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  1. El Magnifico

    My Crowns...My Toys!

    100% digital masters for duplication. I used to receive 1/2" mixes at 30ips or 15"ips with Dolby SR. Those came from big studios. Project studios arrived in CDR's or DAT tape.
  2. El Magnifico

    My Crowns...My Toys!

    In my case, I used to sing with a group but in reality I'm a percussionist. Used to work as a Mastering Eng. for 10 years. I still do some projects from time to time for some old customers.
  3. El Magnifico

    My Crowns...My Toys!

    This is how it looks... Tannoy System 15 DMT II, bi amped by a Crown DC 300 and D 150 Series II. Above the Tannoys are 2 Mordaunt Short that I recently fixed and were testing.
  4. (2) D 150 and my Tannoy DMT 15 System II

    (2) D 150 and my Tannoy DMT 15 System II

  5. El Magnifico

    HEADS ON A PIONEER CTF-1250 Can some Member Give me an opinion?

    As Nando says: be careful. The main problem with this model is the motor and heads wear. Full restoration of the 1250 are expensive. If the seller says "fully restored" be sure that the motor refurbish was perform. Many times fully restored for them just means changing belts and that's far from...
  6. El Magnifico

    My Crowns...My Toys!

    I have a new Sharp 70" LED TV on my home theater. I still use a Denon receiver for the 7.1 decoding. Speakers still Klipsch powered towers for front. Klipsch C-7 center and Klipsch surrounds. The speaker system has been with me for 10 years now and I feel I'm ok with it. Before the Denon, I used...
  7. El Magnifico

    My Crowns...My Toys!

    Yes Nando, I have several systems around home. My main system is the one where the 2 Crowns are on the floor. They are bi-amping my Tannoys DMT 15 System II. My bedroom system is missing and it's composed of a Jolida 202 tube integrated with a pair of Thiel 1. I use it for Pandora playback with...
  8. El Magnifico

    My Crowns...My Toys!

    Take a look of some of my Crown collection and other toys. Actually I have 5 D-150 and 2 DC-300. I have the cabinets too. Some other toys are displayed as well.
  9. Some of my collected toys...

    Some of my collected toys...

  10. Another Crown system inside its original cabinet.

    Another Crown system inside its original cabinet.

  11. My Lobby system with a Spec 1, a D 150 and a Pioneer CT F1250

    My Lobby system with a Spec 1, a D 150 and a Pioneer CT F1250

  12. El Magnifico

    Tone Controls

    Yes, it is a matter of perception and personal preference. Good high end pres don't have any and good hi-fi pres has,so what? You use it if you want and if not, don't use it. You may want to sweeten up a song or add some more bass because that's your preference and in no way you are wrong. You...
  13. El Magnifico

    Who has Decks and What Kind

    I used to have the Aural Exciter and when used with caution, results were good. Beheringer also came out with a good one that also had a bass tool. Nice for old recordings as long as you don't "over-use" it!
  14. El Magnifico

    Tone Controls

    Well, for me, the Tone Controls are there for a reason and as long as you use them well, no harm is done. It could help you correcting the deficiencies of your room acosutics. I seldom use them but when playing back a dull sounding tape, they become handy.
  15. El Magnifico

    Who has Decks and What Kind

    I do have the same Tascam DA 30, plus my old trusted Panasonic 3700 from the mastering years plus the Sony ES. The Tascam is not working,though.:kermit:
  16. El Magnifico

    Who has Decks and What Kind

    That's right. With all honesty: I don't recommend going trough this ordeal yourself, especially when you can fix it with $50.00 + warranty! :lichmalignus:
  17. El Magnifico

    Who has Decks and What Kind

    I agree. The problem with the so called "restored" units is that if they don't perform the motor refurbish and the heads are not good, what's the use? I saw one at ebay that the guy took everything appart and clean, replace belts, re-solder some critical points etc. BUT, ... he didn't touch the...
  18. El Magnifico

    Who has Decks and What Kind

    1250 Up & Running again! My CT-F1250 up and running again after a couple of hours. Definitely, this motor rebuild is not for the faint heart. I concluded that it's better to pay the $50.00 to the guy of Utah. Anyway, I did it and here she is singing again!
  19. El Magnifico

    Who has Decks and What Kind

    More Toys... Here're more toys: My tape editing block back from my in-cassette duplication years when I started with a bunch of Nakamichis MR-2. The Technics 1700 auto-reverse I bought it while living in Napa Valley years ago. I sold it to the owner of a very prestigious speaker brand. He...
  20. Technics 1700 US

    Technics 1700 US

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