tortilladc
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| Most underrated composer of 20th Century? "Those not alive and of the age of reason before _____ arose have no idea of the great harm _____ has done to society." - A great number of idiots throughout history"All those whose mind entitles themselves,and whose main entitle is themselves,sha... | |
| Service for Mark Levinson You may want to check out George Meyer TV & Stereo in Santa Monica, CA. I recently had two items repaired by his shop (Cambridge Audio warranty work and re-capping/restoring an old Fisher receiver). While I was there, Morris was gushing over s... | |
| Small System Rebuild. Need Integrated Amp Dunno about NAD but as a Cambridge owner, I can confirm there are reliability issues with their amps that have been echoed elsewhere on this forum. I have a 551r that had some caps explode in under 2 years of ownership. | |
| Most underrated composer of 20th Century? Walk around new york city with philip glass on headphones and then re-consider your opinion of his work. his music is not for concert halls or for playback on home hifis. | |
| 6C33C-B tubes link is still live and working. now it's time to read up enough to understand the results! | |
| 'Holographic Sound Stage?' Nonoise, I had the exact same experience at Acoustic Image (in my case it was Joule Electra driving Dali's) and I'm on a quest to bring that combo home! | |
| Are all asynchronous USB inputs similar? In my own experience with the Cambridge Audio DACMagic Plus and the Audioengine D1, USB 2.0 works fine in the office but my home PC is a gaming rig that is *heavily* overclocked (it requires water cooling to remain stable). In that application, US... | |
| Rega RP6 VTA issue FWIW, I have an RP6 with the sumiko blackbird cart. Dealer did the install and haven't had a problem for over a year. | |
| 6C33C-B tubes I bought a batch of 8 from a seller here named 'audiomisfit'. They came in what appears to be original boxes. Short answer here is the tubes were fine. I paid $285 for 8 but his prices seem to fluctuate. Read on for the longer answer…I decided I w... | |
| 6C33C-B tubes I'm having a batch of 6C33-B tubes tested by tctubes out of Saint Paul, MN. I'll let you guys know how it goes. | |
| Repair-Restoration Tech for Vintage Sansui Amps?? George Meyer TV & Stereo in Santa Monica, CA. | |
| Small Monitors and Book shelves for Rock Music? Oh man...thanks Drumsgreg for alerting me to the Sierra-2! I'm going to look into that upgrade ASAP. | |
| Boom boom boom boom Ebm, what you typically hear in trailers/TV spots is "Boom Boom" by Big Head Todd & the Monsters featuring John Lee Hooker. I license it at least once a year at work! | |
| First Post Looking for Integrated Amplifier +1 on the Music Hall. It's a great little performer with a good feature set. If something goes wrong, you can get Roy Hall on email for help (it's happened to me with a headphone amp of theirs).Otherwise, keep an eye out for used gear in the price... | |
| Monitor speaker recommendations +1 on the Ascend Acoustics Sierra-1 monitors. Used to be my main speakers, now in the office. Love 'em. |