wspohn
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| How many turntable’s have you owned? I've only had a half dozen TT or so.Pioneer something or other way back whenLinn LP12Systemdek IIXOracle DelphiSota CosmosVPI TNT (started with original and updated to a V)Still own and use the last two in different systems. | |
| Recommended receiver for HT I use a separate system for video - different amp hooked to an AV preamp (Marantz) and I just switch over the speaker cables from one power amp to the other when I want to switch from audio listening to video or vice versa - I suppose one might be... | |
| Upgrading sub to get a live feel. I have a dual purpose main system using different amplification for pure audio vs. video, and use a pair of Hsu VTF-15H MK2 powered subs for video only.I have run the subs with the audio front end on occasion and they are very good indeed, not j... | |
| Does my setup need a phono stage? I also run a dual purpose AV system but have found that there is no way an AV preamp sounds as good as a dedicated audio preamp. I have listened to my system both ways, using my video amp - Marantz AV7702 Mk 2 (the last unit they had that allows p... | |
| Fans on amps. Fans on power amps are rarely quiet enough for listening to acoustic music. One friend had a fan cooled power amp and when we tried to listen to solo violin it was like attending a concert with a DC-6 winding up for take off in the room. Had we be... | |
| which car is sitting in your listening room? I have three systems that are fairly serious. Don't think I paid retail for anything in any of them.Ditto for all but one of my cars - anyone that buys new retail is a dope unless there are supply issues that support that decision. (Current flee... | |
| What are the advantages to a Class A amp & what are the trade offs? A big advantage of Class A amps is that by the standards of any AB amp they have a hugely overbuilt power supply and they can drive low impedance loads without faltering.One of my systems has a pair of Class A monoblocs that put out 45 watts a cha... | |
| Buy a pair of ten year old $40,000 speakers for $4,000 or new ones at that price point? Typical cost on good used high end speakers is going to be much closer to 33% of original list - anything below that and you have to ask why. | |
| Where are the subs? My main speakers are 3 dB down at 20 Hz and I really need no bass reinforcement for audio use, but most of today's movies have artificially enhanced bottom end for impact so I use a pair of powered subs (3dB down at 16 Hz) and cross the mains ove... | |
| How many of us are truly satisfied with their systems? I am satisfied, but it took a quarter century to get there and I have two systems to give me everything I want. But it is possible! | |
| What is a lowball offer? How low is low? If you make an offer that is 25% of asking, a vendor might shake his head at you as a time waster, but their idea of worth may decline as time passes and the item remains unsold..I have made offers many times where I told the seller what I was wil... | |
| Caster Wheels vs. Spikes My Wilsons weigh in at over 400 lbs. a side. I replaced the factory supplied casters, which had started to break down, with heavy duty commercial parts and opted to leave them on rather than spike them (lifting the speakers to install spikes is fr... | |
| KT88 tube amp I went to Genalex Gold Lions on my CJ Premier 11a and a friend went to the same manufacturer's KT77s in his Quicksilver monos. We are both happy with the improvements.If there are significant additional improvements to be had from original vintag... | |
| How far have ss amps really come in the last twenty years? There are many vintage amps that continue to sound very good compared to modern amps. Which is why I still use amps like the Classe DR3 VHC, Belles A, and Rowland 5.As a friend runs an audio business, I have had the opportunity to compare several... | |
| What a sad world we now live in....... Did they stop selling dial telephones and Elcassettes as well? Don't knock dial telephones - at least they work in a power failure when land lines don't and after cells run out of juice.I still buy CDs to rip to my server and keep them as safe... |