noromance
Responses from noromance
| Which components knocked you out on first listen? Of all the different systems I've heard, the component that made the biggest impression on me was the original Croft Micro driving a refurbished (by me) Leak Stereo 20 blowing away a very expensive Naim NAC/NAP250 set up. | |
| Best single-malt Scotch... You might like this guy: ralfy.com Hundreds of videos of whisky/whiskey reviews. | |
| What equipment do you most regret parting with?? 401 I sold for $75 and...301 with Grace 707 I let my folks throw away along with a clone of a Croft Mega-Micro I built and a box of tubes including a bunch of Mullard and Seimens M8137, CV4004 etc... | |
| Best drink while listening to your rig? Bushmills 1608 or Ardbeg, Maine Beer Co. King Titus or St. Bernardus Abt 12, Penfold's Grange. Tazo Chai tea with soy creamer! | |
| What is the Phono stage you have finished with? I can neither afford nor am I willing to spend more that $1000 on a phono amp. I had an early Croft Micro that I upgraded myself, doubling up the psu, upgrading the resitors and swapping out the stock tubes for Telefunkens and the output driver to... | |
| Cheap tweaks...What would YOU reccomend? Remove the metal cover from your tube preamp. Never play a record with the plastic lid closed. In fact remove the lid completely. | |
| What time do you wear? 1992 Omega DeVille | |
| Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive? 2011 Kia Sportage, Infiniti FX45, Bentley Mulsanne. | |
| Girlfriends and wifes, how do YOU cope? Man cave setup so she doesn't care. I buy vintage classics that don't cost too much. I don't get needing to spend fortunes on high mark up gear. My rig sounds great for a lot less dough than most. | |
| Where does your user name come from? The name of a new wave clothing store across the street from a record store I used to hang around in back in the day. Seemed to suit my mood at the time. | |
| ARC preamp Voltage convertion from 110v to 220V? Something like this...http://www.amazon.com/Power-Bright-VC500W-Voltage-Transformer/dp/B000MX1QXA/ref=pd_sim_e_4 | |
| ATC SCM11 vs Monitor Audio Gold Reference 60 Your system is speaker heavy. They deserve much more than an Onkyo amp. |