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| Crown amps Man, I remember those things from back in the day, early 70's.The amps were bulletproof, and built to withstand heavy road use. If memory serves, the D150 sounded better than the 300a, but(sorry) the IC 150 was no sonic marvel, even in its day- it... | |
| Living Stereo sound bad? My experience with the old ones- pre Dynagroove US RCAs was generally that they sounded 'soft' and did not have prominent bass, but very natural sounding strings, horns, massed instruments sounded anything but harsh- but more surface noise than ot... | |
| Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive? The reason why you seldom see a rude Alfa driver is that so few of them can make it out of the driveway as their cars molder into rust/dust. :) I have been looking for a clean Duetto. But, make no mistake- the M3 is a great car for that vicious fi... | |
| What dynamic spkr. did you go to from electrostat? I have been an electrostatic guy since the very early seventies- Quad ESLs (which I still have, along with a matching set of Quad mono tube amps); then Crosby-modified 63's (which I also still have, used with vintage ARC stuff).I also wanted more ... | |
| Has anyone answered the real question? Electro-shock works well. And, in hard cases, the pre-frontal procedure will definitely get rid of the music in your head. | |
| Senior Audiophiles - Audiophile since the 60-70's? First, my AARP card, and now this.First real system was a set of baby Advents, a small Marantz receiver (underpowered) and an AR Turntable. After I really got the bug, I 'advanced' to:Double Advents, Phase Linear 700, various preamps and Technic S... | |
| Little red gun next to turntable. Speaking of old school record 'cleaning' and treatment devices, what about those little brushes that have the radioactive element and are sold to photographers for cleaning lenses? I bought one back in the early seventies, i'm sure the 'active' el... | |
| What does "Dark Background " mean TT terminology I think Johnnantais nailed it pretty good. I'm also not suprised that earlier audiophile definitions don't address this. It seems to me that the issue of noisefloors in systems is a more recent area of attention: for a long time, the issues were a... | |
| Linear Tracking or Not?, Any Experiences and Recs I do try to avoid warped records- I find it wonderful, after returning to serious audio from a 10 + year hiatus, to find so many, many great recordings now available as reissues on vinyl. (Not to say that new vinyl doesn't have problems, sometimes... | |
| Linear Tracking or Not?, Any Experiences and Recs I started using a Kuzma Airline a few months ago and despite the horror stories about these kinds of arms, I have been enormously pleased. Once set up and properly aligned, it is non-fiddly (I did initial set up pretty easily on the Kuzma XL table... | |
| Shop in Pittsburgh? Want to listen to 845 amp. I bought my first real system from Tasso Spanos at Opus One.He was a classic, old school, intellectual-type, semi-bohemian hi-fi guy who loved the KLH 9 and Marantz tube amps. I remember hearing my first ARC tube amps in his shop; he was one of th... | |
| High mass turntable owners -- What Stand? I am currently using the heavy duty TT stand from finite elemente for my Stabi XL (177 lbs). I have also ordered an HRS isolation platform which will sit on top of the stand for additional isolation, since I do not have the benefit of a concrete f... | |
| Any reccomendations for amplifiers for my Quad 988 The congestion you describe may be a function of several things: first, the Quads cannot really reproduce the 'scale' of a full orchestra at full swing with real conviction, dynamics and authority. Yes, they are beautifully coherent, and will prod... | |
| member system photos??? Short of building a room from scratch, designed for an audio system, you have to be pretty lucky to get a room of the right size and dimensions to start with; I have had dedicated listening rooms in several of my houses- the best actually involved... | |
| When showing your system to others, what do you do It is almost like listening thru 'their ears' when I demo the system for someone who is not engaged in this hobby. I usually try to select music that they like, and are familiar with, yet is recorded to a high standard- and save the grotty recordi... |