whart
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| Any experience with Sound Smith repairing stylus on non-Sound Smith cartridges? Yes, Peter installed a fresh diamond stylus on the factory cantilever of my Airtight Supreme. Check with SS on turn-around time. | |
| Those who seek to deny access to information The Internet is a vast resource, but no one forum or platform satisfies my particular interests, which are always morphing. In some ways, you have to create your own network of contacts, friends and resources. I've found that most audiophiles, des... | |
| Dedicated Circuits - Subpanel importance? I usually like to have @jea48 in these threads because he really knows the NEC and your local code may add more. On the sub panel issue, I did add a sub panel with a copper buss bar to set up what amounts to a separate subsystem for the hi-fi.* A... | |
| 6H30 replacement @pesky_wabbit said "It might suit Victor’s business interests to do the opposite. Who knows ?" I think when Victor had the company, the DR variant was more readily obtainable. He had a pretty good stash too. (My most recent NOS quad of DR 6h30s w... | |
| Do you trust your system? I think that worrying about the performance of your system after you have dedicated the necessary effort to dial it in (which may take time) is a symptom of audio nervosa. That in turn leads to playing known good sounding recordings, just to be su... | |
| 6H30 replacement I think the difference depends on the vintage of the DR tube as well as the circuit in which it is used. My line stage, a Veloce, uses the 6h30. When I bought it new, I got NOS DR Reflectors and ran them for over 5 years-- I heard a noise in one c... | |
| Buying refurbished gear.... My older AV pre-pro crashed and new models were in short supply. I bought a refurb Marantz AV 7706 from Accessories4us a week or so ago. I paid for fast shipping and expedited handling. It shipped the day I ordered it and arrived in two days. Look... | |
| Soundsmith notes the passing of Doug Cassara Peter- your love for Doug is apparent. I did not know him, but what a brave soul. Bill | |
| How do you tell your Cartridge needs replacing? I don’t think most folks are equipped to evaluate the condition of a stylus, regardless of the type of microscope they have. (I have a bunch of usb ones, and the vintage Shure stylus scope, which is cool in its own right as a period artifact). Me,... | |
| K-horn won't fit, any other corner speakers recommended for a big room? I remember the K-horn from back in the day- late ’70s. A friend had them set up with vintage Marantz tube gear- 7 preamp, 8b amp and they sounded good. I never lived with them long term, though I heard that system plenty of times over the course o... | |
| Kudos to my audio pusher. What’s your experience? A good dealer is something be cherished. Jim Smith wrote about this at one point- his standards were extremely high and my experience, say from 1970 to date, has been mixed. I did work with Bill Parish at GTT for a number of years -- fabulous, kno... | |
| About users with hidden agendas @jtcf - thanks for that. Bill | |
| $100K system build - % breakdown of spend I have never approached system building by budget allocation. I recommend instead that you get seat time in front of several different systems, of different types, to get a better sense of what kind of system (tube, stats, horns, big or low power,... | |
| Where can I go to audition vinyl audio around Los Angeles area? To "do" vinyl playback right can get into some money and involves several different components including the cartridge, arm and phono stage. A cheap, badly set up vinyl front end may not give you the full measure of what makes vinyl playback desir... | |
| About users with hidden agendas Do any of you find it ironic that in a thread devoted to MC-where some are relieved that he is gone because he stirs the pot and others lament his absence, this has turned into a cluster**** without said MC participating? Maybe we all need to look... |