Quote: Originally Posted by JMT My wife has finally given me the go ahead to begin the research and ultimately purchase a replacement television for our old 27" Sony. Jon, You are the reason I stay away from this place... everytime I peek in, I see that the Mrs. has either...

Yeah, but being an old fart means I can finally afford some of the better things in life!!! It also means that my hearing is quickly going, so I'll probably be happy with freebie headphones in a year or so! I'll never abandone you guys! It's just that the younger demographics of this forum...

Quote: Originally Posted by erikzen Anybody want to lend me their Grado Blue? I would not ask for a blue- I think you should ask for the Grado Statement! I may be able to help you out, but it'll have to wait until the weekend when I have time to sort through my junk... I...

I personally like the inexpensive Grado cartridges- they provide very good value and good sound. Ask around and see if you can borrow one to see if it hums with your setup- many people have these as backup/spares. If you have the hum issue, see if you can ground the tonearm base, the spindle...

Quote: Originally Posted by JMT Drewski!!! Where have you been man? Anytime you want to come by for a mini-vinyl meet just say the word. Good to see you're back. Back! I never left- just kind of laying low because I think people were getting tired of me touting the same old...

Congrats Joey! Wow- I'm glad you took your time and made a huge jump rather than several small ones- much cheaper in the long run! Life must be good down in So Cal since your budget doubled in the past 6 months! I'm getting really jealous because all of you are buying new toys! If you can...

About time you got a decent vinyl rig It looks great and I'm sure it sounds even better! You got some great advice because the Grado Sonata is a great cartridge and Sota is a really good company as well... I had a Sota Saphire table a while back and that was a fun table- definitely didn't...

Go to www.rivesaudio.com and look under products. They have some computer programs as well as testing hardware.

OOOPS- I just read Halcyon's post and realized mine was pretty much a duplicate of what Halcyon wrote! My guess is that it was probably moreso that your air purifier was plugged into the same circuit as your 2 channel rig. Even though you have power conditioning, there's often a lot of...

I have a VPI Scout with a Shelter 501. People have posted on AA have posted about the low compliance issues with the shelter and the JMW arms, but let me say that there is definitely no compliance or any other issues with the Shelters and the JMW arms. It's a great match and sounds great with my...

Receivers are pretty easy- just bubble wrap and double box if you can. Be sure that the nobs aren't too tight against the walls of the box and be sure to tighten the speaker binding posts so they don't get bent. They usually make the trip. Speakers are a different story, especially if they...

I recently got the full "turbo mod" from Empirical Audio (www.empiricalaudio.com) and I have to say that if you're looking for a good transport, I'd recommend this whole heartedly. I was very skeptical at first because the stock Sony SCD-7700 as a transport was awful when paired with my...

Funny, I was just going to post a thread about help for power tools, but thought I'd do a search and found this thread- I don't think there's any place else like head-fi- whatever you want to know, you can find it here! I've read through the thread, but was wondering if anyone has used some...

Note to self... check this thread before buying used headphones from anyone!

Most of the complaints about passive preamps are about bass and dynamics. I had the McCormack TLC-1 which is highly rated in the passive mode. I thought it had a really sweet top end, but I couldn't get any dynamics out of it and eventually the soft sound got old. I've been told by others here...