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| Manley Chinook If you do a search for tube rolling and Steelhead, you'll see a number of good discussions on various tubes that replace the 6922 and their sonic attributes. Here's my experience from the Steelhead, which i assume can be extrapolated to the Chinoo... | |
| Manley Chinook I had a Steelhead for a long time. Tube rolling made a dramatic difference in the sound of the unit, and I would assume that to be true of the Chinook too. Not to lead you down the path of darkness.... | |
| What is a high end stereo SUPPOSED to sound like? NoNoise- you hit upon another aspect of that perceived 'slowness': decay time. Many concentrate on the leading edge, when the back-end of the 'wave' is equally important (and doesn't make for stridency, either). | |
| What is a high end stereo SUPPOSED to sound like? Same experience re slowing down - it sounds less like a mechanical reproduction and more like real instruments playing. Less forced or contrived- as a result, the perceived timing- the stuff 'in between the cracks' is more apparent. This is not 'r... | |
| Magnepan Service HORRIBLE??? OnHwy61- my sense is that OP is venting his frustration and perhaps using this as a way to put pressure on the company but frankly that only works if: (a) the company knows about the posting; and (b) is usually given the opportunity to make it rig... | |
| Magnepan Service HORRIBLE??? My take:1. Magnepan should have communicated with you promptly once they received the damaged speakers and should not have waited five weeks to give you an estimate. I assume you now have the estimate and the insurance claim is in process, right?2... | |
| Magnepan Service HORRIBLE??? Tom, in my experience, while a phone call is good for a nudge, there is something about creating a written record that lights a fire under people.I haven't dealt with Maneplanar since the early days, but they have a good rep. I would write the let... | |
| Magnepan Service HORRIBLE??? My suggestion, based on a lot of professional experience in dealing with problems (as a lawyer): write a brief, and balanced letter to the President and a few other top executives at the company, explaining that you bought the speakers used, they ... | |
| Turntable Recommendation for Beginner Vdosc: you've gotten a range of good suggestions, but now that you have narrowed it to a decent starter table, my vote, for set and forget (once a dealer does the set-up competently), would be the VPI Traveler. VPI makes no nonsense tables (includ... | |
| Turntable Recommendation for Beginner Thanks Moon, I ain't in the market. Just bought an Allnic H3000 and couldn't be happier. | |
| Turntable Recommendation for Beginner Act- the arm itself is phenomenal and is really little trouble, once it is properly set up. It is well machined, well designed and pretty trouble free to operate. It needs to be absolutely level, and I occasionally clean the tube that the bearing ... | |
| Turntable Recommendation for Beginner The Grados were always wonderful. It was a go-to cartridge for me when i used an ARC SP-10 preamp. While that preamp had a wonderfully juicy phono stage, it was quite noisy, and didn't like low output cartridges. I still have a couple of old Grado... | |
| Turntable Recommendation for Beginner The Zesto has gotten wonderful reviews. I firmly believe that to get what vinyl really has to offer, you have to go to a certain threshold. Admittedly, I have not heard the recent small VPI or any number of others that are in the 2-3000 dollar bal... | |
| Turntable Recommendation for Beginner Act- it should literally read 'it blows,' given the air bearing and pump. Love the arm, hate the pump, which spits oil, sends nasty electrical zaps when it cycles and involves mechanical skills that have little to do with audio- only a Slovenian t... | |
| Turntable Recommendation for Beginner Act- with all due respect, he said two things: beginner, and want stuff comparable to the ARC/B&W,etc equipment he has. As you will note, I started with relatively low budget- I think the WT is under 3k and the VPI less than 6. I'm sure there ... |