albertporter
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| What do you listen to when no one else can hear it Boy, this is easy. I've got lots of material that offends fellow music group members my age. In Rock we have:(1) The Streets, "Original Pirate Material"(2) Eminem, "The Eminem Show"(3) Kate Bush, "The Whole Story"(4) Bob Dylan, "Time Out of Mind"(... | |
| How to burn in new WBTs on a phono stage? If you guys would follow the link I provided, you will see that Granite audio has already reduced the level of this break in CD to match a typical phono cartridge. That makes this disc ready to use, except for the inexpensive Radio Shack cables I ... | |
| How to burn in new WBTs on a phono stage? Granite Audio has a CD, see link:Burn in CDI own this CD and it works. Using your CD player to do the job, combined with correct voltages and program material allows you to do other things while your fittings, cable and RIAA are settling in. No mo... | |
| stands. mdf or steel My experience is totally with Sound Anchors, so my first instinct is to suggest you go with them.On the other hand, your not asking about replacement speakers for your Wilson Cubs, telling me you like the sound your getting and looking for a tweak... | |
| What does listening to a speaker really tell us? Marco, I did in fact purchase those Carpe Diem's.See, I do make purchases based on your suggestions, and now I expect you to bring by a bottle of wine and listen with me. They are fabulous! P.S. Wipe your feet, I don't want any of that tar on my rug. | |
| Concert stage layout -- who made who? First of all Nate, it's BABE Brubeck's Time Out, not BAVE Brubeck.I don't see how anyone can make such a silly error. | |
| Vinyl Reason I enjoy sharing music, that's what this is all about. Since this is a hobby I can strive for the best and what suites my taste.As for Photography, I make my living doing that and conform to whatever the buyer wants. If they specify 8X10 film, that... | |
| Vinyl Reason Fine except your post seems to indicate that you believe that the LP is popular because of the "ceremony" rather than sound and that tweaks are necessary for LP playback to be satisfying.Thus far, I have spent considerably more time tweaking CD pl... | |
| What does listening to a speaker really tell us? So, Marco...........Seize The Day is the speaker for me? | |
| What is a good polish for black acrylic? Well, for starters I used Google and found this:http://www.noscratch.com/novus/If you don't want to wait for it to be shipped, I've seen Novus for sale at upscale hardware stores, a few Home Depot's, almost every Container Store and many plastic's... | |
| recommendation for volt ohm meter I agree with those who suggest a digital Volt-Ohm meter. Here is a link to those at Radio Shack (since you mentioned them).MultimeterThe little yellow multimeter with the giant display looks easy to use and is only $19.95. I would not be afraid to... | |
| What is a good polish for black acrylic? I agree with the suggestion for Novis. The only other cleaner-polish that I feel is equal is ROR. ROR stands for residual oil remover and is designed for cameras and high quality optical products. NASA uses this and treating a high quality camera ... | |
| Vinyl Reason I suspect I qualify for that distinction. About 6000 LP's, assuming an average of $10.00 each ( I have one worth over a thousand dollars) makes $60K software collection (not counting CD or tape).That is certainly more than my LP playback rig, but ... | |
| Need Help With AM Radio Antenna Design Here is a great site, describing how AM antenna's work and how to build your own.AM AntennaAs long as this resides outside of your basement, you should get great reception. Good news is, you don't have to spend much money to get excellent results. | |
| Categorizing records Champtree, I just put "reader software" in at Google and found several web sites, including one that allows free trial.Let us know how this works if you go for it. From Aroc's post, he is thinking about this but has not installed it on his compute... |