elizabeth
Responses from elizabeth
| There has been an incident and I need advice Agree on the Adcom GFP750. I have one and it seems suited to your needs. | |
| Best Way to Approach System Building Well, first off I do not make it a chore to do.I use the system I have to LISTEN TO MUSIC.IF I see an item I might want to try.. I think about it for awhile, look at the stuff being written about it, etc.Then I let it sit on the back burners in my... | |
| How much money for your next interconnect cable??? I have all the cables I will ever purchase.I own (20 years) several handmade Mark Levinson wires with Ratshack RCAs (and I might just replace those RatShack ends with some of the Vampire style all copper RCAs I got)A few Kimber PBJ'sA few Kimber A... | |
| Spare tubes? How many? WOW you guys are as bad as the vinyl crazies!(spare copies of the best...)I am deep in contemplation of a Dared tube job.i cannot decide if I should go with a Dared pre @ $600. and stick it in my system. Or go with a pair of the $1K 300B single en... | |
| Ethics: To what degree? In response to the comment that 'all equipment breaks down': not true. Some items really can be and are 'lemons' and even though they get repaired, they die again. Some stuff lasts forever, never doing anything wrong.Certainly some parts wear out.... | |
| Ethics: To what degree? Nice post. Many manufacturers have problems with reliability on some products. My own experience with Counterpoint was such.The manufacturer clearly has a problem with the componenet.They can fix it and eat the cost and still have a customer base.... | |
| Why Did My Power Cord Act Like a Fuse? some sort of flaw was inside the powercord. Lucky for you it did what it did instead of burning your building down.My first comment is YES, the power should be OFF in any equipment connected if a curcuit breaker is being reset.Second YES, the 'sur... | |
| Will older films be produced on blu-ray or HD? Agree we are going to see PLENTY of films taht are just going to be the digital transfer that was used on DVD.Remastering from an original print is EXPENSIVE.So you can be certain the old releases will not be upgraded in quality for a LONG long ti... | |
| Duende vs Halo Tube Rings I would suggest finding some common O-rings.Read about O-rings in the Wiipedia.They can be found in all sorts of materials and even some exotic cross sections.Get some perflouroelastomer rings (the raw material costs thousands of US$ per kilo!!!!)... | |
| Unhappy with tubes so which transistor amp? I went back to SS after my Counterpoint broke down a second time..The Counterpoint sat in the closet for awhile, then I traded it. NOW... I am kicking myself for selling it.So I would say keep the tube job around in storage. Sooner or later you wi... | |
| B&W 805D GO to B&W site. find "NATILUS" click, GO TO "DIAMOND SIGNATURE" Ta Taa!!!!Then try GOOGLE, "Diamond signature"One of the first page clicks has a dealer/review with a price, and the 1,000 copies only info.Geeeezzzzz..... | |
| B&W 805D Diamond Signature two way (a gussied up 805s)Yeah... ONLY L(pounds)11,000. Thats about $18,000.00 US dollars.AND only 1,000 sets are going to be made.Get in line fast!!You want em' your gonna pay pay pay!Find a dealer and wire him $20,0000. as a d... | |
| Filter setting on Sony SCD-777ES I own the SCD777ES.I have found that different recordings do best with different filter settings.No reasons.. | |
| What could be wrong? It's the CABLE. Tonearm wiring is very, very thin, and damn hard to make connections with.You "new" wire is probably loose at the cart/wire interface, where the wire is clamped into the clips that slip onto the cart pins. I would inspect those cli... | |
| Small Room. Go for it or forget about it? Also, when you listen 'near-field' it does not matter nearly as much.near field is close... very close. |