viridian
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| Audio and Wine? Yes, there's nothing like cracking a fresh box - none of that old stuff for me - of Hearty Burgundy, fireing up the old Technics receiver, throwing five identical copies of the Clash's "London Calling" onto the Yamaha five disc changer and settlin... | |
| best used amp for 300- 400 Nix on the B&K stuff. The bass is soft and does not meet your criteria. The ST-140 seems to have trouble with lower impedances to boot. But nice midrange, good soundstage and a bit soft. Caters to the "solid state like tubes" crowd. | |
| best used amp for 300- 400 Have a look at the Acurus stuff. Very, very nicely made and good punch. | |
| Is Audiogon worth it? Eighteen disputes are listed out of literally thousands of transactions. My personal experience is that putting an ad in my local Portland Oregon newspaper and dealing with the general public who have minimal knowledge of high end gear has led to ... | |
| What is this interconnect? That's Viridian with an "i" not an "e". It is a shade of green. As in green with envy over some of the rigs that you guys own. Hankcan is also correct that the spelling of the interconnect is "Geyer". | |
| r.f.i. Call the radio station and ask to speak with the engineer. Often, the stations are very sensitive to these types of community issues and will suggest solutions based on experience with high wattage radio frequency signals. | |
| headphone/integrated amp question Oh yes, you will enjoy them immensely; they are quite good. Any thoughts on a headphone amp? | |
| headphone/integrated amp question Absolutely, the way you suggest is just perfect. One thing to consider is that many tape outputs are not buffered so, depending on the input impedance of your headphone amp, it may load down the preamp section of your integrated, or the source com... | |
| Little help in cartridge purchase? I prefer the 103D to the spherical model, havn't tried the others. In addition to audibly prefering the 103D there are some theoretical improvements in reducing record wear by using a line contact stylus, but only if properly aligned. I have used ... | |
| What is this interconnect? Lindsey-Guyer? | |
| Miles Davis,extreme Jazz and the death of Jazz As Mark Twain said upon reading his obituary in the morning paper, "The reports of my death have been greatly exagerated." We constantly hear this "Jazz is dead." hooey. But American Classical Music, as it has been called, is vibrant, alive and fl... | |
| McIntosh MC275, which tube works the best? Oh no, you need vintage tubes: Tung-Sol 6550 or Gold Lion KT-88. Different as night and day! | |
| Please help me to interpret these charts. No, the measurement system is very flawed when measuring dipolar pannel speakers. It's very hard to get the mike far enough away to have the differences in surface response average properly and still window out the first reflections of the room. I... | |
| Little help in cartridge purchase? You might widen your choices to include the Denon 103D and the Audio Technica AT-0C9 at very different ends of the musical spectrum. | |
| Is Your System Better Than the Music You Like? I listen to a lot of older jazz Lps that are recorded in mono. Some are quite rare and in addition to less than state-of-the-art recording quality they have been roughly handled by their previous owners so they are not in the best of shape. That s... |