zaikesman
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| The Good Ol Vacume Tube Uh, Mike - as long as we're "crossing all our t's and dotting all our i's", I feel compelled to point out that the good ol' correct spelling is 'vacuum'... | |
| VTA Adjustment I would certainly contact the distributor if you find anything about the included documentation to be less than fully informative or totally clear. If you got this from a local dealer, they should be helping you to set it up correctly, or more lik... | |
| Felice Bryant: you rocked my world Of course we all know about the Bryants' (Felice + husband Bourdleaux) great hits they penned for the Everly Brothers, but I had never realized they were also responsible for "Rocky Top", the Tennessee state song - that's one of those tunes you ju... | |
| I recently emailed John Atkinson of Stereophile Atkinson's reply is indicative of the corner they've painted themselves into with this 'ranking' business. It could well be true that, for instance, preamps sound better today on average than they did 10 years ago. But if you read Stereophile's gr... | |
| Egads - Changing rooms for the worse... 9' is still a decently high ceiling to me. The 8' wall dimension is a bummer though. If I were you, I would install the system and live with it a while first, possibly set up along both the short and long walls, before jumping to any conclusions. ... | |
| ++++StereoPhile Class A components+++++ Well, as long as your family and friends aren't in the hi-fi manufacturing biz, I don't think we need go quite that far... ;^) | |
| ++++StereoPhile Class A components+++++ I have to agree with Kal, Sean - Stereophile has bored me to tears many times, as they must do on such occasions, with their detailed accounts of equipment failure and what it took to repair/circumvent the situation. Obviously, there's no way for ... | |
| ++++StereoPhile Class A components+++++ Golden_ears, it is not my intent to minimize or deny the insidiously cozy nature of the mag/manufacturer relationship, but to paraphrase the late Dave Thomas, the beef is still missing from the particular burger you're asking us to swallow. I do u... | |
| Anybody stop using power conditioning? Musicfirst (and Sean or anyone else more knowledgeable than myself): Regarding the question of 240v lines (and disregarding your proviso about requiring a much longer discussion ;^) , isn't it true that not only can such lines potentially sound di... | |
| ++++StereoPhile Class A components+++++ Golden Ears, Kr4 presumably knows you have no proof of your claims because there is none that could be had, and I strongly suspect the same thing. So please tell us: Who exactly "in the industry" has purported to tell you what the going price is t... | |
| What's your latest "Discovery" Recently I decided to pig out and get every Walker Brothers/Scott Walker (solo through early 70's) import reissue CD that I didn't already own on original vinyl, rendering my compilation CD redundant and filling in all the previously missing album... | |
| ++++StereoPhile Class A components+++++ Paulwp: The real problem with the disclaimer that prefaces the "A"-rated speakers is that if Stereophile sees fit to include such there, and they were really being honest about it, then they should go ahead and include the same thing everywhere in... | |
| ++++StereoPhile Class A components+++++ Mmowry: How could the R.C. list help anyone in "...shortening your list of equipment to audition"?>Fact: Stereophile 'recommends' virtually every piece of gear they review.>Fact: Stereophile can only review a fraction of the gear made.>Fa... | |
| Advice wanted Glad you found a way to audition...no one knows what you like better than you (though I've got to wonder whether the VTL's might have been in need of new tubes and biasing if they were really that unimpressive). Happy listening! | |
| Nottingham and Teres comparison 4yanx, that's a great shop that will enable a customer to compare several cart's before buying. When I was shopping around DC, I couldn't even find a shop that could solo audition just one of the cart's I had in mind - and most couldn't audition a... |