jimmyblues1959
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| New CD Player Jasonbourne71, just reading over your post brings back some nice memories for me of some of the vintage tube gear I have owned over the years; including a Futterman H3, ARC D70 MK2, and a pair of Heath W5m monoblocks. These were great sounding amp... | |
| Buying Used Equipment on the Internet Most of my audio equipment was purchased used via Audiogon, US Audiomart, Canuck Audiomart, and Ebay. I’ve had good experiences thus far. The best way to protect yourself is to use a service like PayPal which offers buyer protection in case the eq... | |
| How Long Is Too Long? I can understand your concern in regard to having to wait so long for your audio equipment to be repaired. Unfortunately, Covid has only made the situation worse. Especially when you are dealing with a small company (sometimes even a one person... | |
| Why 432hz Tuning? Normb, good one! lol | |
| Happy Accident Back in the days when I was listening critically (the 1980s and early ’90’s), I used a pair of 15 ohm Rogers LS3/5As. I had them sited upon a pair of bar stools and canted inward so that their axis was just in front of my listening area. Back in t... | |
| My Final System Build in Words & Pictures Great looking system! Enjoy! 😊 | |
| Original Quads (57) - the perfect amp Original Futterman H3. Quicksilver Minimite Monoblocks, Antique Sound Lab AV 25 Monoblocks. The Bedini 25/25 is known for its synergy with the ESL 57. What may not be as well known is that the Futterman H3 OTL was also highly recommended for u... | |
| Why are People Dumping their Audio Research Gear and What Does it Say about them? Audio Research has been around since 1970, and managed to weather every economic storm we’ve seen in the United States since then. I can’t speak to the company’s newer gear because I have never heard it. However, years ago I owned an ARC D70MKII a... | |
| How do you assess a DAC? Digital to analogue converters are so subjective. I have a few inexpensive Dac's (Schiit Modius AKM4493, ifi Zen Dac Signature original version). I also own an older Audio By Van Alstine Insight Multibit dac from the late 2000's that would ret... | |
| Used DACs for sale - help me choose IMHO, anything spent above $300 new for a dac these days and you reach the law of diminishing returns. For instance, a Schiit Modius $229, or ifi Zen Dac Signature I or 2 $249 - $300 are such high value products, that it pays to listen to them... | |
| I was happy with my system for 30 years; now I need a new amp...and more? For around $1600, you might consider a pair of Schiit Aegirs and use them as monoblocks. I believe in mono configuration they produce 40 watts per channel of class A power. | |
| Reliability of Dan D'Agostino equipment Can't speak to the newer gear by Dan, but I did have a Krell KSA 50 MK I that was very reliable. Also great sounding. As for why Dan started D'agostino Audio, I remember reading an article about Dan and his then wife, Rhondi partnering with som... | |
| Is it possible for a high end manufacturer to overprice their goods? IMHO, once you have established what the law of diminishing returns is on a piece of audio equipment, any money spent above that price becomes questionable. Of course, I am basing this on common sense. For instance, does a $200,000 audio sys... | |
| Does anyone know where this J. Gordon Holt comes from? J. Gordon Holt was one of the earliest pioneers of high-end audio. Having founded Stereophile magazine back in the 1960's, his candor and steadfast intent to improve the quality of home audio systems would become the foundation for the hobby that... | |
| Sold a component and bought it back, am I nuts? In the 1990’s I purchased a Classe Audio DR-3VHC pure class A power amplifier from a seller in the original Audiomart magazine (published by the late Walt Bender). About a year later I decided to sell the amplifier and listed it in Audiomart. Who... |