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1: General Asylum, RE: Spend the $500 on some good (0.00)
Posted by Pingsound on 2011-03-12, 00:23:30 (24.36.84.205)
Gestalt; I haven't heard that word but from an audio mag many years ago and it just applied to me today - in this context even! I just brought home my newly modified benchmark dac and sat to listen. T .......
2: Digital Drive, RE: So what's spinning the spindle? (0.00)
Posted by Pingsound on 2011-02-20, 12:18:37 (24.36.84.205)
Im not sure what you could be seeing. I took mine completely apart and found no trace of a belt (or rubber for that matter). If a belt broke there should have been debris of one. All that spins the di .......
3: Digital Drive, RE: So what's spinning the spindle? (0.00)
Posted by Pingsound on 2011-02-20, 00:39:30 (24.36.84.205)
What? Am I being accused of warning others of a HIFI scam? Pictures don't tell the story anymore? I was just looking back at this old posting and cant believe there are doubters of these facts. I am t .......
4: Digital Drive, RE: Repair CEC TL-2 transport (0.00)
Posted by Pingsound on 2011-02-18, 22:45:08 (24.36.84.205)
I hope your machine is not one of the Parasound - CEC lower ends that I bought: http://www.audioasylum.com/audio/digital/messages/15/151899.html If you look up this old posting you will know my disple .......
5: Speaker Asylum, RE: Small & Detailed or Large & Dynamic? (0.00)
Posted by Pingsound on 2011-01-28, 23:58:22 (24.36.84.205)
Well, Good for you but I was not siding with one camp or another in this state (and did not intend a debate of positions). In fact, my original question was, all bias aside, directed to be unbiased . .......
6: Speaker Asylum, RE: Small & Detailed or Large & Dynamic? (0.00)
Posted by Pingsound on 2011-01-28, 20:11:02 (24.36.84.205)
Excellent! Those speakers had a great run of great reviews. I heard many Duntechs that wowed me too. Dunlavy had a great soundstage to go with dynamics and was a BIG speaker. I still am talking about .......
7: Speaker Asylum, RE: Small & Detailed or Large & Dynamic? (0.00)
Posted by Pingsound on 2011-01-28, 19:59:50 (24.36.84.205)
Wow, I had a whole write up of big and small prepared and suddenly realized that I had advice from a neophite. If I heed your advice (as a nincompoop) I will buy Cerwin Vegas. Manufacturers of monitor .......
8: Speaker Asylum, RE: Magic in the midrange (0.00)
Posted by Pingsound on 2011-01-26, 19:42:15 (24.36.108.93)
Yes, I know what you mean with the monitor ProAcs. But owning these (such as the response 2) gave me fits. They had surprisingly deep bass with good ss but couldn't match their life-like highs of good .......
9: Speaker Asylum, RE: Proac finish question - MINWAX (0.00)
Posted by Pingsound on 2011-01-23, 00:19:00 (24.36.108.93)
I,in fact had the very same speakers in mohagany. I had a ding happen in the corner and generally near the plinth and prior to selling them had the same question. Here in Canada, we have a chain of fa .......
10: Speaker Asylum, Small & Detailed or Large & Dynamic? (0.00)
Posted by Pingsound on 2011-01-23, 00:05:05 (24.36.108.93)
I have now been back and forth on these two camps over may years due to rooms, finances, wives and ocd. A lot of really good 2-way monitors exist now and when I hear them in a shop I marvel at how coh .......
11: General Asylum, RE: Concerns with Shipping to USA from Canada (0.00)
Posted by Pingsound on 2011-01-22, 23:39:40 (24.36.108.93)
Imagine you actually want to send your teenage nephew your record collection. You know the value is thousands but can you really send him that "gift" knowing he would have to pay out the taxes and dut .......
12: Cable Asylum, RE: Tube Amp Speaker Cable Recommendation (0.00)
Posted by Pingsound on 2010-04-03, 23:42:14 (24.36.108.93)
I use MIT MH-750 TUBE-TERMINATORS for my tube amp. I have tried many others and have hung onto these (for about 15 years). Yes, as the previous poster says "openness, sharpness of impact, and correctn .......
13: Digital Drive, RE: Welcome to the high end (0.00)
Posted by Pingsound on 2010-04-01, 23:52:27 (24.36.108.93)
MY EXPERIENCE PUTS THEM FURTHER DOWN. .......
14: Digital Drive, RE: Welcome to the high end (0.00)
Posted by Pingsound on 2010-04-01, 23:43:37 (24.36.108.93)
You can read my reply further down. To me, Parasound doesn't warrant the tag "High End". It seems to me to be a marketing-first, parasite sort of company tagging real 'heralded' companies that advance .......
15: Digital Drive, RE: Some years ago (10?) they sold on Audio Advisor for about $220? (0.00)
Posted by Pingsound on 2010-04-01, 23:21:31 (24.36.108.93)
And for those who asked (and those that didn't), the device was good enough to better the Rotel 955 CD player I had back then (as a transport). When I could no longer afford space for the top-loader P .......
16: Digital Drive, RE: Never buy a piece of gear without opening it up (0.00)
Posted by Pingsound on 2010-04-01, 23:00:18 (24.36.108.93)
I can appreciate your rule Frihed89. I have a AN KIT one and love it. I am soon to be upgrading the easily accessible parts and from the construction and sound from THIS device, expect to keep it t .......
17: Digital Drive, RE: Parasound Belted Drive RIP OFF (0.00)
Posted by Pingsound on 2010-04-01, 20:10:57 (24.36.108.93)
This picture shows the spindle in question; FIXED and does not turn. As you can see, it is held in place by a locking sleeve. .......
18: Digital Drive, RE: Parasound Belted Drive RIP OFF (0.00)
Posted by Pingsound on 2010-04-01, 20:06:13 (24.36.108.93)
The "rather large spindle" is FIXED. It does not turn, hence Sherlock, it has no use for a motor or belt. On the top-side, the disc "spinner" spins freely. Are you trying to call me out as a liar? .......
19: Digital Drive, RE: Some years ago (10?) they sold on Audio Advisor for about $220? (0.00)
Posted by Pingsound on 2010-04-01, 19:29:13 (24.36.108.93)
Hi Bob. What did the belt look like? Why didn't you replace it yourself? .......
20: Digital Drive, RE: Parasound Belted Drive RIP OFF (0.00)
Posted by Pingsound on 2010-04-01, 19:26:02 (24.36.108.93)
OK Wiener, ya got me - APRIL FOOLS! .......
21: Digital Drive, RE: Parasound Belted Drive RIP OFF (0.00)
Posted by Pingsound on 2010-03-29, 19:54:43 (24.36.108.93)
Yeah, I wouldnt open a unit up that was performing flawlessly. And I sure didn't mean to put your CEC under the same ugly shadow cast by Parasound's shoddy (or even shameless) attempt at topload trans .......
22: Digital Drive, RE: Owned Transport / DAC combo for the last 9 years ... (0.00)
Posted by Pingsound on 2010-03-29, 19:47:55 (24.36.108.93)
I bought mine from a popular Younge Street store. I'd love to know which dealer "replaced" your unit's belt for service. Mine had trouble with some discs too and was sometimes solved with a little pho .......
23: Digital Drive, RE: Some years ago (10?) they sold on Audio Advisor for about $220? (0.00)
Posted by Pingsound on 2010-03-28, 14:46:39 (24.36.108.93)
I paid $2000 cdn. for this thing based on a strong Stereophile review and Class A rating. It was a good transport - better that the rotel cd player I was using as a transport at the time but even then .......
24: Digital Drive, Parasound Belted Drive RIP OFF (0.00)
Posted by Pingsound on 2010-03-27, 21:57:00 (24.36.108.93)
Heavy, well built & overpriced!! I was ready to sell this BELT DRIVE, ULTRA BD2000 transport that I bought about 13 years ago (when the CEC was so desirable). The PAarasound was supposed to be CEC .......
25: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: I had my Forte Model 6 power amp converted to a Model 4, (0.00)
Posted by Pingsound on 2010-03-18, 18:07:08 (24.36.108.93)
How did you change your Forte model six to a four? .......
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