tommy_in_sylmar

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Tube Amps with Vandersteen 2Ci's ???
arc classic 60/sp9 combo is escellent. you wont want for more bass, perhaps deeper if youre greedy but not more. 
Turntable Springs!
springs are fine, sota uses them, i know theyre gone but they worked! you can enhance things by using layers of packing bubbles with a board on top. the sandboxes from brightstar and their air suspended things are valid. 
MM to MC phonopreamp modification
ice.....there is no cheeeeep way out. a lehman or a used counterpoint or an EAR, or transformer are good suggestions. i have an ortofon x4mr for sale. which cart are yu using? hifitommy@aol 
Anyone heard of RSL monitor speakers?
not good, out of business, try the psb alphas, a better usage of your hard earned bux 
Acoustat Panels
whats this crap form audiolist---------it doesnt belong here or anywhere else that its not been solicited. i hope the webmaster will remove it and have him cease and desist. 
Anyone heard about CD player Modificatio
sounds like fellatio to me. 
Ferrite Claps
contd.... which aq sells for big bux, so you have to cut it. i have the feet, gonna buy the sheet and cut. have fun! ..........tom 
Ferrite Claps
thanx for the tip dupont! these merchandisers like audioquest clean up on us ignorant consumers. there are other products that we use that are available ibn unusual places.. sorbothane feet--howbout $15.5 for 4, 12" sheets of it for $19.95? go to ... 
My pre-amp inverts phase--what's up?!?
phase inversion in electronics usually stems form an odd number of gain stages in the device. inverting polarity at both spk cables is a fix but many if not 50/50 recordings have inverted phase and who knows how many recording channels have the sa... 
VINYL SURFACE NOISE
the record dr. IS a nitty gritty, which i know by experience, isnt that good. im going to splurge th $400 on the less expensive one. the fan blades on my rdII came off and tghe whole thing is put together with hot glue. such crap. anyway, i dont t... 
Building Watt/puppy clone
carl, if you had never seen the mlissa curves on the focals, ill bet you would never have heard the peak. its pretty damn high in freq and not audible 99.44% of the time and only perverted synthisizer recordings could excite it. had i never heard ... 
Anyone heard of RSL monitor speakers?
no, they arent worth the money even if theyre in new cond. if athy are nearly free, yes. thaana is right about the psb alphas. the rasl was a laughing stock with real audiophiles around here. only the speedscrens were ever given any press and that... 
Best Audiophile recordings
iceraven.....i have heard of j.loussier from a friend and record store owner (gideon, roundhouse records in granada hills,ca) who is from israel and has lived in the uk. he played me some of the bach, we had been talking about wendy carlos. it was... 
amp for martin logansl3s
ok, youre poor. adcom power,say 5800, 5802, 555II, tube preamp. golden tube would be a good place to go cheeeeeep. . there will probably be a lot of flack for this recommendation but donnnt be bullied. 
sub to match martin logans
well, my friend uses imf monitor IIIs Xed @ 40 w/krohn-heit filters w/ his re-quests. carl mentioned the phase contol, if i remeber correctly, muse had skubs with that control,which i always tjpught was the right direction to go. ive seen muse ele...