tomic601
Responses from tomic601
| Interesting vintage find and I think this speaks to the wisdom of the owner...almost all of that gear can be serviced today by a near global network of passionate experts and or the companies which remain today, notably MC, SOTA, SME, etc...i just had a SOTA from this era... | |
| Interesting vintage find a fantastic system, with the lack of tail chasing over the years, my guess is the LP collection is far more interesting :-) My great hope is the owner is well and happy...but in the words of JJ Cale...” but tommorow will come and take us away “ | |
| MC suggestions @mulveling Thank you so much for the detailed replyi have yet to meet any tube component that can’t be improved with HRS gadgets.... hahave fun ! | |
| Spam Prevention Thanks so muchthe Bombay physic predicted just that !!!!!!and a new phono preamp... | |
| MC suggestions @mulveling thanks so much, i looked at the Areas magnum the other day, may borrow it for extended listen...I love the NOS as well. The magnum case rings like a bell, what are you doing there ? | |
| MC suggestions The Herron is on my radar as wellthe inputs about the Bronze are spot on, another lovely sounding musical cartridge | |
| MC suggestions Grado fan for sure :-) they do have an organic midrange magic about them. I have a REF Platinum in a FT3 on a SOTA Sapphire into a CROFT RIAA-RS, quite nice....but get the MC itch....like stevecham I have a Delos ( on a Bardo / Triplaner into a NO... | |
| Herbies Pucks floor spike protectors... @jtcf bravo !!!! add a nut and you have locking adjustable ! | |
| Who are some of elite sub woofers? yes Duke for those of us running Vandersteen floor standers w built in subs and EQ adding more vanderyEq subs gets most If not all the swarm effect. There is some spatial info above the filter, so placement is still important.what is amazing and s... | |
| Naim Nait Integrateds... Sound Quality Comparison, User Comments and Bang for the Buck @viridian when you come up bring Eric @bdp24 with you, I owe him a listen as well. he lives your neck of the woods...Tim next time you are here in California I will just let you rummage thru the booze stash, some of it can in a pinch be used to cl... | |
| Recommendation on power amp OP none of the Ayre dealers I know carry Chord...but no matter, you have fantastic amps and a great company behind them !!!! enjoy them in good healthbestJim | |
| Herbies Pucks floor spike protectors... as I recall OP has 5a. I have used the Vandersteen spike shoes with five A, 7’s and the amps which are also spiked on both tile and hardwood to good effect. they are machined w felt and fit your cones, reasonable for made in USa, available thru yo... | |
| Where would you sell your vinyl collection? a word of caution, new pressing quality rarely deserves a mint rating...IMOthanks for your discogs ID, I will have a lookI agree with general assessment of ebay vs discogs and selling the lot will be difficult at anything approaching a fair yield.... | |
| Recommendation on power amp OP sorry I just saw you bought the MXR-20 series...OMG you will love them and they sound like magic ten minutes in out of standbyhave fun !!!!!!!Jim | |
| Recommendation on power amp I owned the VX-R Twenty for several years driving Vandersteen model 7 Mk2 not a warm speaker at all - magical sound and ayre amps competes well above the $20 K range. Some would say IF you can live with 200 W, it sounds better than the MX-R. I hav... |