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| Do you admit that you ever enjoyed listening to: David Gates (Bread) had a phenomenal voice. To paraphrase somebody else, "I'll listen to anything. Once." I actually enjoy hearing some pop radio fodder over a good system. Check out Crystal Gayle's track "Don't it Make My Brown Eyes Blue." | |
| Is there somewhere I can check vinyl sound quality? The easiest way to sort through the thicket is to pick music you like and then do a little research on best pressings of particular albums. Many of the "audiophile" lists place sound quality first--no surprise- but the music may or may not be to y... | |
| Is it ok to not gush over Vanessa Fernadez?...one listener's perspective. I liked the VF cover of that great Curtis Mayfield song. The label, Groove Note, is Ying Tan’s, and he has been around the audiophile record scene for a while- involved in Classic Records early on, and also responsible for Original Recordings Grou... | |
| Enthusiast Audio Scene in Russia? Yogi- the second link looks out of this world..... | |
| Selling speakers to a buyer in Russia? I would be interested to learn more about what the Russian enthusiast audio scene is like-- older tube equipment, odd or obscure or sought after stuff we might not see in the States or Western Europe, not necessarily the gear being brought in from... | |
| Selling speakers to a buyer in Russia? Good comment @theppd I have dealt with various record collectors in Russia who are incredibly knowledgeable -Yuri Grishin, for example, has written those superb books on the famous British recording labels. There seems to be a very healthy communi... | |
| Solid State Amps for Quad ESL 57? I ran Decca ribbons with my Quads and a small sub back in the early-mid '80s- could never get the thing to cohere completely, but as my late audio friend, Chuck Lamonica said, "You could kiss every note." I still have the Deccas--also in need of a... | |
| Solid State Amps for Quad ESL 57? bdp- Pearson also waxed over the maggie bass panels with the Crosby Quad 63. For one issue or so. And then he moved on. What always killed me about The Absolute Sound in the glory days was the promise of a follow up after a sneak preview, which ne... | |
| Solid State Amps for Quad ESL 57? kalali- i don't know what is on offer, but keep in mind that most of the original Quads do need some work, whether it is sympathetic restoration, repairing or replacing panels or both- you have to factor that in, unless the pair you are looking at... | |
| Solid State Amps for Quad ESL 57? I wonder, just out of curiosity, what it would take to resuscitate a pair of those old Mark Levinson ML 2 amps. After all these years, they gotta have needs- are the parts unobtanium? I know Charlie King found a stash of some old ML parts at one p... | |
| Dust Off compressed air to get dust off of vinyl records I like the Giotto’s Rocket Blaster- a large bulb type air "puffer"- I shy away from ’canned air’ because of the accelerants. You can buy the Giotto’s product inexpensively (11 or 12 dollars US)- recommend the large one to get enough "oomph"--use i... | |
| Solid State Amps for Quad ESL 57? @ct0517 Hi, Chris- not set up yet, not even restored yet. Will be sending the speakers to Kent, in the mid-West, hopefully within a week. We are moving out of our current house in NY and I thought this would be a good time to send stuff out for r... | |
| Solid State Amps for Quad ESL 57? This may not answer the OP's question, but I decided to have my long neglected Quad ESLs ('57s) restored along with my long unused Quad II amps. This is not intended to be my "main" system, but one I can enjoy in the house as a vintage set up, app... | |
| Environmental Potentials whole house surge protection, can I get your opinions? @westom I hear you Westom. I've got layers of stuff to wade through. Much depends on whether I build from scratch or work with an existing structure. When I have more info on what I'm dealing with, I'll be posting here-perhaps a new thread, since ... | |
| Environmental Potentials whole house surge protection, can I get your opinions? Westom--thank you. I know I looked at some of this when I did my current room, but it wasn't constructed from the ground up. This one may or may not be~ a separate building, hopefully with separate service from the house. (Many of the places in Au... |