abucktwoeighty
Responses from abucktwoeighty
| Of all your gear, what piece impresses you most? My turntable cartridge. Such a small device to make a huge difference in sound. | |
| What to do with bad recorded CDs They become background music in the basement system when I'm working on a project. | |
| Cat-O-meter Have one like Fat Pi' Sant, ears always scanning. Have another that can't seem to figure out that the music is coming from directly ahead. She's always looking towards the rear of the house for something... The other two couldn't care less about t... | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report The Charlie Hunter Quartet - Natty Dread | |
| Speaker and Amp dilemma A hair dryer CONSUMES 1500 watts. Amps output wattage. | |
| Recommend an "adiophile worthy" pen? They were pressing ash trays out of the lava when I was there back in '79. | |
| grills or no grills on your speakers..matters? Bifwynne, that reminded me of a friend who lost a pet boa constrictor. He searched everywhere with no luck. Thought it may have gotten outside, so he notified the neighbors to be on the look out for it, and that it was pretty much harmless. Then o... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Joe Bonamassa, Blues DeluxeAn Evening with Windham Hill LiveSimply Red, Picture Book | |
| Record cleaning fluids AIVS here too. | |
| Speaker repairer - NY area Done many myself, it's very simple. Time consuming if you want it done right. | |
| grills or no grills on your speakers..matters? Just removed mine this evening for the first time in a long time to see if there was a difference. No difference in the sound quality. Leaving them on to keep the dust off the drivers. | |
| Static electricity....again My problem was wearing slippers on carpeting. Lots of static build up. Wearing only socks now with no problems. | |
| Grado Reference Sonata re-tip If I go the trade in route, I'll never know how the Soundsmith would sound. Still leaning towards the Soundsmith since it's less expensive and may sound better to these ears. | |
| Grado Reference Sonata re-tip Thanks for the response. I see you always get the $250 level done which is what I was leaning towards. I like the Grado sound, but was thinking of going the Soundsmith direction just to see where it leads. Sounds like the way to go.I'm using a Ben... | |
| Ambient favorites Patrick O'Hearn ("Trust") was the artist I listened to the first time I auditioned an excellent hi-end system and was floored. I'll never forget that day. It was magic and changed my life. I bought that cd the same day. |