viridian
Responses from viridian
| Other than music, why are you an audiophile? Because I'm gay and attracted to old, bald guys. | |
| Where to go from here? Right to a local club to hear some live music. Perhaps it will be the pallative to the rapid changes in your rig. | |
| The better Led Zeppellin live recordings on vinyl. Unfortunately, my favorite Led Zep set never came out on LP, "How The West Was Won" recorded in LA in the heyday of rock 'n roll. Stereophile picked it as a "Record Of The Month" and it is just fabulous. Although it came out at about the same time... | |
| Why CD players so expensive when the fomat is dead They killed the LP format twenty years ago and there seem to still be an awful lot of record players selling for 50K+. | |
| Amp sounds thin I see that you use the 4.6. Do you use it in passive mode, or active? If passive, you may be having an interaction with the input impedance curve of the Classe. Although nominally 75K ohms, which would imply a high input impedance, it is possible ... | |
| Ortofon A90 review.... wrong choice of gear It's nice that you are concerned about the manufacturer's and distributor's feelings. Not enough end users are sensitive enough to give these kinds of things a second thought. | |
| Oregon Audiophiles... Thanks so much gents; it was an unalloyed pleasure! Please count me in if we have another get together.Marty | |
| Dynaco PAS 2 value and difference to PAS 3? I would respectfully differ on that point based on personal experience. If you jumper the PC-5 circut board, you will avoid all of the crap wire, and solder joints, running to the tone controls themselves. Trace the board and you will see that the... | |
| Dynaco PAS 2 value and difference to PAS 3? To answer your question, the PAS2 and PAS3 are exactly the same preamp with different face plates and knobs. The 3X has different tone controls, which, if you are actually going to listen to the thing, rather than being a collector, is probably mo... | |
| Is China Forbes pitch perfect? Dan, Portland is the place for you; I'll buy the first beer! The good news is that we have some good eye doctors here, as well as hearing specialists. | |
| thorens or emt? I love Paladin's answer. True to the spirit of Audiogon. My educated guess is that the Thorens Reference is more rare than any of the EMTs and would be harder to find. I imagine that buyers would line up for any of the above if priced at market.Ta... | |
| Is China Forbes pitch perfect? Oy vey. I live in Portland, ground zero for the Pink Martini phenomenon. It's amazing that the gestalt of our little city is defined by Tonya Harding, Pink Martini, and having more strip clubs per capita than any other city in America. There's som... | |
| Which cable do you think is most important? I love all of these suggestions about room treatment. The sad truth is that very few have taken the time to correctly position their speakers, never mind actually dealing with room interactions. And why? Simple, these two take time, and effort and... | |
| Phase rings on tweeters--better "highs" without? Absolutely, do it. The engineers who design speakers know virtually nothing, and the computer design software that is available is virtually worthless. Time delay spectronomy being the emperor's new clothes of test procedures. Heyser really got it... | |
| Michell Gyro Se running a little slow Thinking that your turntable runs slow is one thing. Actually running slow is another. Use an inexpensive strobe to determine if it is, in fact, slow. Many other components have an effect on PRaT which can give the impression of slow speed. Then a... |