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| DJ Cartridges - have you tried it? Psychicanimal:Speaking of Carribbean...In T&T "Trinidad and Tobago" the smallest diameter speaker driver used is a 15"... that should tell you something about the size of the speakers used down dare. "Jump up jump up, everybody wine up wine up" | |
| Best Recording of Traffic: Low Spark I've owned the Island pink rimmed U.S. pressing: "o.k."I've owned a japanese pressing from late 70's: "better"I have the mofi pressing: BEST! What IS IT with all this MOFI BASHING? These are darned good records with very good detail, sense of spac... | |
| DJ Cartridges - have you tried it? Elizabeth, I enjoyed that... I had a very brief internship at my college radio station (RIT in Rochester NY) and know what you mean! | |
| For the vinyl enthusiasts Yeah, my old stomping grounds: Princeton Record Exchange... haven't been there for 6 years as I have moved to GA. Only problem was those pesky price stickers that had some kind of unbelievable glue, impossible to remove without tearing up the cover. | |
| Smooth or Contemporary Jazz on Vinyl? GRP record label in the 80's. Great sound, too. | |
| Most expensive Audio disapoinment? The high end cassette deck... look how many Nak Dragons are out there for sale... and they're all MINT because people bought them and never use them.. use them much, anyway.I've got two Nak high end decks and really don't utilize them enought rela... | |
| Shouldn't the Bass be felt? Duh Blueskies:I know exactly what you're talking about.. in my experience the only way to get that sound is a Big ol 15" woofer job like a JBL L-200, L300, Altec 19, or similiar. And a very good amplifier..My way of dealing with this is having a pairs... | |
| Replacement for Proac Response 3's 'Aging' Proac 3's? Those are darned good speakers, I would do some careful auditioning in the home to see if something new is really better. Of course if you need something smaller... Totem Mani's have a very good reputation. | |
| What music is your system setup for? I have 3 or 4 pairs of very different speakers to switch in or out of service depending on type of music and what mood of volume I'm in... for example, big mother JBL L-200's for Reggae at concert jackhammer levels. Or Ralph Towner played on my Ch... | |
| Good Speakers for Low Watts I used to have a Musical Fidelity A-1. It gets very hot, enought to fry an egg on top. Be advised most units have volume control or selector switch failure due to the knobs breaking. My selector switch broke. I finally gave the amp away. I'd have ... | |
| NAK 670ZX play problem, an easy fix? You're not the only one.. I had a similiar experience purchasing a CR-3A for a very low price on ebay.. worked for about a month and then the drive quit. I gave it away.On many units you have to do the "gear drive upgrade" and that will fix the dr... | |
| Evidence of groove damage of TT setup? Many vinyl pressings have distortions due to cutting head overload or bad vinyl formula... for example, a record with loud passage distortions may not have that problem on the same title pressed in a different country... an import from England, Ge... | |
| dedicated 70's rock system Sorry but you can do much better than Cerwin V's...How about a cleaned-up Marantz 2270 receiver (I'll take the midrange control of the Marantz over the more popular Sansui) and 2 pair of original Advents stacked? or a modded Dahlquist DQ-10's and ... | |
| Which upgrades for my Rega Planar 3? experiment with mats -- I have the Audioquest Sorbothane mat and the Ringmat. Both have different sounds.re-wire tonearm with Cardas or other choices. Cardas worked for me.Change the feet - many options, mod squad soft shoes worked for me. You cou... | |
| Optimism in Music. Good Day Sunshine, Here Comes the Sun -- the BeatlesDitto on the Bruce Cockburn, also I'm gonna fly someday, Bright Sky, Lord of the Starfields, Joy will find a way -- Bruce CockburnCarry On - CSNYJazzman -- Carol KingLarry Carlton -- Smiles and S... |