zaikesman
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| ++++StereoPhile Class A components+++++ Hey Jeff - Thanks for the kind words. I actually make myself wince when I read that stuff I tend to write late at night. It's impenetrable and pretentious by the light of day. I guess I do it because doing it entertains me, but I don't like readin... | |
| Anybody stop using power conditioning? Since I moved last year, I have never removed the API Power Wedge Ultra from my sources and preamps, where it supplies filtered, isolated, and balanced AC, or from my amps, where it just filters (it is supposed to work best with everything connect... | |
| Advice wanted Add another vote for deciding on your speakers first, based on your listening preferences, room, and budget, and then working backwards from there to find the best compatible amplification and source. Audition for yourself if you possibly can. Hav... | |
| ++++StereoPhile Class A components+++++ Zoya, that kind of 'Class A' or 'B' (operational class of an amplifier, an electrical engineering term not having anything to do with subjectively 'letter-grading' a component's sound in a review) is obviously not what the thread-head's question p... | |
| Thiel - Inventors and Tinkerers All Unfortunately but unavoidably, the first-order crossover and physical driver layout on the 2.2's dictate that listening from a standing position (or even from a chair which places your ears higher than the tweeter axis) will cause a rather pronoun... | |
| ++++StereoPhile Class A components+++++ About all that can truly be said for this "grading" system is that it is unlikely (not impossible) that a seriously flawed component would be given a "Class A" or "B" ranking. BUT: This is really saying extremely little, because the distinctions b... | |
| Rock Lyrics - Best Reference to Other Rock Group Right, Onhwy61 - they are everywhere! So, if I had to randomly pick one fav name-drop, I suppose it'd be Bowie's lines from Mott's "All the Young Dudes": 'Oh man I need TV when I got T. Rex' and 'Brother's back at home, with his Beatles and his St... | |
| Luxman 441 vs. Technics SL-1200mk2 as first TT? As a SL1200MkII owner, I can tell you that the TT is capable of fine sound, but I would be careful about buying one used - they're durably built, but since it is the preferred TT of DJ's, they can lead rough lives. If you can find one that you kno... | |
| Isolation for turntable Of course, those advocating the totally rigid approach to TT support are also presumably disinclined to prefer an integrally-suspended TT at all, including the TNT Jr.'s own self-damping compressed-elastomer based system - which is apparently corr... | |
| Choking more SPL's out of Maggie 3.6's I thought about that too, Sean, but as I say, I don't have the specific experience with the Brystons to comment, and having to replace the amps that worked well with Rich's previous speakers would be just as much for him to comtemplate as getting ... | |
| Any takers on ST cable rave AR HT 130 I've never heard this cable - and have no plans to - but I was struck by something about ST's article and the way it was promoted: As I recall, there was a teaser blurb on the issue cover implying there was a positive review inside of a great barg... | |
| Isolation for turntable My TT is nowhere near in the league of yours, but my shelf is similar: a Synergy Twin 40, with the TT placed on the double-width top shelf. These racks don't really qualify as primo TT support, to say the least - of course they have their other vi... | |
| Choking more SPL's out of Maggie 3.6's "Don't rock" - One of the classic and commonplace criticisms of Maggies! (Which I love BTW, so everybody hold your fire...) You seem to have a really nice system and room for these speakers, which shows in your comments about other musical styles.... | |
| Oldies but Goodies? JSAW, Theta has had to cease making dedicated CD transports due to the discontinuation of the various OEM mechanisms they used over the years (my own Pearl transport uses the late lamented Pioneer Stable-Platter unit). Everything they make now is ... | |
| Record Cleaner Side Effects? Gee, I hope your "friend" doesn't read the Audiogon forums...Seriously, I don't know what that writer was advocating instead, but if a record has fingerprints on it, you are going to need to use some type of cleaner to dissolve them. And a vacuum ... |