grandpad
Responses from grandpad
| Are cracked speaker cabinets repairable? Agree with Driver, contact Mike or Randy at the distributor, QSandD (800-659-3711). They are nice guys, and do repairs on site. You could try emailing them a couple of pics to get at least a preliminary cost estimate, although you will probably ha... | |
| Need advice in coming out from the analog dead Ohlala's advice is spot on, particularly the speakers first recommendation (one which is controversial here). There are so many variables that you have to settle some or you'll drive yourself crazy solving your audio equation. You've got a good st... | |
| Tube Dampers Gotta love a dealer who is passionate about his products! | |
| semi-budget sys - under 1450 I think Ohlala has given you excellant advice on all of his points. | |
| Turntable/Arm in 1500-2000 Range A sprung suspension model like the Gyro might help with your floor problem. I went for an Oracle for the same reason. While it helped it didn't solve the problem. I'm now going to a wall-mounted shelf bolted to the studs. If your layout permits su... | |
| Turntable/Arm in 1500-2000 Range A sprung suspension model like the Gyro might help with your floor problem. I went for an Oracle for the same reason. While it helped it didn't solve the problem. I'm now going to a wall-mounted shelf bolted to the studs. If your layout permits su... | |
| Trans-rotor Lenardo - Anyone give a listen? You might want to take a look at this link:http://www.audiocircuit.com/9150-turntable-circuit/Commercial/Transrotor-TRAN/9150CMTRAN.htm#modelsI think you should go for the Gravita model, only $47k - pretty cheap if that includes the apparently int... | |
| Rogue Owners Unite Glad to hear it Killerpiglet, now you get to drive yourself crazy with tube-rolling, as you can see from this thread. One of these days I'm going to call Mark and ask him what his favorite combination is.It never ends! | |
| Avalon - Symbol speakers, who has heard them? Let's see, you like the speakers, they would be perfect in your room, and your amp matches up well ... why ask the opinions of others - your's is the only one that counts! Go for it. | |
| Rogue Owners Unite KP, as I recall you use Von Schweikerts. The M120 Magnums sound great with my VR5. Think you're in for a treat. Just be careful taking them out of the box - they each weigh 2-3 times a Spectron. | |
| 19th Nervous Breakdown... Gboren, I think you're right, I don't think we're really that far apart at all. Besides, I've found these friendly debates are educational as long as we're not rigid in our points of view.While you are obviously a vinylphile, I did order the 2 xrc... | |
| 19th Nervous Breakdown... Gboren, guess will have to agree to disagree. There's no absolute right or wrong here, just personal opinions/experiences.Personally, I would define source as the cartridge in this context, then matching it with an arm that gets the most out of it... | |
| 19th Nervous Breakdown... Gboren, I understand where you're coming from and it's a very legitimate question. Unfortunately I can't answer it because I don't have an Oracle mounting plate that will work with the Space arm. My Graham has a SME mounting base rather than the G... | |
| 19th Nervous Breakdown... Gboren, have to respectfully disagree. I feel the arm/cartridge has the most effect on the sound. As an example, a friend has a Nottingham Spacedeck/Space Arm combination (list $2500) with a Grado Reference Platinum cartridge ($300). Sounds very g... | |
| What is the advantage of a true preamp? I agree with everything Sdcampbell has said. In addition, if you are looking for really good stereo audio for music enjoyment in addition to HT performance, you might want to look for a preamp/processor that allows complete bypass of the internal ... |