jvmonta
Responses from jvmonta
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? "Your mind is on vacation, but your mouth is working overtime!"The great Mose Allison | |
| Your ONE all time favorite love song? "You're nobody 'til somebody loves you"Dino was the best! | |
| Best lines in a song "If silence was golden you wouldn't have a dime, because your mind is on vacation, but your mouth is workin' overtime!" - Mose Allison | |
| Best lines in a song "Don't worry 'bout a thing, cause nothin's gonna be alright" - Mose Allison | |
| EL34 Integrated I've seen the Sophia Electric EL-34 sell for some pretty low prices here on Audiogon ($500's). It runs about 30 watts and is very sweet and musical. | |
| Tube integrated question If you're not queazy about kits look into the Consonance Ella available from DIY Cable. 40w push-pull that has a great reputation and very high quality parts. About $600-$800. Good luck! | |
| s-5 tube kit from Antique Radio Supply? The first mods I performed were those recommended by s-5 themselves. This involves a couple of bypass capacitors and if you're mounting on a non-metal chassis as I did, a couple of grounding wires. This kept hum way down and prevented high frequen... | |
| Inexpensive Philips cdm-12 drive transport I know it is used in the Music Hall MMF CD-25. This player can be found in the $450 - $480 range. Good luck! | |
| Choral music suggestions Try one of the several good renditions of Rachmaninoff's "Vespers", beautiful and haunting. My favorite is on Telarc with the Robert Shaw Chorale. | |
| Cardas Caps Worthwhile? Basically the same response, didn't notice any difference. Don't spend the $36.00. | |
| Budget system recommendations I would check out the consumer recommendations on audioreview.com. They are usually right on. The Acoustic Energy Aegis One is a great small speaker. The NAD amps, especially the new C350, are very musical, and the Cambridge CD players are a great... | |
| Best female vocals on CD Here's two. Jennifer Warnes "Famous Blue Raincoat" and, believe it or not, The Judds "Heartland". You can't go wrong with these two. | |
| Acoustic Energy Aegis One Speakers. I am experiencing the same brightness and slight graininess with my brand new Aegis One speakers. I will let them break in for 100 hours and report back. I am using silver cables from Tributaries and was wondering if copper might be better? |