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| 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... | |
| 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... |