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| BEST little know Jazz Album that you ever heard? I have a long list since this has been a sweet spot for me for the last decade. I don’t know about "best," but some interesting ones include: Milt Ward & Virgo Spectrum (reissued as a needle drop- the OG is now very scarce and worthwhile if y... | |
| Invert ? @clio09- I did a cursory search- the booklet-- which was around 99 pages, now sells for astronomical numbers as an out of print publication. There are other things, though- listening tests, which I believe were done after the booklet, are in the A... | |
| Invert ? There was a booklet that made the rounds several decades ago, called The Wood Effect. Who knows, it may still be in print, or available through an online book vendor. The topic was absolute phase- and a number of examples were given as I recall. B... | |
| buying (NOS) tubes online I'm a big fan of Andy at Vintage Tube Services too, and have bought from many of the usual suspects. Most tubes that are marketed as NOS are not- they are old tubes, "pulls," that come out of other equipment. Finding true "never used" old tubes is... | |
| How long does it take your tube amp to warm up? In my main system, 45 minutes to warm up a pair of Lamm ML2s with a fresh tube complement. I usually do that with a digital source. It takes about 3 sides to warm up the tube phono stage and cartridge. I can make the time coincide, but that's the ... | |
| The History of Recorded Music: The Re-emergence of the vinyl Record The technology and artistry go hand in hand. Before the LP, recordings were "short." All the significant blues records were singles; yes, you can now get them as compilations. Les Paul was cutting overdubs direct to disc before he had access to a ... | |
| Quandry +1 on Mike Trei. When I lived in NY, he was my go to for turntable set up and cartridge mounting/alignment. Sure, I knew how to do it, but Mike made it look easy and dialed everything in with no travails. When I moved to Texas, there was no set up... | |
| Steely Dan UHQR I had already moved on from Steely Dan by the time Aja was released but it got radio play and was a demo record back in the day. I always found it dry sounding, and the Cisco cut even more arid. Does the horn on Deacon Blues really wail like it sh... | |
| Tube amplifier - tube bias and time to warm up Maybe somebody with real technical chops can correct me, but I don't even bother to check bias when I first turn my main system amps on-- Lamm ML2s. I run them for 45 minutes to warm them up and may check bias at that point, using a Fluke meter, b... | |
| Looking for a budget Step-up Transformer Look up N or Ned Clayton on E-Bay. He makes a wide array of relatively cheap step ups- I bought one using Cinemag Blue transformers which has switchable loading- I use it in my vintage system where I didn’t want to get spendy. Good product, good c... | |
| OPPO repair I just worked with Oppo support today, after sending them an email this morning. They wanted to trouble shoot, rather than have me send the unit in. Turns out, a firmware upgrade and a factory reset solved the problem-- no audio from either the hd... | |
| Sansui? Sansui was big for the military at the PX during Nam. They made a few good pieces back in the day but SS has improved considerably since then. | |
| Looking for info and opinions on electronic industries dual 100a You might enjoy this, including the "article" that is embedded: https://www.arcdb.ws/model/DUAL100 | |
| Horns with good timbre and tonality? I was an electrostatic owner for decades, made the switch to horns (Avantgarde Duo) for my main system in 2006. What upped the game in terms of timbre/tonality was the upstream components (Lamm ML2- such a good sounding amp), different phono stage... | |
| At what price is one considered an Audiophile. It's a mindset. I was fiddling with a suitcase record player jacked into a musical instrument amp and PA speaker when I was a teen. I have progressed since then. There's a darker view of self-professed audiophiles for whom "source material" is m... |