tom_hankins
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| Whats on your turntable tonight? Off work today, and listening to music all day. Nothing got me going like the CARS "Heartbeat City" album.Time to start digging out the oldies but goodies again. | |
| Bat VK-31SE vs. 51SE. Sonic differences? Right now I am using a VPI Scoutmaster w/ dynavector 17D2MKII cartridge and modified P75 phono stage.A Sony SCD-1 for SACD, and also as a transport into a special edition Audio Aero Prima DAC for redbook.The amps are Parasound JC-1 monoblocks and ... | |
| Ultimate headphone amp? I used only headphones for about htree years and tried most of the upper end amp/phone combos either through friends, meets, or home audition. The Singlepower amps I heard or owned were head and shoulders above all the others I tried. I ended up w... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Bruce Springsteen "Tunnel of Love"Johnny Winter "Johnny Winter"Madonna " The Immaculate Collection" | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Louis Armstrong "Satchmo plays King Oliver"Beatles "White Album" | |
| Used vinyl in Boston area??? Thanks for the help. Looks like Mass. Ave here I come. | |
| Best Component Ever, for the money So far for me the best buys for the bucks have been the Legacy Audio Classics speakers, under 2700.00 for them in rosewood. The Parasound Halo JC-1 amps for 6,360 a pr. are a steal as far amps that can sing like these do and have the power to go w... | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? The Legacy Whispers with Legacy subs, driven by VTL pre/amp combo. Source was an SME table and arm but not sure which one. I wont stop until I can get close to the beautiful music I heard that afternoon. | |
| Anyone have Legacy speakers these days? I'm on my third pr. of Legacys. Classics, Focus 20/20, and now I'm using the Sig III. At the present time I am saving for the Whispers, and then I am done as far as speakers go.Asst. gear is VPI Scoutmaster w/dynavector cartridge and phono stageSo... | |
| Aesthetix Calypso, Tuberolling questions? Thanks for the help! | |
| What is the best DAC ever made? I'm sure it is far from the best, but I'm using a new Audio Aero Prima SE DAC with the upgraded caps and cryoed tubes ($5.7K) via a Siltech Golden Ridge G5 digital cable from my Sony SCD-1 and it is pure magic. Nicer than the Capitole MKII I used ... | |
| What headphone amp to buy-Sennheiser HD 600? I highly recommend the Singlepoweraudio.com tube amps for the Senn. headphones. I have owned or heard the PPX3, MPX3, SDS, and the SDS-XLR balanced amps. The base models are the best headphone amps I've used, and the owner will custom build any am... | |
| Parasound JC-1 amps. Preamp advice?? Thanks everyone for your input. I have tried the Aesthetix Calypso, and the BAT VK-31 (not SE) in my system and liked them both. But for my tastes thought the Aesthetix was better. I guess I'll keep my eyes open for one of the Janus, or Ayre K-1x ... | |
| Audio Aero Pirma DAC versus MF TriVista 21 DAC I own the AA Prima SE DAC and have got to compare it to the MF DAC on two occasions using a Sony SCD-1, Audio Research CD3 MKII, and an Orpheus Zero D, as transports. The digital cable was always the Siltech G5 golden Ridge. No matter what the sys... | |
| Bed room systems? I use headphones in my bedroom system. The sources I use are either a Cary 306/200 or a Sota comet table with the Rega 300 arm and Grado Sonata cartridge. Tube headphone amps from Singlepower.com (I've got three of these and they are great)For the... |