myles_b_astor
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| Reel to Reel JS: You might want to look into replacing the stock 6DJ8 and EF86s in the Repro. The best I've found are the Tele EF806S and Tele E88CC. They'll give you a cleaner, more transparent sound with more sense of space and attack and a bit better bass. ... | |
| Aesthetix Io Sig vs Manley Steelhead-opinions pls Tim:I've been saying this for a while. Black background is just another coloration. I don't hear any black background when I go to Carnegie Hall. I hear openness, a crystaline clarity, transparency and space-even if the "new" hall lacks the dynami... | |
| Tape Project Tapes @clio: Yes the TP had a limited license to sell the two Decca releases :( You are in for a real treat with the Bruch/Hindemith--though know some friends will prefer the Heifitz/Bruch to the Oistrakh/Bruch! The best of Wilkinson at Kingsway.Myles | |
| Tape Project Tapes Oh and you should hear Jacqui does her "acoustic smash" singing Blossom Dearies Surrey with the Fringe on Top to the tune of George Benson's Breezin'. I think this song is on her CD-not on the tape; but the tape also has two of Jacqui's other nota... | |
| Tape Project Tapes I saw Jacqui three months ago at the BN/NYC. The lady can sing and has a unique voice (my girlfriend who's trained opera singer really dug her singing too)! And the better your tape front end, the better she sounds. | |
| Tape Project Tapes Same:If you think those TP releases are good, then you're in for a real treat when you spool up the Bill Evans WFD and Hindemith VC!Myles | |
| Is MOFI L. Ronstadt Prisoner in Disguise better? How many people compensated for the thicker 180 gm MFSL vnyl (besides AudioFeil I'm sure :) ) by raising the tonearm. Most modern cartridges with their exotic shapes are very VTA sensitive and it makes a sizeable difference in the sound of the MFS... | |
| Is There An "Absolute" Best Cartridge? Raul:First, how does one separate the sound of the cartridge from that of the arm/table?Second, I think what HP said many years ago in one of his cartridge surveys still applies today. To paraphrase HP, if all these cartridges are supposed to repr... | |
| Is MOFI L. Ronstadt Prisoner in Disguise better? Hi Mark,Was just listening to the MFSL of Imagine tonight when comparing the Titan i vs. the ZYX Omega Gold lo). . I don't have an original around any more to compare but I wouldn't call the MFSL Imagine dreck. It's far from dreck :) But it's a 70... | |
| Ortofon A90 review.... wrong choice of gear Rob-Reread my post. That is exactly what I said :) | |
| Ortofon A90 review.... wrong choice of gear Yes and no. I agree with what you're saying because arm/bearing resonances can kill a cartridge's dynamics, etc. OTOH, designing a RIAA curve is no easy task either and low noise/high gain phono sections good enough to use with a low output A90 do... | |
| Ortofon A90 review.... wrong choice of gear What Rob is saying in my book is that the Ortofon A90 is the companies statement product, an all out assault on the SOTA in cartridge design and manufacturing. So he's right that it makes no sense to review it with anything but the best phono stag... | |
| Conrad Johnson TEA2 Stock Tubes Sorry to dash your hopes. They are some older Russian 12ax7s. The good news is that they are better IMHO than the newer reissue Tungsol 12ax7 being currently supplied. The only problem with the Russian tubes that I see is they are microphonic and ... | |
| what do you use to remove your tubes? Worrying about how to remove the tubes seems kind of silly after seeing how they are made and packed :)http://www.mullardtubes.com/Video.aspxThat said either use cotton gloves or some cat grooming gloves with little rubber dots. If nothing else, w... | |
| Kudos to Audio Research I have to say that my experience with cj amps is exactly the opposite of Jwm's. I've owned cj amps for over 20 yrs, beginning with the MV75A1 and currently the LP 150 Ms. The amps have been like battleships and have never once had a bad or old tub... |