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| Time To Replace Tubes? Seekburk,I own a Wright WLA12A preamp, which also uses 6SN7s. When my stock EHs got noisy, I wrote George for recommendations and got this response:Dear Dave,NOS are almost always a better choice for 6SN7's but the availability is getting harder t... | |
| The Smiths. The Stone Roses. James. How Soon Is Now by the Smiths was voted Song of the DECADE for the 1990s by the listeners of WFNX, which at the time was the premier alternative (when alternative actually meant something) rock station in Boston. | |
| Budget phono cables There's one up now:http://cgi.ebay.com/Zu-Cable-XAUS-1-2m-tonearm-cable-NEW_W0QQitemZ5854394487QQcategoryZ32833QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItemDavid | |
| Budget phono cables Just an update for those in the same boat as me. Zu auctions a Xaus phono cable on eBay every couple weeks, and starts the auction at $150. I ended up being the only bidder for mine, so got it at $150 plus $10 shipping. They'll terminate it howeve... | |
| Annie Lennox fans I was in Barnes & Noble last night and it appears the entire Eurythmics back catalog has been re-released, remastered and with tracks added to every title. Has anyone listened to these? How's the quality? | |
| Pro-Ject Xpression & Debut Modifictions....read Mattcecil,Where did you find the Marigo VTS Tonearm Damping Kit? I looked on their web site and didn't see it. They seem to get an awful lot of money, though, for what looks like little sorbothane dots with adhesive. Is there more to them than that? | |
| please help, I need a good cd player used is ok XCD-88 has been discontinued, but they may still have some B stock. Call AV123 to find out. Also, AV123 has a forum with a classified section, and used ones occasionally show up there. Good luck. | |
| please help, I need a good cd player used is ok I bought my XCD-88 as a B stock for your budget price, and it's been terrific. Call AV123 and see if they have any more - they don't always list them on their Web site.David | |
| Speaker Placement Tips. I've always had a small bedroom with a queen bed, so all sounds get soaked up pretty thoroughly. I had the best results going nearfield, putting the speakers adjacent to the foot of the bed. Any other placement caused everything to just go dead.If... | |
| Where are you from this Christmas.. Happy Holidays from West Point, NYWe're required to be ecumenical here. :-) | |
| Can anyone comment on the new Music Hall CD 25.2? I recently bought an Onix XCD-88 (MH CD25) and it's been terrific. When I bought it the guy at AV123 actually steered me away from the XCD-99 (MH 25.2) because the differences were so small as not to be worth the $250 price difference. He said the... | |
| Trying to get back into Lps, I seem to be throwing What am I missing here? Powers55 has a Sumiko Blackbird, which is a high output MC with 2.5mv output. The KAB gain calculator returns 40dB as the required gain for a 2.5mv cartridge. The McIntosh C37 phono section has a rated sensitivity of 2.5mv ... | |
| SPL METER? ATI OR RADIO SHACK Is there any reason to buy the old version (33-2050) off eBay when Radio Shack now offers this new analog model:http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103668&cp=2032057.2032187.2032193.2032222&parentPage=familyAlso, Nady ha... | |
| whatz up with tape input/outputs? I use my tape in/out to connect my computer to the rest of the system. It functions almost exactly as a tape deck would - I record the occasional piece of vinyl to the hard drive, and I play the occasional MP3 or Internet radio stream. Like Riffer... | |
| Budget phono cables Cardas Cross phono, which is the least expensive, is $278 new at Audio Advisor and appears to be only RCA-DIN. I'd probably have to special order RCA-RCA.The Kimbers look like they're not shielded, and I would think shielding would be especially i... |