mitch2
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| Is no preamp the best preamp of all? "If you have volume controls in your amps you stand a good chance of making it work."This can be done with any amp using Endler or EVS in-line volume attenuators, which plug directly into the amp(s). Even considering a special purity of sound with... | |
| Is Clayton Audio Out Of Business Hi Boonetrc,Clayton is indeed alive and well. Go to Audio Asylum and lookup Mitch2 send me an e-mail and I will send you Wilson Shen's e-mail address. I have heard others say the lower powered Claytons, with the right speakers, sound as good as th... | |
| Spades or Bananas on you Cary 500's I owned those amps. Stupid design on the WBT binding posts. I have a higher model WBT on my Clayton amps and they do not have the stupid plastic housing. What I did when I owned the 500MBs was to carefully cut the plastic housing off of the metal ... | |
| Audiogon members poor packing and shipping damage A good seller packages items to withstand the worst conceivable handling for the item being shipped. This should be considered a two-way street in that there is nothing wrong with the buyer taking an interest in how an item is go be packaged, espe... | |
| Memorial Day As always, I and my family have the highest respect and the deepest gratitude for all who have served, and on this day remember their sacrifices, as well as the sacrifices made by their families, so that we can be free. | |
| Best beer Tmsorosk, there in Alberta Canada one of your large national union breweries brews Brador beer.....uh, things could be worse. | |
| Cable with Neutrik Speakon connector Speakon connectors are very easy to work with. They have set screw type internal terminations and come with two sizes of inserts to use as strain relief. I just made two different umbilical DC power cables with Speakon connectors to connect an out... | |
| Best beer Rhapsd, I too am a big fan of the Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout. I have one more in the fridge left over from earlier this spring but I like those better in the colder months. Summer'ish is almost here in Michigan and that means Oberon, with an orang... | |
| Biwire speakers Well stated Calcentral, you answered your own question, which beats the more popular pastime of questioning your own answer. | |
| Who here uses Von Gaylord amps or other gear? They are one of those companies that seem to be under the radar. Amazing, one could build an entire system from their gear from DAC to amps to speakers to cables. I would be very interested to hear a full Von Gaylord set-up. I like the reports of ... | |
| Pubul57- audiophile, philosopher, and friend I just saw this about Paul and I am saddened that we have lost someone who was always friendly, reasoned, and knowledgeable. I could tell from his posts, and our sometimes interactions on finding just the right preamp, that he was a solid and trus... | |
| Defunct Company Gear Value Interesting thoughts given that a lot of very nice sounding gear is designed and manufactured by what are essentially one-man operations - think Vladimir Lamm, Judd Barber, Ken Stevens, Jim White, Ralph Karsten, Kevin Halverson, Steve McCormack, K... | |
| Compact Disc as a format Interesting and good to hear about your conversion to computer audio. I may feel the same sometime in the furture, but I have not felt the urgency to do so yet, until the quality of the playback hardware and software matures and stabilizes, and th... | |
| McCormack DNA500 for Revel Salon 2? vs Lev/Mac? I owned both, the Carys after the McCormack. Both were nice with the McCormack being a touch more neutral with a bit better bass slam and definition and the Cary being a little warmer in the midrange, sweeter in the high frequencies, but a little ... | |
| Compact Disc as a format I agree with Grannyring and I still like the simplicity of grabbing a disc, putting it in a player and selecting what I want to hear. I have two great sounding players that both do hi-rez so any download I want can simply be copied to DVD and play... |