viridian
Responses from viridian
| What TT upgrade from tweaked Thorens TD160 The usual suspects, all around $1000.00 used will be the VPI Scout, Rega P5, the Project, the Clearaudio and the dark horse candidate, the Technics 1200. Quite a bit will depend on your choice of cartridge. | |
| DIY Interconnects review JD, this is the most scholarly demystification of the myth and lore surrounding cable technology that I have ever read. Thank you for sharing your copious and time consuming work, your generosity is appreciated. Very, very good show! | |
| 2-channel receivers: Nad, ROtel, or new OUtlaw... Try this, http://www.harmanaudio.com/search_browse/product_detail.asp?urlMaterialNumber=HK%203480-Z&status= | |
| Isolating the listening chair? Newbee, you busted me right out of the gate. I didn't think that I could affect the ernest, wide-eyed, prose that infuses the endless Audiogon threads singing the praises of magic pebbles, magic clocks, magic ICs, magic tobacco and Patricia Barber... | |
| 1st, most memorable recording... Boa2, so when are you going to put one together? All those Plasmatics, Ah Ha and Duran Duran LPs must really be pileing up. | |
| solid state power amps, golden oldies The real greats were made before 1980; Levinson ML-2, Rappaport Amp-1, Threshold 400A, 800A and 4000, Bedini 25/25. | |
| 1st, most memorable recording... Bd, White Rabbit is a fantastic album; I listened to it last night. Before George Benson thought that he could sing, he seemed the heir apparent to the guitar legacy of Wes Montgomery. In fact he pays homage to Montgomery on the White Rabbit album... | |
| Not wasting my time on new Digital El, I think you miss the point. To answer your last question first, I have not measured dynamic range in source components or in in-room replay, which is why I provided the link. Did you bother to look at it? But what is your point here? Must one ... | |
| Not wasting my time on new Digital This is pure rubbish, analog, both tape and LP, has greater dynamic range than redbook CD. Sounds can be heard between ten and twenty db beneath the noise floor on analog. Digital media simply throw away all information below the least significant... | |
| Best 2 channel for under 300? Sufentanil, your post only referenced "inexpensive", and did not give a price range, which would seem to leave the door open as far as price is concerned. Best of luck; may your search be a fruitful one. | |
| Best 2 channel for under 300? Ok, ok, how about this baby - I have not heard it though, http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?ddmiscrcvr&1154826123 | |
| Best 2 channel for under 300? Uh, why not just buy the receiver referenced above and an older outboard dac by Musical Fidelity, Rotel, AMC, PS Audio or Audio Alchemy? Most are available for around $100.00 used and you would bring the whole project in for under $300.00 with a m... | |
| Most Useful Audio Adjective I think that Hef has one of those "pipe and slippers" systems at the Playboy mansion, and I am pretty sure that it features a reel-to-reel source. Only plays rat pack recordings though. | |
| cleaning vintage receivers I like to do a nice interior cleaning first and look for any bad signs, leaky caps, obviously blown fuses, loose wires, etc. I use a vacuum and follow up with a lightly moistened cloth. Next, I spray contact cleaner in all of the pots and switches... | |
| Not wasting my time on new Digital Digital finished what the transistor started....... |