Recent content by puroagave

Heard them several times in different systems the sound was always top notch. They lean more towards warm than bright, imo. They use an interesting topology with heavy use of op amps in the driver stages. The potential downside is being an integrated which means long speaker cable runs or stuck...

I had a Technics RS-1500 w/ JRF heads wired out directly to a deHavilland 222 and sold it as part of my divorce liquidation. I should have just kept it at one of my bros' houses. :oops: If I get back in the game, my sights are on an ATR-102.

Nice problem to have..."lemme see, should it be 30 ips tape today, or?" I kinda miss having a R2R, I still have a number of 15 ips tapes I'm hanging onto until I retire and can commit more time, and esp money to the endeavor.

Vinyl, then vinyl and more vinyl. Ripped redbook is 4th, and mainly to discover new music streaming is last.

thats what I was afraid of.... the madness never ends.

Unipivots have a soft spot with me because they work best with most of my carts which are med compliance. The Graham Phantom and Spiral Groove Centroid are standouts, the Basis Vector/SuperArm, are superb as well. Technically the Graham and Basis have two points of contacts (magnetic in one...

What else stands out sonically with VK-85? I happen to own an ARC REF 5SE as my main line stage. I also have a BAT VK 655SE amp that goes in and out of the system depending on whether I play the Vivids. With Quads and LS3/5as I use lower powered ARC tube amps and they mesh with the 5SE just...

its my daily driver, Im modding it for canyon carving and surprising kids in Mustangs, STIs and such. I still love the hobby but know a track focused car is a different animal. An e46 M3 build would be cool, but an NC Miata with all the right mods would be a blast too. I was on Bring A Trailer...

Former member of the BMWCCA, dating back to '92. I had an ol'skool E28 M5 and often traded fast time of the day with the club president. I later joined the PCA and POC, I'm West Coast so we did Laguna Seca, Willow Springs (big track, not Streets) Thunder Hill, Sonoma (Sears Point) and the...

Former. I had a '00 996 C2 and a '04 996 GT3 back in day when they were current. I just acquired a Mk8.5 Golf R, the ECU and TCU are still locked but in 'race' mode its still fast enough for this ol' geezer.

Its not likely the bearing (beam and annular bearing collar) need much cleaning. The beam is case hardened to 74 rockwell and collar is simulalry ground to a very tight tollerance. Air pressure (lack of) more than anything might be the culprit of the sticking issue. John left us without...

A market for versa dynamics tables among the DIY crowd exists. Theres an ongoing thread for fans and supporters of john's tables at diyaudio.com. There was a support group/email list which is now dormant but up until John's death were supplying consumables like platter seals for the vacuum hold...

Nelson Pass has said in numerous interviews, discrete through hole parts like transistors are becoming obsolete in industries that drive the parts business. ICs and surface mount parts have taken over for numerous reasons, except sound quality. the audio business isnt large enough to influence...

too cute. I bet she's got the best hearing out of all of you :LOL:

Not to take anything away from exemplary systems like Artesiana or HRS, et al but it's why cos. with Adona's model exists. It's 1/3rd the cost or less and 80-90% the performance of the others. It's totally customizable with infinitely adjustable shelf brackets milled from solid Alum. Everything...