albertporter
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| Top 5 recievers of the 70's and 80's ???? Good grief, no mention of Yamaha? They were inexpensive, ultra reliable and had vanishing low distortion specs combined with great sound and forward looking cosmetics.I personally sold thousands of dollars worth of them with a very clear conscienc... | |
| Teo Macero...RIP... "Time Out" was a gift, I listened to a cut off it last week with my son. It's one of the most influential Jazz albums of all time, and don't forget "Kind of Blue" .Teo was blessed to live during such a great time in American Jazz. His 80 + years b... | |
| a tube amplifier repair technician There is a wonderful repair guy in Southwest Connecticut, his name is Steve Leckrone. 203-331-0671. | |
| Best protractor for aligning to cantilever I bought the Wallytractor Universal and love it. It will solve the problem you're asking about and then some.The good thing about the Wally Universal, it works on linear track, and pivot arms. Pivot arms it works with include 9" and 12" in both Ba... | |
| On the Fence with Analog Vs. Digital. Need Help I agree with Calbrs03 and Plato. Evolve your digital and slowly work toward LP until you see if the performance difference is worth it for you.I'm crazy about LP's, they work perfectly for me, but I have many years experience so there are no probl... | |
| MusicDirect On AMEX Commercial Awesome that they got the exposure, wonderful that people hear about LP's. Maybe some of those music lovers will get excited and join us here at Audiogon. | |
| Reel 2 Reel I use mine all the time, Technics 1520, you can view a photo of it at my system thread. Great machine and inexpensive to buy and maintain. | |
| Finding ultra-pure water locally... Thanks Jtimothya, good data.Regarding:If that is the case, MedicalMailOrder.com is offering the 20 liter (~5 gallon) 9800-5 Reagent Grade water at $25.32 plus shipping ($8.27 UPS ground to my zip in upper Midwest where it is a balmy 3 degrees F.) ... | |
| Wilson Audio fuse box ...plus you can change the tonal characteristics with different values by telling Wilson what you like and down like about the sound.That's the first time I've been made aware of that option. If true, Wilson just made points with me, it's a great ... | |
| Suspended vs. non suspended turntable I agree with Dan, I have one of each type and both are excellent. Implementation is all important. | |
| Hansen Prince V2 They were at the Venetian, CES. One of the only rooms I covered at CES. I was assigned T.H.E. Show as primary.Here are images:http://live.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/ces.pl?hansenaudio&&ManuView&&&&&&&CES08I think it w... | |
| How do you perform a burn in on a tonearm cable? I'm burning in my new tonearm cable right now, I just made up a custom wire rig to do the job better and faster.Bought a cheap Radio Shack RCA/RCA and cut off one end. Stripped the conductors to reveal hot and ground. Soldered hots and grounds to ... | |
| Are my older Svetlana KT88's Svets or Winged C's? Peter, Wing C KT88 is good, 6550 Wing C is good. I use 6550 in my VTL's. The 6550 Wing C is preferred by both Audio Research and CAT, I'm sure they tested before making the choice. | |
| Aesthetix Callisto and Io Eclipse Atmasphere (Ralph), I and a couple of other people got early versions to test. Mine was converted from my Callisto Signature by the factory a few months ago.When John from Classic visited me on the way to CES, he was hearing the new Eclipse (less ... | |
| Are my older Svetlana KT88's Svets or Winged C's? Current production Svetlana KT88's are made on the same assembly line and in the same factory as Sovtek tubes. Wing C brand are the same as your old Svetlana. The Svetlana NAME (only) is now owned by Sovtek and associated brands.Name change fooled... |