mustangjeff
Responses from mustangjeff
| Fair price for used Vandersteen 3a Signatures Thank you for the advice on room size, positioning, and placement. I did some research last night and think I'm going to hold off for now. I used to have a pair of 2Ce signatures that were lost in a divorce settlement. Here is a bit of advice. ... | |
| Fair price for used Vandersteen 3a Signatures Thank you Kota1. I'm trying to decide between a new pair of 2CE Signature III's and a 10-year-old pair of well taken care of 3A signatures. Looking through the listing it seems the 3a signature sold market ranges from $1800 - $3000 depending on ... | |
| Moving cables around killed dynamics for days anyone else experience this? It was just my imaginationRunning away with meIt was just my imaginationRunning away with meIt was just my imagination, once againRunning away with meIt was just my imaginationRunning away with me | |
| Cartridge for Clearaudio Concept TT The price jump is part of my issue Matt. A few years ago this same cart was $200 cheaper. At $450 I wouldn't have too many reservations on giving it a shot. At $650 it's starting to get into 2M Black territory, and $1K carts aren't that far off... | |
| Time for a new 2 channel amplifier - looking for suggestions Great suggestions everyone. I've crossed the Yamaha off my list. As appealing as those sexy VU meters and the vintage/rarity factor, that thing is one mishap from being a door stop. | |
| ... how important is Damping factor in determining what amp to buy That’s a good question. On the surface it looks like it should be very important. The higher the DF the better the sounds would be a reasonable assumption.Who wouldn’t want better control of the bass drivers? Wouldn’t that yield tight and accurat... | |
| Yamaha M-60 worth a refurb? The other reason that intrigues me about this amp is the class A mode. My Chorus II's are very efficient so I believe the amp would be in class A mode quite often.I liked the Rotel RB-1080 a lot better when it was driving a pair of Vendersteen 2C... | |
| Clearaudio Virtuoso Ebony Wood or Ortofon 2M Black Cartridge? What Johnnyb53 says makes a lot of sense to me. I have a Clearaudio concept TT with their basic MM cart. It's nowhere in the same league as the Virtuoso Ebony Wood. I've been kicking around upgrading the cart, and a local shop is pushing me to... | |
| When I have seen people listing their systems lately I think stand alone CD Players are mostly dead, but I don't think the Redbook CD format is dead. I differentiate CD players from universal disc players that player SACD, CD, DVD, and Blu Ray.My old standby player was a Rotel RCD-950. Having an I... | |
| Any suggestion on DAC below $1,500 Eddy, is the DAC for your CD Player? Or are you looking at hooking up a laptop/PC? | |
| When I have seen people listing their systems lately I ran into the same situation as mapman. I had all my CD's ripped as wav. Due to the non-existent tagging options in WAV, I was forced to manually add each CD into the windows media player database. Basically rip a CD, load windows media player... | |
| What vintage speaker might you use today I'm using a pair of circa 1989 Klipsch Chorus II's as my everyday main speakers. I found a mint pair in oiled oak on craigslist a few years ago, and refurbished them with new crossovers and horn diaphragms.They might not be the most "accurate" sp... | |
| No cartridge is good enough. In my opinion a cartridge does not "extract" music from the groove, but instead interprets the music from the groove. I view them as musical instruments that impart their own subtle flavor to the music.The trick is to find the flavor you like. | |
| Measuring VTF on a Clearaudio Concept Thanks for the response. The concept is made to be used without a mat so no issue there. I was amazing how much the weight is skewed with the verify tonearm by a small amount of vertical distance. I tried an old Shure force gauge and that was also... | |
| Help deciding which TT "As I said above, bicycle inner tube. But you seem to prefer anti-gravity guns and new turntables."I'm willing to give an inner tube a shot. I did try some packing air pockets under each of the three feet, and it really didn't seem to make much di... |