whart
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| Suggest one obsure album we all should hear Khavas Jute – Wide Open The OG is now a 4 figure record but there is a reissue circa 1994 from Germany, supposedly cut from the tape, that is decent for modest money. Although it is considered prog rock, it pushes hard on psych elements. Early Au... | |
| The MoFi Mess and TAS rolling over for them To me, the MoFi debacle is a big reveal not only about a reissue house that cloaks itself in the mantle of "industry leader" but also about how incestuous the relationship is between the legacy press and industry. Valin's comment that you should ... | |
| Analog Upgrade itch @eddiechanghk - I can't meaningfully comment without being there- you know, room, other components, how the room is set up (I'm claiming no guru status here). I've found that just changing a power supply tube can tilt the balance of a system. In m... | |
| Analog Upgrade itch I’ll add my views only because I’ve owned several of the products being discussed here, although not the latest models: Re Kuzma, I had the original Reference table (not the 2) with a Triplanar. It is a very nice table and easy to set up and self... | |
| We Can Make Classic Cars Outperform Today's "SuperCars": Why Not Vintage Audio? To me, the joy of a vintage car is the more visceral experience, road feel at the wheel, handling, not straight line acceleration. A modern Econo-box, especially tricked-out, can outperform a lot of vintage sports cars, but I guess it is what your... | |
| Does a turntable make a DRAMATIC difference? I upgraded table and arm in a controlled circumstance-- same room, system and phono cartridge. The difference with the better table/arm set up-- fewer sonic artifacts from the better table/arm combo. Sometimes, it is hard to discern an artifact u... | |
| Are you discovering new music? I think of the ’Gon as mainly a gear site. There are some long running threads, which credit due, involve people playing LPs or CDs and introducing others to the music they like. When I used to post more prolifically on the audio sites, I would al... | |
| What do the arrows mean on my cable? Well, troll or not, there is or at least was, an answer- here it is, better than I can word it-- not sure this is applicable to the current raft of cables, but [link to post didn't work so here is plaintext: "You are referring to a "floating ... | |
| Does anyone on this Forum have any experience with Audio research ref 610t monoblocks If this is still alive, I'd have the amp checked by a competent tech, what's the retube cost and how stable is this amp-- I've owned a fair number of early ARC amps and a few preamps and other components. If the amp checks out, doesn't kill tubes ... | |
| Direct shipper recommendation I don’’t have any contacts with shippers or shipping brokers, maybe you will get somewhere with the contact AudioTry provided. My experience, the key is in the packing- I had custom crates built, not by the standard crate and ship, but by these gu... | |
| How did 70s rock music transition into 80s music? @bdp24- I do think taste has a huge amount to do with this. My experience is that people are siloed-- how many people will even listen to outre jazz/free jazz? I know you like real rock and roll and I do too. I get it. I’m not defending Mike so m... | |
| How did 70s rock music transition into 80s music? Mike may be speaking to his taste, and not as an absolute- obviously tastes vary. I’ve found that the point in time when someone engages in a genre or band -- their so-called "point of entry" is also instructive- for example, I was a fan of Tull v... | |
| What is the best sounding GZ34 / 5AR4 rectifier tube you've ever heard? I think a lot depends on the circuit it is in. Yes, the old Mullards are known for long life and are a good choice. I have had the fat base (first bakelite after metal) and a metal base, which is really a Philips Miniwatt. The metal base has pheno... | |
| Would you spend you money on modest brand new car or rather buy top notch vintage one? This does not make much sense to me because vintage cars can be a multiple of a new model, assuming the marque still exists. In audio, some vintage equipment is highly prized and quite expensive- think WE anything, EMT tables, Studer mastering dec... | |
| Washington Post article on MoFi vs. Fremer vs. Esposito MoFi was never a big part of my diet. I had quite a few of the old MoFi catalog that I bought new back in the day, and in most cases, the records sounded fiddled with-- some did have more bass, which worked fine when I was running a mini-HQD syste... |