jasonbourne52
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| Are the Bozak compact monitors mb-80 keepers? Rudy Bozak and his company made and sold high quality speakers for decades after WWII. They were located in Norwalk, Connecticut. All the drivers were built in-house. The woofers are particularly impressive with custom molded pulp cones of special... | |
| Uber expensive repair at United Radio Did they give you an estimate before starting the repair work? You should have asked for that! | |
| Turntable mat journey My other Ariston RD11S has a Hiraoka Diskmat SE-22. This is a hard rubber composite mat, dense and not flexible. Bought it back in the 80’s for $20. Too heavy to work on the other Ariston. | |
| Turntable mat journey Why bother with felt? Buy a magnesium mat! I have one. Very thin and dead - no ringing! Cost about $90. In use on my Ariston RD11 TT (two narrow rubber rings on the platter). | |
| CD vs.same CD ripped to HD +1 George! | |
| Inheritance ($100K) with a caveat OOPS! Forgot the phono cartridge! Denon 103R or a Koetsu? Flip a coin! | |
| Inheritance ($100K) with a caveat Continuum Caliburn TT with Cobra tonearm and Castellon stand! $65K here on Agon! Maybe the World's Best LP Playback System! Then the rest on electronics, speakers and wire. Six years ago I could have afforded this! That or bit coin! | |
| Watt Gives? An amp's ability to deliver current, especially into 4 ohms and lower, is a better indicator of its performance with different speakers than its voltage rating! | |
| Watt Gives? I have two Belles amps in my collection that I have yet to try. A model II and one twice the size. I assume the model II is about 50wpc and the larger Belles amp is 100wpc at least. David Belles has a good reputation as an amp designer. That's why... | |
| Is D for Dry? Class D... Infinity had a class D amp for sale in 1977! | |
| Is D for Dry? Class D... Why do some audiophiles treat class D like it's some kind of venereal disease? | |
| Is D for Dry? Class D... Surely a company like Crown with their engineering team can produce a high-quality class D amp? XLS-1502? I'd like to buy one and try it out! $449! | |
| Is D for Dry? Class D... Popular Electronics had a build-it feature and plans for a class D amp back in the Nineties. I no longer have that issue. Anybody have a copy? | |
| Is D for Dry? Class D... Check out Steve Guttenberg's review of the Mola Mola Kalu class D integrated amp. Designed by Bruno Putzi. Built-in DAC and phono stage. $22K! 100wpc. It's on the Audiophilliacs channel on UTube. | |
| Is D for Dry? Class D... Canada Dry - like ginger ale? |