had soundproofed the last closet where my air compressor and a stand alone isolation transformer were located, but point is taken. If the electrical/inspector allowed the transformer/panel to be located in un-air condi... | |
| Subpanel/Isolation Transformer/Dedicated Lines Thanks, both.gdnrbob- There are a couple Austinites here who have done systems- I’ll try to reach out to them as well. Thanks. Eric- already have Quad IIs that were part of my personal "museum" (e.g. non-working display items) that are in the capa... | |
| Not to be too maudlin, but what will be your Swan Song? Dirt Floor by Chris Whitley- haunting and apt. | |
| When and how did you, if at all, realize vinyl is better? Sevs- that's strange. I've had a virtual system posted here since 2006 or 7. But I didn't take a hard line on one format beats another for all purposes. | |
| When and how did you, if at all, realize vinyl is better? Better? Yes, for me, but I started with the format as a child, in the mid- ’60s and never abandoned it. The first CD players were, to my ears, pretty nasty sounding, and I didn’t make the jump when the CD format was introduced, but instead doubled... | |
| LaScalla "horn" sound compared to "maggie" sound I went from planars to horns back in 2006, sort of the reverse process--though it was Quads, not Maggies, and Avantgarde Duos, not Klipsch. So, I can't speak to the specific speakers you are talking about (though I played with Maggies many times b... |