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How does Amazon sell a 300.00 cartridge for 180.00? Amazon will also carry gray market and bootlegs until they get notified otherwise. And, I know from people who are in record business retail that in many cases, their prices are at cost for retailers- on occasion, a friend who has an online shop w... | |
Super tweeters, are they worthwile? I remember the Janzens- but I don't remember how well they cohered with those acoustic suspension speaker designs. I think part of the reason for the use of the Deccas with the old Quads wasn't just frequency related, it was dispersion- the Quad w... | |
Great guitar 'breaks" (as opposed to solos). @shadorne - if you like Rockabilly, Chris Spedding has been doing shows with Robert Gordon. Spedding is a pretty amazing talent, appears on lots of records, also of the "I’m not a rock star" school@bdp24 -yep, Redd is here, as is the great Bill Ki... | |
Super tweeters, are they worthwile? First, I would like to now your experience with super tweeters, please only the ones who actually tried them. I used Decca ribbons, and then Sequerra ribbons as part of a mini-HQD system many years ago with a subwoofer. They increased the frequenc... | |
Song (or music) you want played at your funeral. "Surprised it has not been mentioned as yet. Had a friend that went into the biz, he wanted to have Stairway to Heaven playing in his place...why not?..."And somebody in attendance can shout "Freebird"!:) | |
***Is It Me Or Have Todays Modern Tubes Gotten REALLY REALLY Good*** @fleschler - a real never used old small tube should have long life But, for what used to be a common tube, like a 12ax7, I suspect most of the Telefunkens being sold as NOS are just ’tests as new’ which does really tell you how much mileage they ... | |
Cartridge Selection That Transfiguration Proteus was supposed to be fabulous- i missed the boat on that. I know some people view third party retippers with disdain, but since the original manufacturer is no longer around, what's the downside if the cartridge isn't wo... | |
Great guitar 'breaks" (as opposed to solos). Would the Andrew Gold thing in Linda Rondstat’s "You’re No Good" qualify? Very George Harrison-esque. I like how Paul Kossoff does all these little fills during Tons of Sobs playing totally within the song. Ever listen to the Chris Whitley parts o... | |
Does your mood reflect your media choice? Absolutely. Consciously or unconsciously. Though I'm usually conscious when I play records. I meant unconscious in the "Freudian" sense, not the blitzed on substances sense. (I don't partake of anything any more). | |
Song (or music) you want played at your funeral. Not planning on this soon, but if the Village People are around, they'd do, combined with a full Viking send off (helmet with horns, pyre in a boat, etc.). I may have to substitute long horns if still in Texas. Someone at a restaurant said to me l... | |
Where to get a modestly priced 5 volt Linear Power Supply? You could also try a supply house like Mouser, which carries a lot of different products. Type in Mouser and linear power supply. You'll be taken to a page where you put in certain parameters, like output voltage. There seem to be an array of prod... | |
***Is It Me Or Have Todays Modern Tubes Gotten REALLY REALLY Good*** When you see those old videos of the Mullard production - large factories cranking out vast quantities of tubes using almost steampunk technology- it’s kind of amazing. The scale of production was considerable and the tooling was fresh, I gather s... | |
Isolation Transformers Jim- thanks, easy enough to test and thanks for wading through my post. | |
Isolation Transformers Hey, Jim. I don’t disagree with anything you said, and you know a whole lot more about this than me, but the Tripplites that are hospital grade, such as the one I bought, the 1800HG claim hospital grade receptacles and talk about a floating ground... | |
Isolation Transformers I have used isolation transformers in a variety of settings. One, an old 240/120 step down made by Richard Gray for a big home theatre system- the system itself is long gone- was the only thing that would fully isolate a nasty electrical snap from... |