xiekitchen
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| What's the farthest you've traveled for live music Speaking of Rochester, NY; traveled from Oswego, NY in June 1981 to see Weather Report in Rochester (about 75 miles), remains to be one of the most memorable concerts of my lifetime. I guess that's as far as I've gone! not very impressive... | |
| Need advice for renew JBL L300 I would just have the 'L-pads' cleaned, they are high quality ALPS pots so they are already high quality... JBL also used good quality caps in the crossover so you could leave those alone as well or experiment with some high end boutique type caps... | |
| P1,2,3: the best Rega for the job From what I know... I the P2 is good and the P3 better, folks like to hotrod the P2 and there is alot of choices for tweeks and upgrades, but the P1 I don't think so... I would go with either the P2.. and if you even THINK you are going to enjoy m... | |
| "Human" speakers Just my 2 cents: IF you can find them, the Epicure 20 later model was very good... circa 1978... the best was the Epicure model 3.0 (I think that was model number), the "Pyramid" design 3-way. I have not seen one of those used for some time now...... | |
| Marantz 2325's capabilities? Don't know if I'm much help but wouldn't the Marantz series 2200 70's receivers want to see a MM (or high output MC) 47K ohm load? What about a $500 or so Grado, or a high output Benz Glider...Had a friend way back when with a upper level Dual tab... | |
| What floats your boat, sound wise that it? Newbee, your whole narative just about nails it... just about the same here. | |
| Best place in the system for a good PC? Good PC's make a audible improvement you can hear almost everywhere.. you will have to listen whether they ARE an improvement or not, as some PC's actually sound WORSE IMHO than just stock cords.. One cord I like ALOT is the Cardas Golden. IMMEDIA... | |
| Why do mint-looking LPs sometimes play poorly? Unlikely with Japanese, but dirt pressed into record at plant... brand new, still has surface noise.. also, brand new Japanese pressings can sometimes have a harshness esp. near inner groove areas, ? don't know why...Second on groove damage, somet... | |
| Acoustic treatment for corners. I have corner tunes in my downstairs listening room, and these are one tweek that you can really immediately hear a difference in sound quality, and that difference is an improvement.. Recommended... | |
| low riding Benz Micro Gold yeah my Silver Ref also rides low. sounds great thou...Stringreen, how do you like your 'LP'? I hear it's the BOMB! ... someday when I grow up I'm gonna get one. | |
| Speakers for bad rock recordings Epicure 20's.. love em! GOOD LUCK trying to find a pair!I would say the EARLY original Advent speaker.. very easy to listen to, definitely NOT "tipped up"... easy to drive, nice bass, alot of them still around on ebay, and cheap! | |
| Record Cleaning Backlash I've been using my Nitty Gritty since around 1990, replaced a few parts but now the 'velvet lips' won't stay put and will not stay glued down.. I had replaced these I think twice now.. and had been thinking of going to a brand new VPI machine... a... | |
| Recommendation of a good nearfield speaker Rega R1 and cheap too!Ditto Proac 1SC but hard to find these days not too many show up used. | |
| Ohms, my - help me understand Unsound: you are probably right about Theil's impedance.. I could not remember theirs in particular but it sounds like they are one of the companies that try to provide fairly flat impendance curves.. yes from what I remember they require high qua... | |
| Audible illusions Modulus 3A or Klyne 6L a hot rodded modded out Audible Illusions Modulus 2D would smoke em all...or look for a Klyne series 7... the best. |