middlemass
Responses from middlemass
| How long can preamp tubes last? In 1988, I purchased a new VTL Deluxe from Audio Advisor. It came with Westinghouse Hungary (Tunsgram) 12AX7 and Tesla 12AU7. In 2013, I transferred those tubes over to the Rogue Atlas Magnum, replacing the stock JJ’s. So the Tunsgram and Tesla ha... | |
| Advice for upgrading my system The Atlas told me to mind my own business. | |
| Advice for upgrading my system "The McIntosh a tranny amp?"How would you know? Do amplifiers self-identify? I'll go ask my Rogue Atlas right now. | |
| LYRA DELOS CARTRIDGE TOO BRIGHT, THIN AND SHRILL SOUNDING Have never owned a Lyra anything. But I have learned something from this thread. Jonathan Carr is a class act. | |
| Best demo recording This is too funny...once again. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Polly Jean Harvey - To Bring You My Love - Demos | |
| Best demo recording If I had to pick just one (that isn't terribly obscure), it would be Roxy Music's Avalon. Almost a perfect recording. | |
| Should I switch to a larger room? "A dipole loudspeaker in a 10' x 12' room?!"Yes. I am in a similar sized converted bedroom and have managed to get very good performance from my Innersound Isis. 7 feet between the speakers and 7 feet to the listening chair. 30 inches to the front... | |
| Thinking of trying well fuses….. Tried a well fuse once. It sounded like cra*. | |
| Manufacturers past their heyday "grandfather listen to old gear he had on when riding his grandma to give birth to his father while glancing at same poster."Thanks for the imagery. "Once you see it, you can't unsee it." | |
| Turntable Resonance Fix MC is correct. And for an extra 200 you get the platform in addition to the Pods. Took care of my concrete bunker ringing problem. Completely. | |
| Turntable Resonance Fix "Which reminds me, in 1978 I lived in an apartment building in down town Miami on the top floor. The Mechanicals were on the roof"The Mechanicals played a rooftop show in 1978 Miami? How did I miss that one...Darn! | |
| Manufacturers past their heyday "Hey there. "Heyday" is all one word"I disagree. Just this morning I woke up and the first thing I said was: "Hey Day!" | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? King Crimson - Red | |
| Manufacturers past their heyday Nakamichi really stands out. |