cousinbillyl
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| For those of us over 60.. Agree with every post above. We truly are the lucky generation.Being Canadian, we really took to Supertramp. Listened to Crime of the Century, for the 4000th time. | |
| Tube pre-amps: balanced a big deal? I try to keep things simple;A phono cartridge is a true balanced source. The sinusoidal waveform goes up, and then it goes down. A dual differential phono pre amp, pre amp combination preserves the entire waveform. An asymmetrical (rca) pre amp re... | |
| Torus power vs the competition For those of us that use balanced conditioners, there's no turning back.I have a Torus RM20. It gives me a constant 120V. This than feeds my 'balanced' toriods. One BPT, two very old 2KV plitron medical transformers. I've wired the plitrons to giv... | |
| Need Tonearm help for a Thorens TD124 Mark II michaela, just installed the new bearing from sien (sph) at LencoHeaven. Truly unbelievable. My noise floor dropped to a vanishingly low level. I also installed the Synergistic Research Blue fuses, and now I have no noise floor, it's gone. | |
| You cable haters please DO this. Opps!, I 'm a cable hater.Opps!, I had a Super Bowl party last night.Opps!, a friend of mine brought over his Synergistic Research active interconnects and speaker cables.Opps!, bastardo is going to cost me a lot of money. EVERYTHING was better. O... | |
| Need passive aggressive advice emil,You've done your homework. LDR's are the next step in the passive evolution. Caution, the placette is so good, there will only be an incremental improvement. But it will still be an improvement.Having owned a Placette, we know there's no goin... | |
| Reducing Background Noise On Records How many of us have left these pages?Reading these responses has left me scratching my head.Azimuth adjustment is the most important of all the cartridge tweaks. Until your azimuth is perfect, everything else is meaningless.cspiegs, start reading ... | |
| Need Tonearm help for a Thorens TD124 Mark II michaela, it's time for you to add another forum. Lenco Heaven. The website is all about idler drives. Lencos, Garrards, and Thorens.For those of us who moved from belt drive to idler drive, there's no turning back.Once signed in, you go to market... | |
| the table or the arm first? The more expensive the arm, the better it sounds. But why?If we look at Rega arms, the big difference is in the bearings. They test hundreds of bearings. One out of a hundred is perfect. This goes into their expensive arms. | |
| Please help me chose a tube preamp audiomasterYou mentioned 'disappointment' with some other products. I too have had some of these, and they truly where awful.I'm going to ask you two weird questions. If you answer yes to both, the Calypso or the Atma-Sphere are perfect for you.If... | |
| Why is good, deep bass so difficult? - Myths and their Busters I didn't read this entire thread. If this point has been made, then consider this a +1.A long time ago I did a lot of reading. One of my favorite sites was www.humblehomemadehifi.com . Tony G said it plainly, and often; for tight impactful bass, y... | |
| Best Record You Have Ever heard Crime of the Century, UHQR. Tonight I'll put the TV on mute, watch my Toronto Maple Leafs play Washington, and crank Supertramp. | |
| how is this possible Slow down folks. Just because we're getting raked over the coals for shipping, doesn't mean they are.I've bought numerous items, from both Asia and Russia. Shipping has always been minute compared to us shipping to them. | |
| Class D = Trash? Mad DavidBefore I respond to your question: what source material do you have?Do you listen to the crap that is CD?Have you at least partially upgraded to SACD?I doubt you know what DSD downloads refer to.There is no hope in hell you've listened to... | |
| LONDON Decca, Tzar DST and similar cartridges Hey bdp24. I have a very understanding wife. Maybe one day I'll tell her what I got?????Being an old guy, with kids all gone and doing well, I can occasionally treat myself. I hope my beat up old pickup lasts a few more years. I'd hate to explain ... |