tonywinsc
Responses from tonywinsc
| Audio Research Ref: CD8 Then why the bank of electrolytic capacitors next to the big tube? | |
| Audio Research Ref: CD8 Nice pix of the inside of the player. But I'm compelled to say that I am a bit underwhelmed at the layout of the PCB inside the CD8. I know that sound is the ultimate goal and I don't mean to dis your nice player. It's just that the tube analog se... | |
| What time do you wear? Here's a suggestion- sell half your collection and take the money to either a poverty area in the USA or to Central America and build a school. The rush will be an order of magnitude better than the rush of buying another watch or preamp. | |
| Myrtle wood under TT Never put your turntable directly on wood. You want mass and a dead/damped material like stone, concrete or a layered material.Pour your own concrete base with a homemade mold. Frame the sides with wood for a finished look. | |
| Audio Research SP-15, either stock or GNSC? I have the SP-15 preamp. It is a hybrid unit. Seperate solid state power supply, MOSFET line stage and 3 ECC33 tubes in the phono stage. It also has one set of balanced outputs but has only SE inputs. The preamp gain is stage selectable in series ... | |
| How much were vinyl records selling for? I paid $19.99 ca. 1980 for Half Speed Mastered recordings. That was big money back then. I bought more of them in later years cheap in the sellout bins. | |
| Which Solid State Amplifier is Making you Happy? I have the Pass Labs X350. I nearly pass out in ecstasy every time I listen. Seriously, it is very good and gets even better the longer it is on- ie. several days as the temperature and bias current stabilizes. It runs warm- makes for a great heat... | |
| What time do you wear? I have a 1994 Omega Seamaster. It has been overhauled once- in 2000. What a great watch, keeps perfect time. | |
| Materialism or Idealism is hope alive? And Request Firstly, sounds like you just haven't found the right Redbook CD player. Second, you seem to contradict yourself. CD's have a finite amount of information. An upsampler cannot add information- it's just another form of digital filtering- ie. color... | |
| Wilson better than Thiels? I'm sure Thiels can sound good with tubes- I'd love to hear that combo some time. But I bet they have to be some massive tube amps to get the full range like I enjoy. I found that the Thiels work much better with amps that have plenty of power and... | |
| Wilson better than Thiels? I have never heard Thiels with a tube amp. I'm guessing that since they need lots of current Thiels do not match well with tubes? | |
| Wilson better than Thiels? It's just as everyone is saying- to hear these speakers at their best, you must hear them in someone's home set up properly with time and care. If I had not heard either the Thiels or the Wilsons in my buddies homes, I would not have given them a ... | |
| Wilson better than Thiels? Brf is exactly right. I have a pair of Thiels and I love the sound. I had a buddy in the 80's and 90's that had the 2 2's and they sounded great in his home. I also had a buddy in the 90's that had the Wilson Watt/Puppies and his system blew me aw... | |
| Our home system: How good it is? My system is like that too. Everybody be jammin' and then I'll put on some crazy Jazz album that I like and everybody leaves. | |
| Steam cleaning records 2 If you have played the same tracks repeatedly in a short period of time, then the highs are the first to go.Just experiment with a record/track you do not care for. |