audioguy85
Responses from audioguy85
| Favorite cable brand. Chord, Ecosse, Atlas, Qed, audioquest. | |
| Entry level speakers for tube amp? You could get a brand new pair of either wharfedale diamond 225’s or the original Elac b-6. They both love tubes, and they are cheap but great sounding. $299 for the diamonds, $250 for elac. Both have been raved about in sterephile, and the diamon... | |
| Good entry level transport? Of course, the Audiolab cdt6000. | |
| Upgrade entry level or start over? 'A great phono stage is a minimum $2,500.00. An excellent cartridge is a minimum $1,500.00. A solid tonearm would start about $1,300.00"I think you need to do more research! You can find great cartridges, phono preamps, etc for a lot less than the... | |
| Looking for a cd player that plays nice with classical orchestra. Get an audiolab transport and run it into the border patrol dac R2R with tubed rectification power supply. | |
| Does vinyl have a sound? Also for the guy that mentioned something about a tonearm swaying back and forth Is a bad tonearm, I say BS. Some records are pressed with the center hole not quite concentric, which is what causes the sway. The tonearm is just doing what it’s sup... | |
| Does vinyl have a sound? "Yes Vinyl has a sound. It sounds REAL and Correct."I agree with Mattmiller. I am often able to find used lp's in very good condition from the heyday of vinyl, generally from the 1950's to the 1980's that just sound spectacular. I am blown away by... | |
| Townshend Audio F1 Fractal Interconnects - Less is More! I'll stick to my Chord, Atlas, QED, and Ecosse interconnects, but thanks.... | |
| Brand Synergy Synergy is Sugden class A driving Tannoys...ahhh so nice.... | |
| This forum is antiquated. I would have to agree, there should be a reply button to reply to a specific poster....instead you must do the above which is just plain dumb. Also, the fact that you cannot attach a photo to a post is stupid. Othereise, aside from the know it all... | |
| This is the list of the best makers of audio equipment. Respond if you disagree Speakers/ TannoyAmp/ Sugden class ATurntable/ Linn or ThorensCartridge/Ortofon or HanaCassette Deck/ Aiwa AD F990CD/ Sacd = MarantzDac/ Border PatrolSpeaker cables/ Auditorium 23So there.... | |
| Does a Tube Dac make sense? Get the Border Patrol Dac with tubed power supply section. No tubes in the Dac signal chain, but a rectifier tube in the power supply that can be switched in or out via button on front panel. It’s a R2R with a phillips chip. | |
| Intimate, warm and holographic alternative Building a system is only as complicated as you make it😬....Good clean power, a good amplifier/integrated matched to you speakers (considering impedance & efficiency and whether they have a warm, neutral or cold sound characteristics), quality... | |
| Analog care -- what do we NEED You Do Not need a dealer to set up a turntable or to mount a cartridge, it ain't that difficult. | |
| Intimate, warm and holographic alternative This guy describes the Tannoy Legacy Eatons as sounding holographic....I’d have to agree, as I own them."What the Eatons did was to pick up the lead singer, Mark E. Smith, and drag him forward into new space. Then they placed air and space around ... |