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Dear James,

What are your thoughts concerning Compact Discs?
If you like and listen to CD's what player do you
use?

Best regards,

Paul Bigelow

Dear Paul,
Even though CD's have improved dramatically over the years, GIVE ME LP's any
day of the week. LP's are musical--CD's are not. Digital is just that ie:
only two states. Either on or off. There's nothing in between. I'm an analog
person and all of the music is IN BETWEEN ON AND OFF. Yes I have about 200
CD's and about 2000 LP's. Believe it or not, but I listen to a older Sony
CDP700ES (which cost $1800 ten years ago) and it still holds its own against
most of the players made today. I also have a big Pioneer which cost $1600
and sounds YUK. I also have a Theta "MILES" which sounds colder than a
witch's tit.
James

Paul Anthony Bigelow wrote:

Dear James,

I too, have a high-end Sony -- a CDP-X77ES from about 1990.
It is still top of the CD player heap as far as I'm concerned.
Great build quality also.

For analog playback, I have a Rega Planar 3 with a Grado
cartridge. It is a very nice, if sparton, turntable. It is
accompanied by a Technics SL-D1 (1980), a very basic direct
drive unit with a Shure M97ED cartridge. Tapes are played through
a Revox G36 tube reel-to-reel. The Revox has a great sound
and still meets its specs after all these years.

For me though, the REAL leap in playback was the Mobile
Fidelity record album. In a leap of faith, $18 was plunked
down (Abbey Road -- 1980) and I never looked back. The
silence of the grooves, the flatness of the pressing,
and the quality of Paul McCartney's bass just thundering
throughout that album, sold me completely. Couldn't get
enough of those records, so Japanese and British pressings
were also sought out. For a while, I wouldn't purchase anything
but a Japanese or Mobile Fidelity pressing. Some of the other
"audiophile" labels were pretty good -- Nautilus and A&M
"Audiophile" series out of Canada. "Super Disk" was OK.
The CBS "Half-Speed Mastered" series was a joke.

It was a real crime what JVC did in destroying their
record manufacturing facility the result of which ended
Mobile Fidelity's "classic" period of pressings. Then later
it was reported that JVC would not sell/license the "Super
Vinyl" compound when Mobile Fidelity went through its
second era of record pressing! What a shame.

Best regards,

Paul Bigelow

--- In SAE_Talk@..., James Bongiorno <sstinc@e...> wrote:

Dear Paul,
Even though CD's have improved dramatically over the years, GIVE ME

LP's any

day of the week. LP's are musical--CD's are not. Digital is just

that ie:

only two states. Either on or off. There's nothing in between. I'm

an analog

person and all of the music is IN BETWEEN ON AND OFF. Yes I have

about 200

CD's and about 2000 LP's. Believe it or not, but I listen to a

older Sony

CDP700ES (which cost $1800 ten years ago) and it still holds its

own against

most of the players made today. I also have a big Pioneer which

cost $1600

and sounds YUK. I also have a Theta "MILES" which sounds colder

than a

witch's tit.
James

Paul Anthony Bigelow wrote:

Dear James,

What are your thoughts concerning Compact Discs?
If you like and listen to CD's what player do you
use?

Best regards,

Paul Bigelow

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Dear Paul,
After looking at the manual I gave you the wrong model number for my Sony.
It is actually a CDP707ESD. My turntable is a Micro-Seiki 1000 with three
arms. One is a Black Widow, and two are SME's. I have between 30 and 40
cartridges but lo and behold, the best one is still the one I designed, my
Sumo II moving coil. And no I don't have any to sell. I only have three left
and they are for ME.
You might look into the latest high end Grado's although like everything
else in the cartridge world, astronomical pricing abounds. If I told the
world what it really costs to make a cartridge, everyone would have a heart
attack. Unfortunately, the high pricing obviously finds justification in the
incredible fall off in cartridge sales in the last 15 years. So, this is the
only way these guys can actually stay in business.
James

Paul Anthony Bigelow wrote:

Dear James...

I just took an old but pristine SAE 2201 Amp out of a road case.
I used to use it when I played out. I connected it to my stereo
(because my other amp finally bit the dust). Anyhow, I noticed that
it had a marked decrease in hi end. Not extremely severe, no distortion,
but definitely not enough hi end. I had to increase the treble control
from flat (where I usually keep it), to almost 3/4 max.

Is there a problem with the capacitors in the input stage?
I'm a little upset. I love this thing. Any advice? What should I look
for before I start opening this thing up?

Also, my old amp (an old Bozak) has a problem with power line noise.
When I run the amp with the input disconnected, It's fine, as soon as I
connect it to the preamp, every lightswitch, motor, relay etc in the
immediate area clicks through the speakers. I suspect a wierd ground loop
of some sort. I even tried to transformer couple the input and that
didn't work either. The bozak unit has a strange design in that it's what
they call "Quasi complimentary symmetry". It's a single supply amp, with
a common ground between the Power Negative, Speaker negative and input
common. (connected by RCA "Phono" plugs). It's supply voltage is 90 volts!
and it uses 2 matched 2n3055's on it's output. It's worked fine up till
recently but now with the power line problem, and the overheating, I
don't think it's worth fixing. It's a very old piece. (piece of something
alright). Anyhow, What could be wrong with it? I'd hate to loose it as it
does have a warm tube-like sound.



-=Jeff Gross=-

Dear James,

I can take it, try to give me heart attack! What does it cost
to make a cartridge? In the late 70's and early 80's a decent
MM Shure cost between $40 - $150 retail (M95ED - V15 IV,
respectively) so manufacturing cost had to be no more than a
quarter of that -- probably just a few dollars in the worst case.
No doubt the outlandish prices are due to other factors
(silly things, such as bragging rights perhaps?). In my narrow
view, the BASIC technology is still the same only the materials
have become more exotic and the production runs, increasingly less.
$4000 for a cartridge strikes me a being insane.

Further comments?

Do you get a lot of offers from people wanting to buy your
equipment? I hope you turn 'em down and I don't blame you,
my stuff isn't for sale either! Nothing is more irritating than
people hounding you to sell something of yours that you like.
In most cases, a lot of restorative work has gone into my
acquistions (I restore antique radios and communications
receivers) -- in some cases, upwards of a hundred of hours.
Nobody wants to pay me for that kind of work -- and it isn't
for sale anyway. I feel very fortunate to have stumbled upon
the Thaedra and it isn't going anywhere! I say: if you want
something bad enough, keep yours eyes open, search ebay, or go
to estate/garage sales. It might take some work (and $$$) but
the equipment is out there. Although I may never find one, I
would sure like to see a picture of the red, white, and blue
Ampzilla. Please include a picture on your Ampzilla2000 web
site!

Best regards,

Paul Bigelow
--- In SAE_Talk@..., James Bongiorno <sstinc@e...> wrote:

Dear Paul,
After looking at the manual I gave you the wrong model number for

my Sony.

It is actually a CDP707ESD. My turntable is a Micro-Seiki 1000 with

three

arms. One is a Black Widow, and two are SME's. I have between 30

and 40

cartridges but lo and behold, the best one is still the one I

designed, my

Sumo II moving coil. And no I don't have any to sell. I only have

three left

and they are for ME.
You might look into the latest high end Grado's although like

everything

else in the cartridge world, astronomical pricing abounds. If I

told the

world what it really costs to make a cartridge, everyone would have

a heart

attack. Unfortunately, the high pricing obviously finds

justification in the

incredible fall off in cartridge sales in the last 15 years. So,

this is the

only way these guys can actually stay in business.
James

Paul Anthony Bigelow wrote:

Dear James,

I too, have a high-end Sony -- a CDP-X77ES from about 1990.
It is still top of the CD player heap as far as I'm concerned.
Great build quality also.

For analog playback, I have a Rega Planar 3 with a Grado
cartridge. It is a very nice, if sparton, turntable. It is
accompanied by a Technics SL-D1 (1980), a very basic direct
drive unit with a Shure M97ED cartridge. Tapes are played

through

a Revox G36 tube reel-to-reel. The Revox has a great sound
and still meets its specs after all these years.

For me though, the REAL leap in playback was the Mobile
Fidelity record album. In a leap of faith, $18 was plunked
down (Abbey Road -- 1980) and I never looked back. The
silence of the grooves, the flatness of the pressing,
and the quality of Paul McCartney's bass just thundering
throughout that album, sold me completely. Couldn't get
enough of those records, so Japanese and British pressings
were also sought out. For a while, I wouldn't purchase anything
but a Japanese or Mobile Fidelity pressing. Some of the other
"audiophile" labels were pretty good -- Nautilus and A&M
"Audiophile" series out of Canada. "Super Disk" was OK.
The CBS "Half-Speed Mastered" series was a joke.

It was a real crime what JVC did in destroying their
record manufacturing facility the result of which ended
Mobile Fidelity's "classic" period of pressings. Then later
it was reported that JVC would not sell/license the "Super
Vinyl" compound when Mobile Fidelity went through its
second era of record pressing! What a shame.

Best regards,

Paul Bigelow

--- In SAE_Talk@..., James Bongiorno <sstinc@e...> wrote:

Dear Paul,
Even though CD's have improved dramatically over the years,

GIVE ME

LP's any

day of the week. LP's are musical--CD's are not. Digital is

just

that ie:

only two states. Either on or off. There's nothing in between.

I'm

an analog

person and all of the music is IN BETWEEN ON AND OFF. Yes I

have

about 200

CD's and about 2000 LP's. Believe it or not, but I listen to a

older Sony

CDP700ES (which cost $1800 ten years ago) and it still holds

its

own against

most of the players made today. I also have a big Pioneer which

cost $1600

and sounds YUK. I also have a Theta "MILES" which sounds colder

than a

witch's tit.
James

Paul Anthony Bigelow wrote:

Dear James,

What are your thoughts concerning Compact Discs?
If you like and listen to CD's what player do you
use?

Best regards,

Paul Bigelow

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