minorl
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| The ups and downs of tube vs. SS... Just like tubes, different transistors sound different. Tube equipment manufacturers are very quick to tell you what tubes are used in the products. However, transistor equipment manufactures typically don't tell you what is being used, the circ... | |
| re capping the problem would be with the electrolytic capacitors.Therefore, I would plan on replacing all the electrolytic capacitors with like value and size capacitors. However, the number 1 priority would be the power supply caps. They are typically the... | |
| re capping Worry? No. Just enjoy and if you do plan on keeping the amp then start planning for cap replacement for a later time.just enjoy | |
| Best Jazz pianist Most of the names listed i have heard and they are wonderful. No such thing as "best" in this area. Whatever you like and appreciate is what matters.Another to add is Eliane Elias Wonderful pianist and artist and a student of Bill Evans. | |
| What Do You Think Of This? What probably happened was that the buyer wasn't sure how it would sound and bought it before knowing. When it arrived, he/she didn't like it and wanted a return. Like a store. another reason why I really like buyers to pick the unit up persona... | |
| re capping Lets be clear. There was lots of good advice presented here. But, that is all it is, advice.There is such a thing as preventive maintenance in cars, electronics, etc. If one wishes to keep an item indefinitely, then preventive maintenance is im... | |
| Melody Gardot, Live in Europe Ok I’ve read enough. I’m ordering that set. I wonder does it come in love format also? | |
| Diana Krall I was in Santa Monica yesterday for a meeting and had a little time to kill afterwards. So, I went to Optimal Enchantment to talk with Randall. The equipment and systems that he has in his one room store/listening room are nothing short of amazi... | |
| Quincy Jones Interview For the record, I know what I like and don’t like. That doesn’t make me a snob. Never said or will say that my taste is better than someone else’s. Always open to new exciting things and I am always open to learning new things.life is short to thi... | |
| Quincy Jones Interview I agree with many of the posts here. I was absolutely not trying to disparage the music of the Beatles. Far from it.. However, I was commenting on Quincy's comments and I totally agreed with his assessment of the Beatle's skill playing (back th... | |
| Quincy Jones Interview frogman; I appreciate and welcome your input and response. I'm not saying that they were the worst musicians in the world. I think If I picked up a guitar, that would probably be me. violin on the other hand was a different story. We are not t... | |
| Quincy Jones Interview When it comes to Jazz and Blues players I was talking about back then. I was not referring to the ones today. not taking away from anyone today, but that is not what I was talking about. And in my opinion and many others, yes, they were the best... | |
| Quincy Jones Interview Sorry, I have to disagree humbly. It is well documented that the beetles weren't very good musicians. However, set that aside for a minute. When you put excellent musicians that spent their life in classical or other music training in the same ... | |
| Diana Krall I enjoy good music and good playing and good singing. Diana Krall uses some of the best musicians and she plays piano pretty well also. I can tell you that in my opinion many of her songs are quite good and are the quality that I can listen to y... | |
| 20 Year Old Amplifiers compared to 2017 What Bob Carver did in his challenge was to engineer an amp that copied to the best he could the transfer function of more expensive high end amps that people really liked. And he did it well.enjoy |