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| Turntable Recommendation for Beginner Hey, Map. I didn't get into phono preamps in my earlier posting. Vdosc, are we to assume that you have a good line stage and just need a phono stage? Sorry, i didn't look at your system before asking. I had a very well regarded, pretty expensive p... | |
| Turntable Recommendation for Beginner Budget? The Well Tempered served me well for years. They have a current model that, if memory serves, is relatively inexpensive. There is a VPI Classic that is supposed to be great. It's not crazy money either, and I believe is sold with a good ar... | |
| Aesthetix IO Eclipse We all need to make a leap of faith in this process. And you are right, when there is a general, long-term consensus among folks with a variety of different, high quality systems, and input on appropriate related components, the risk is reduced. | |
| What is a high end stereo SUPPOSED to sound like? This, from Nonoise, has been my experience as well:It only takes a few bad recordings to make me think that something was overlooked, wrong or missed but when a great recording is used, I'm reassured I made the right choice. There is some lessenin... | |
| What is a high end stereo SUPPOSED to sound like? Map, to paraphrase somebody, i draw the line at swamis. | |
| What is a high end stereo SUPPOSED to sound like? It's impossible to define an emotional response, because it is so subjective and cannot be correlated to the normal objective criteria associated with evaluating equipment. Newbee's plight- listening to the system, rather than the music, is a comm... | |
| Output tubes burn-in Didn't know about the West-Johnson connection. Remember Dayton-Wright?Of course i remember the old McIntosh stuff- even owned a few pieces along the way.why don't you email me at bill@flyingreptilemediagroup.comWe can connect offline.Best, | |
| Output tubes burn-in Love it. I think i remember that chair. Issac Hayes was the man. Great story, you could do a blog of audio days gone-by. It would be fun to read.Keep 'em coming.We visited Memphis recently- the bbq was phenomenal, we went out to the 4Way for some ... | |
| Output tubes burn-in You were really there. I remember the KLH 9- I grew up in Pittsburgh and the store which had the highest end stuff was Opus One. Tasso Spanos, the owner, was a KLH 9 devotee. (I think this was in the days of the Janzen tweeters) The 10B was, for m... | |
| Output tubes burn-in Kisawyer: Man, you are really one of the few! They should reserve a place at the museum for your system. The D-51 was a sweet little amp. I vaguely remember the SP-1, honestly can't say if I ever heard it. You are right, of course, that the produc... | |
| Output tubes burn-in Thanks, Kisawyer. Yep, even back in the day, you didn't see those much.I suspect the really early ARC stuff, including the Pelpoe(?) Industries equipment that WZJ first made, is extremely collectible these days. I owned alot of ARC stuff over the ... | |
| My tube amp sounds darker now. Sounds like the cable you changed to, to compensate for the sound of the tube, is contributing to that dark sound. I found the Siemens to be anything but dark. | |
| Output tubes burn-in Pretty cool that you have and still use a Dual 75. I have a Dual 75a that i bought from a dealer in around 1974 and have maintained it over the years, had it recapped, etc. several years ago, and just ordered a new set of output tubes from ARC. I ... | |
| What is a high end stereo SUPPOSED to sound like? Rok2id touches on something i experienced recently and commented about on another forum. At a Shakespeare Festival here in the Hudson Valley- held in large tent open to the river on one end, pre-recorded tracks of simple music- small string sectio... | |
| What is a high end stereo SUPPOSED to sound like? Speaking of wine, I don't drink anymore, and my wife has cases moldering in the basement. We went to a birthday party for a young friend last night who just turned 40 and i said, 'dear, why don't you pull out one of those older bottles collecting ... |