Albert Porter's SystemOops, just noticed that I misspelled Kevin Barrett's last name above, sorry.Albert, if you ever get bored of using your Timeline to help increase your analog buddies' belt-drive neuroses, y... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemHa! *That* will be most interesting... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemLOL!...Kevin Barnett at KAB installed his disabler switch for the built-in strobe on my SL-1200, which never told me anything other than that the speed was seemingly 'perfect' all the time, in orde... posted over 14 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemHmm...My guess would be, don't look for anything with a belt. Obviously the man has been stricken with a serious case of ADD: analog direct-drive ;^) posted over 16 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's Systemwwwrecords: "60's- early 70's rock, 60's garage, jazz and blues" Sounds a lot like some mainstays of my own collection -- not too many audiophiles diggin' 60's garage! All the best in reb... posted about 18 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's System"Others at Audiogon whose opinion I trust (like Alex) says the KT88 is tops."Well hello Albert! Just a little too brief of a nutshell to be ent... posted about 18 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemHi Albert, was that new driver tube a drop-in substitution or was any mod needed? Sometime soon both my 185's are bound for Bill Thalmann's shop, for problems that developed in the form of chronica... posted over 18 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemEldartford: Have you ever tried a clamp? I prefer the sound of clamped to unclamped, but have never used a vacuum 'table. But to the point you raise, it's really always kind of amazed me that mega-... posted over 18 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemThat's kind of what I figured, and I think the situations are fairly parallel. In a listening room, playing music at near-lifelike volume, there's a lot of energy being put into the structural supp... posted over 18 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemWow, what a great anecdote in the argument against the efficacy of sheer mass, and not one subject to audiophilic hyperbole or misinterpretation either! posted over 18 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemAbout my KT88 recommendation, it was only for Electro-Harmonix, not SED, whose 6550C I actually preferred to their KT88. Plenty more on this in the archives, and previously on this thread.A... posted over 18 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemIt will be interesting to see how much of an audible difference you think these supports make. I must say, for what the stands themselves cost, I'd like to think the isolation feet would come with ... posted over 18 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemHenry: Albert is right, I'm sorry if *I* offended *you*. I was just tickling my funny bone. Post any way u want!Justin: Like a lot of folks, my experience with "power conditioning&quot... posted over 18 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemHenry: I'm impressed with the way u capitalize the "U" at the beginning of a sentence ;^) posted over 18 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemYes, I have double copies of "Drum Suite" -- it's got my favorite version of pianist Ray Bryant's "Cubano Chant" (an underrated composer). Love the cavernous Columbia studio sou... posted over 18 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemSo, the big question is Zaikes, when are you coming around to listen with me?Thanks for the invite Albert. Unfortunately the answer for now probably has to b... posted over 18 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemMan...I could just listen to breathing and spitting all evening ;^)I got the Monk/Coltrane disk on CD recently, very nice stuff, if not quite the revelatory earth-mover you might think from... posted over 18 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemVery cool history Albert, thanks for sharing it with us. I don't know jack about photography, but I have noticed what I thought was unusually arresting work in some of those ad campaigns you mentio... posted almost 19 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemJanos: You get my point. I could also ask if your system was the same when you got your KT88's as back when your 6550C's were new...I had the same concerns when I replaced my 6550C's with the KT88E... posted almost 19 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemAlbert: Glad you dig the I.J.Jfarkas: How old were the 6550C's and the KT88's when you compared them? posted almost 19 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemI imagine those amp stands ought to look very cool with 4 of the big VTLs...got to be better than on the floor anyway!I should mention that not only haven't I auditioned the Chinese KT88, t... posted almost 19 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's System"Unfortunately 24 is the minimum number that would operate (either) the highs or lows"True -- in stereo; 12 would suffice for the highs or lows in one-speaker mono -- perhaps not ... posted almost 19 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's System"...wonder what a full compliment of Wing C 6550 tubes might do in the way of correcting your perception of errors in overall tonal balance?"Sorry if I didn't make it clear engoug... posted almost 19 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemLooking over the above and considering Albert's exchange with Mattnshilp, I feel duty-bound to state for the record that I don't disagree that the Tele is the highest fidelity 12AT7 variant I've he... posted almost 19 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemTube comparo update: I'm back to where I started. Neither the SED KT88 nor the new Tung Sol 6550 impresses me as much as either the SED 6550C or the Electro Harmonix KT88EH I've been using. My over... posted almost 19 years ago | View comment |