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| Vpi vs. TW Acustic Hifigary, If the VPI Classic is as good as the hype it may be a significant but affordable upgrade to the Aries. The last time I talked with Brooks he still had not received one from Harry due to some manufacturing issues with the platter. I'm not... | |
| Vpi vs. TW Acustic No brick and mortar dealer can sell every line. The honest ones, such as Brooks, will tell you if they've never heard something that's of interest. He can only recommend what he sells and knows. Makes sense to me. Can you articulate what you feel ... | |
| Astral Weeks, Live At The Hollywood Bowl Mofimadness, thank you. That helps alot. It's an excellent live album that sounds like there was little post production to suck the life out of it. I'm guessing it was recorded digitally but would like to confirm. I know Bernie Grundman did the ma... | |
| Does anyone have an opinion about 7 ch. stereo? It may be a nice sound but it isn't seven channels of stereo from a vinyl record. :-) | |
| Tri-planar vs Graham I've owned the Graham 1.5t and the Tri-planar and like them both. I have not owned or heard the Phantom. Of the two, I've owned I preferred the Wheaton.Wendell | |
| Beatles catalog remastered for Sept. 09 release This is a CD release with no mention of Hi-Rez. I would not be interested if they were remixed but decent digital releases are most welcome. The ones done in the '80s sucked.Wendell | |
| Looking for a phono preamp The Parasound Zphono and the Bellari 129 are good choices. I've used both and feel they each do a credible job for the money. Both can often be bought used and resold if you don't like them or upgrade to something more expensive.Wendell | |
| Acurus A-150 v. Musical Fidelity X-150 I agree that tubes might help the Acurus. I'm not sure it will sound better than the integrated alone. If you own bothit's worth a try.Wendell | |
| Acurus A-150 v. Musical Fidelity X-150 The best thing to do is try it an listen. If you are short on power it might be can improvement though I doubt it.Wendell | |
| Good stores in LA Brooks Berdan, GNP and Sound Factor are all relatively close.One can easily do all three in a few hours. I'm assuming GNP is still in Pasadena and Sound Factor is in Rosemead. I left LA in 2005. I know Brooks is still in Monrovia.Wendell | |
| Can anyone help identify this LP cleaning machine? Keith Monks. Very expensive and still being produced. It is a British product. Unless you are willing to pay $2000-$5000 for a machine I suggest you look at VPI and Nitty Gritty. I prefer the VPI. | |
| Good stores in LA "Do you think he's going to drive all over Southern California to visit audio shops?"Since there are slim pickings in LA proper he doesn't really have any choice if he wants to achieve his desired objective. | |
| Good stores in LA Brooks Berdan LTD at 110 W. Olive in Monrovia (626-359-9131).Brooks and Brian are the best. | |
| 720p vs 1080i It depends on which your 1080p set does the best job down converting. Try both. In all probability you won't see any difference between 720p and 1080i.Wendell | |
| The Elusive Denon DP 500M Turntable I've owned both your Technics and the Denon. The Denon does not compare in terms of build quality. Keep what you have. |