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| Audio Research SP3A-1 or Conrad Johnson PV11 I had an SP3A-1 back when they were still made, mid 70's and it was better than just about anything else, save perhaps, for a well-tuned Marantz 7 (tube) preamp. It had a holographic quality, which was rare in preamps of that era, most of which we... | |
| help with audio resesrch d76 The D 76 is pretty old school, i have a D 75a that I bought new back in the mid-70's. It is not bloated sounding, but it doesn't have the resolution in the midrange that their later amps did. I don't know the D 90 at all. There is a database of al... | |
| Silly turntable question My apologies to Elizabeth. My reading skills are obviously going south. Mea culpa.(Although I admit to having projects, like getting my old Quads restored, that have just languished). And Doug, thank you for the kind correction. | |
| TW Raven Owners: Set Up Questions I use an HRS platform for my table- a big Kuzma that weighs about 160lbs. It will not isolate footfalls from a springy floor (which required more work including isolating the big antique table on which the whole affair sits). I would have preferre... | |
| Silly turntable question But Elizabeth, isn't this part of what we do as hobbyists- consider changes and enjoy the process, from conception to implementation? I didn't read the OP as someone who deserved thrashing for failure to implement after years of kicking around the... | |
| Silly turntable question You might ask Albert Porter here for some thoughts, he has marketed a custom plinth for the SP-10 (I'm not shilling for him, just making it clear that he does business in this space) and has fooled around with a number of different arms, including... | |
| Blackness - how quiet does it need to be? Ralph, i was summarizing what was said in that Hoffman article that Nonoise posted a link to. Perhaps I summarized it inaccurately, to the extent that the limits placed by the engineers were solely due to playback limitations, not to limits in wha... | |
| The Best Compliment You've Gotten On Your Rig? Years ago, using a far different system than I do now (a pair of old Quad ESLs, driven by ARC electronics and of course a vinyl source, cheating a little by using a small set of rear speakers on a delay line), my dear, late audio friend Chuck Lamo... | |
| Best blues guitarist, Clapton or Green I have loved the blues since I was a kid and straddled the classic players like T-Bone Walker with the rock-oriented guys like Clapton, Page and Duane Allman when they were at their peak, in the late 60's. (Well, Duane died young, so we'll never k... | |
| What is approx. percentage of your total Moon- in the process of moving, and relocating, my plan is to organize the LPs properly. It is at best controlled chaos right now, i have a general section of jazz and a few of the labels are grouped together, e.g. older EMIs, Lyritas, but I do in... | |
| What is approx. percentage of your total I had a reasonable amount of vinyl in the 70's and early 80's but with the demise of vinyl as a mainstream format, I started acquiring more. And, as I continued to develop my playback system, I sought out many of the Harry list, old RCA, Mercury L... | |
| Blackness - how quiet does it need to be? NoNoise, I'm not trying to be contentious. But, I don't think system noise floor is entirely program material-dependent. If you had a very good recording (let's stick with vinyl since that's what I'm more familiar with), quiet pressing, good quali... | |
| Blackness - how quiet does it need to be? I read the Steve Hoffman piece, and my takeaway is as follows (but I'm still not sure this has anything to do with the 'noise floor' of a playback system):1. given the original limits of record cutting and playback equipment at the time, stuff was... | |
| Would you trust a local dealer to help you put Mr. Tennis: I think he acknowledged that only the buyer knows what sound he likes.Funny, unlike you, the more educated and knowledgeable I have become over the years in any pursuit, whether it is law, cars, hi-fi or whatever, the more I realize ho... | |
| Would you trust a local dealer to help you put Bifwynne- before the Internet made it so easy to 'chat,' buy equipment and research stuff, people used to get together in hi-fi clubs, and I suppose some still do. And the regular meetings were just a part of it. You also met others in your area, ... |