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| Richard Gray's 400 Pro = Emperor's New Clothes?? FWIW, I have the RIchard Gray stuff hooked up in my video system, which is totally separate from the hi-fi system. The hi-fi uses 20amp dedicated lines and shunyata hydra/anaconda, etc. One noise I simply could not eliminate was a electrical snapp... | |
| Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive? Just bought a close to mint 96' 993 C4 cab- it is a car an analog lover would enjoy. Still a little primitive, but modern enough to function as a daily. I don't consider myself a Porsche guy at all- this is my second one, though (I had a 996 GT2 t... | |
| Best Cartridge for Kuzma Airline I have heard it with the Transfiguration on a system that was not mine and it sounded amazing (i think it was the then latest W version of the cartridge); I have the arm and use a Lyra Titan (i) which may not be everyone's cup of tea. In talking w... | |
| dedicated 70's rock system What about the Soundcraftsman equalizer to ameliorate those nasty frequencies? Remember that product? The more bands you got, the cheaper the unit. Somehow, these went out of fashion.Believe it or not, I lived thru the 70's with a pair of Quad ESL... | |
| Anybody still using soft rubber isolation devices? Yes, but not for my stereo. :) | |
| 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... |