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| A question about tube rolling If I may add: since I am a guy who is busy with things on my plate other than sitting around listening all day, that Mr Grant has been exceedingly patient with the pace of my decision-making. Another plus! theaudioatticvinylsundays.com | |
| A question about tube rolling @hiend2 @dseltz Please contact me through theaudioatticvinylsundays.com it seems that cannot respond to you via messages withought giving audiogon my credit card number. Go figure. I hope you two see this, the @ did not link to you. | |
| A question about tube rolling @mattw73 He definitely knows an amazing amount of stuff about tubes. He is sort of an archeologist of tubes. He can talk your ear off all afternoon. I am that way with vinyl LPs. I have 6,000+ here, and I can talk for at least a couple minutes... | |
| A question about tube rolling All right one of my comments was removed. Again. I've about had it with audiogon. | |
| A question about tube rolling @mulveling The prices on tube phono stages seem to go from $500 to $2,000 and then jump way up. audio research: $12,000. https://www.musicloversaudio.com/product-page/audio-research-ph9-phono-preamplifier that’s 35% of what I have spent on the... | |
| A question about tube rolling @inna sort of nails it. I’m just staying with this for now and if Trump fails to crash the world economy within four years, which after the sheer chaos of just the last four weeks makes me doubt the wisdom of spending even on these tubes, I may -... | |
| A question about tube rolling @mulveling speaking of snark. I will be selling a Benz Micro. I’ll be using my iPhone camera. It’s what I got. No worries: I’ll make sure there’s no dust bunnies. 😉 | |
| A question about tube rolling @mulveling I have gone through a number of devices in the $500 to $1,900 range. Nine to be exact. Most recently, Graham Slee, three of theirs, including their top of the line model. I settled on the Pro-ject. I am doing well right now with the ... | |
| A question about tube rolling I asked brien why I should pay more by factors of 2 to 4 or more, when I can find the tubes on eBay for $250 to $400 a pair. His reply: “You’re right you can find cheaper ones. But how did you come to know these tubes even existed? How did you c... | |
| Is there usually a dramatic difference between $5k and $10k cartridges ? I started out with a Pickering in a Garard when I was in high school. That was $50. I moved up to a Stanton on a Dual 1229 in college. Next was a Koetsu on a Sumiko MMT on a VPI HW MK II. This retailed at the time for about $900 at the time I be... | |
| The best opening act you've ever seen & heard? Joni Mitchell for Arlo Guthrie. 1968. | |
| «40% Of Audiophiles Are Dying And No One Is Doing Anything About It!» This seems quite similar subject matter to another post. I’ve copied this from there: ——————- Well, since most of this community stays in its silo, it is no wonder that you A) think highly of yourself and that therefore B) fret about your repl... | |
| What do the statistics say about the age of Audiophiles and the replacement rate? Well, since most of this community stays in its silo, it is no wonder that you A) think highly of yourself and that therefore B) fret about your replacement value. I have listening sessions once a week, and more than half of my guests are in thei... | |
| Treating the ceiling and floor, who else has had great results? Ceiling: completely covered with 14” of rock wool, which is covered with fire-resistant burlap Floor: mostly covered with Moroccan and jute rugs. Walls: see ceiling, but 5”. I would say that 75% of the room surface is deadened. The room is abou... | |
| How often do you upgrade turntable ? I bought a VPI HW MK II in 1985. I upgraded to a VPI HW MK IV in 2005. I am still using it. |