marakanetz
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| Need Help With Cartridge Re-tipping I can vote for VanDenHul. They do the job right and if you need retip only they will NOT do a complete rebuild and save you a couple on that.They're great people to talk with and provide an excellent service.If it's only re-tip they would charge $... | |
| Any harm in using an amp with the face down as far as i know even tubes can be placed in arbitrary position. from the way the amps were designed i've seen the elements placed onto the number of different positions with no compromise. on guitar amps many times you can see tubes placed upside... | |
| Tube friendly speakers UNDER 1K? sorry to neglect your request for monitors.you can get used Totem Rokk or even slightly higher than 1k used Totem Model1. Recently I saw them sold here for $950 WITH STANDS! Totems have a very stable impedance, outstanding dynamics. if you add som... | |
| What could be instead of side walls? i have a sin to place a tv between the speakers but that's where i have my whole point viewing ld-music video collection that i have. also viewing vcd and dvd music videos as well. so tv should stay between. the equipment stand is also standing ne... | |
| Tube friendly speakers UNDER 1K? Vandersteen 1C or 1B, Totem Arro. | |
| What could be instead of side walls? thanks for a great conversation,as you might know that totem forest speakers have ball bearings. despite that i still use the vibrapods under these ball bearings. my speakers are directed towards the focus about 6 degrees from normal.to place them... | |
| What could be instead of side walls? Thanks everyone. I believe that it's everything almost to the point.My speakers havn't changed and my system is available to look up through the link.The listening distance is very short which is 5' maximum.The speakers are placed 9...10' apart fr... | |
| Most achingly-beautiful music Miles Davis "Siesta" | |
| What music is not derivative? OOOPS!Jposs, I think you didn't shoot well on Kraftwerk...Everything in synth business probably starts from Jean Michell Gare the former leader of synth band Space. As I said before that if you take a derivative of the higher than third order(plea... | |
| Who has gone from a vk60 to a vk75se? vk60 monos? 2 vk60 can be bought if together for not too much over the vk75se if compared used.more power is certainly better even for watt puppies 6.just my 2c. | |
| Vinyl and slurring S'es just a tip for the cartridge:benz cartridges i believe are the champions in longetivity and reliability. with proper handling they could play upto 15000 hours. | |
| Vinyl and slurring S'es How old is your cartridge?Some of the aging cartridges after half-life start to be too bright. I have in reserve Benz M.09 that is arround 4 years-old with original non-retipped stylus. Everything is OK when you look through microscope but the sou... | |
| What music is not derivative? I'm more than sure that beatles is somewhat derivative of Bill Heiley, Elvis Presley,...Frank Zappa can be considered as a complex derivative of higher than first order from different bands often humiliating them with his genious musical way givin... | |
| little known musicians we should hear Hah!Rammstein is a folk music nowdays, buddy! | |
| SEPT 11? ...yeah, i know... tomorrow will be 9/13,14,15,16,17.....--buldings will be broght back to life maybe in another shape and i'm sure that they will attract more tourists while they're being built rather than after they're finished. ground zero is n... |