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| A.J. Conti of Basis Audio has passed away. Hello Jeff. I agree A.J. will be missed and he will be missed on multiple levels bigtime. I liked your mention of precise knowledge as precise and precision indeed and in part defined him and the wonderful turntables and tonearms he produced. Per... | |
| Your most disappointing purchase or audition? Howdy Roxy54. I've addressed the "when he bought it comment previously", funny though how things have disappeared. Per a request I'm waiting for someone to reply to my challenge to come up with "my ulterior motives" that make more sense than the f... | |
| Your most disappointing purchase or audition? Per Atmasphere components. Posting in a public forum personal correspondence demonstrates Ralph's lack of integrity. Regardless, the time to be proactive was when I owned the gear, not now after the fact. I've previously addressed satisfactorily t... | |
| Your most disappointing purchase or audition? Howdy Audiolabyrinth, thank you kindly for your comments. Per your comparison. Amps & preamps are quite diff from cars. Cars rarely are tested after they've been produced: big production numbers with limited testing results in some lemons. Amp... | |
| Music loving friend needs help -- thanks Thank you to all who responded. Czarivey: Regarding your Iphone mention. Do you mean there's a simple way for an Iphone to use voice commands to control a music server? Or do you refer to something else? If controlling servers, is this plug'n'pay ... | |
| Your most disappointing purchase or audition? Re. Atma-sphere. Charles, your posts are well thought out and valued. My matched monoblocks differed drastically from each other internally and had numerous problems including emitting profuse amounts of smoke and there were numerous problems with... | |
| What are these vintage speakers? Al, you are 100% correct. Thanks for taking the time to find the answer. My 1st guess was Altec's. I found photos of Valencias which were similar though had visual differences from the speakers in the photo. I would never have thought to add Heat... | |
| Tonearm Options for Basis 2800 When my Avantgarde Duos were new it took a while to dial them in to achieve their potential. More than any other speakers I've owned the Duos required extreme levels of synergy with other system components. Their 103 db sensitivity magnifies issue... | |
| Mods/repairs in San Frncisco Bay Area Nick Gowan from True Sound does high quality repair work and also does mods. He did a fine job repairing OTL amps I owned. Don't know where you are located. Can say he's worth the trip to Campbell if he's familiar with the components you want work... | |
| VPI Classic 3 vs Basis 2200 Hi Moryoga: Congrats on your turntable acquisition. Enjoy!Hi Jmcgrogan2: Some clarification about my mention above regarding advice received from A.J. This referred to the Vector tonearm, Basis interconnects/speaker cables/power cords, & a tur... | |
| VPI Classic 3 vs Basis 2200 Hello Moryoga. I have not used the Synchro-Wave so I cannot comment on its merits. But can comment on what A.J. says. From a number of conversations with A.J. over the years I've observed hes as honest as they come and responds to questions conse... | |
| VPI Classic 3 vs Basis 2200 Moryoga. FYI regarding the Basis 2200 Signature with Vector 4 arm. I recall that Paul Seydor reviewed that very setup in tas a while ago. Googled and found it was published on the tas website. Although I've not heard the 2200 I've owned other Basi... | |
| $7K to spend on new turntable + arm Bpowers23, per Jmcgrogan2's recommendation of a Basis 2200 with Vector 4 arm and your mention of doing research on those items. Paul Seydor reveiwed that very setup in tas a while ago. Found it on the tas website. There may be other reviews on the... | |
| amp repair in san francisco bay area ML 335 Hi Fromunda. Curious about Chris Barnett who you mentioned above. He's in San Rafael which is near me. Does he work for a shop in San Rafael or work independently out of his home? Know what type of gear he works on? Thanks! | |
| VPI Direct Drive Turntable A reasonable expectation for a 30k buck-ish turntable is that it kicks butt sonically and be a polished design significantly more robust, well built and problem-free etc than lesser priced 'tables. Anything less than Ferrari performance coupled wi... |