bobthenailer
Responses from bobthenailer
| Biggest "bang for the buck" audio gear you have owned(in your history)? First “real” high-end system: Bose 901 series 3; Kenwood integrated amp, Revox reel to reel deck, Nakamichi cassette deck, Empire LP Turntable and cartridge; DBX-3BX compressor / expander; kit-built Dynaco FM-3 tuner. | |
| High end high quality int. amp for low level listening AVA SET-120; $1,199 new from AVA high fi | |
| Question on Denon DL-103 retipping options and preferences Probably just as well to buy a new one. | |
| A turntable that plays all types of music well Marantz TTs1 | |
| Biggest "bang for the buck" audio gear you have owned(in your history)? Vintage pair of ProAc Studio 2s | |
| Cartridge ISOLATION; What Say You? ^^ tonearm joint | |
| Cartridge ISOLATION; What Say You? If I’m were not planning to use multiple cartridges; I’d melt a few dabs of a low-melting point solder like Tix into the head shell to tobrsrm joint; or locktite it. | |
| thought on eBay? Yes: but, you must use PayPal. They have a good record of always supporting the buyers. | |
| What process do you use to purchase cables? I didn’t. I make all my own; interconnects from 5-9s silver and fine silver RCA plugs; speaker cables from insulated litz cable or 5-9’s 16 AWG 5-9s silver with PTFE insulation tubing. | |
| The first system you had that was "high end/audiophile", by you standards Bose 901 IV, Kenwood integrated amp 125 WPC. SONY reel to reel & cassette deck. DBX 3-BX compressor / expander. Dyna-kit FM10 receiver. Sennheiser SD-650 headphones. | |
| The first system you had that was "high end/audiophile", by you standards Bose 901 series IV, Kenwood integrated amp, Technics turntable, Revox 10” tape deck, DBX 3-BX compander, Sony cassette deck. | |
| Speakers for triode tube amps One of the Klipsch horn models | |
| PowerBall Lottery Winner Transmission Audio Ultimate | |
| Parasound Preamp I had one in my old system. Liked it. | |
| How many dealers do you use? Amazon and Crutchfield |