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| VAC Owners:Outboard Phono Stage? Props to Albert Porter for turning me on to the KAB device. I knew they existed, but he zero'd in on that one, the company is reliable, and you can get the device quickly.As to Alonski's questions, I can only offer my own experience:1. Yes, there ... | |
| VAC Owners:Outboard Phono Stage? KAB makes an inexpensive RIAA adapter that enables you to plug a CD player's output into the phono stage input to burn in the latter. I don't think it presents the same safety risk that Almarg described by using a 'burn-in' CD alone. I used the KA... | |
| Avantgarde UNO set-up tips needed Paul, thanks for the nice words, I'm hardly an expert, but I've lived with the speakers (Duos) along time and have learned alot about them and associated equipment through them. I do not think they are a speaker you can get 'right' quickly due to ... | |
| Choosing between Reissue and Original pressings Ralph: any way to discern which records used the Haeco CGS process?Are they early stereos that had the legend that said something "fully compatible on mono players, but for best results, play on a Stereo"?Is your last line a tease? | |
| Is McIntosh really Hi-Fi, finally MC452 Rower, talk to A-ball here, whose system thread is 'To see the Music,' he uses that amp among 4 or 5 others with his horns, and loves it. And, he's probably had some of the others you mentioned. Me, I owned my first Mc piece in 1973 or so, and hav... | |
| Avantgarde UNO set-up tips needed Paul: I saw this because you posted to A-Ball's system page, asking for set -up tips, and I'll defer to him on the G2 Uno. I have had the older Duo for quite a while and can give you a few ideas in the meantime. First, the speakers do require some... | |
| Choosing between Reissue and Original pressings GMC- we are on the same page. I like your wall of vinyl at home.Viridian- excellent point. I did touch on it in my earlier post here, but didn't spell it out as you did. Which may be one reason why mastering engineers have to make dramatic changes... | |
| Choosing between Reissue and Original pressings GMC, the problem with better records is that there are no guidelines other than his ear in picking out the good sounding copies. he trashes most of the well-known reissues which may be right, but after that, he provides zero info on particular rel... | |
| Choosing between Reissue and Original pressings I don't know if there is a general rule of thumb on which pressing or country of origin is best. Others with more or different knowledge are free to contradict me, but here's what I know:on certain records, I suspect the first pressing is more des... | |
| Choosing between Reissue and Original pressings If I had to choose, in the abstract, between an original pressing and a reissue, I'd choose the original (assuming, as you are asking us to, that it is not impossibly priced). Boxstar is a good example. I like Janis Ian's Between the Lines and hav... | |
| Fremer lays an Ostrich egg... Kzhtoo- I'm completely sympathetic to the concerns you are raising, not because I have succeeded in overcoming them for myself, but because I still struggle with the same issues you do, and have been fooling around with this stuff for more than 40... | |
| Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive? Funny, although i care about hi-fi quite a bit, I've gotten to the point where I rarely listen to music in the car. Yes, on a long monotonous highway drive, but in daily driving, I want to hear what's going on around me, including what the car is ... | |
| Fremer lays an Ostrich egg... FF: I would assume that disclaimer - to go do an audition for yourself- is implicit in every review. Kzhtoo: I think relying too heavily on anyone else's opinion, no matter how experienced, in deciding to buy something expensive is probably a mist... | |
| Fremer lays an Ostrich egg... I've been reading hi-fi and record reviews for... a long time. When M. Fremer popped into the thread and claimed that his writing is intended as 'entertainment' (albeit of the 'informed' variety), my first reaction was to say "Hey, wait a minute. ... | |
| Next Phonostage Anybody running old Quads has my vote (at least in the midrange). Good for you, DHcod. |