albertporter
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| demagnitizing CD s? The Japanese have a ultra high speed train that is suspended by magnetic repulsion. The material that spins is aluminum. Although the material is non magnetic, the explanation is that the material sees its reflection in the high speed wave and cre... | |
| Soney 9000ES as a transport I have had my Sony 9000 ES only since last Friday, the sound from the analog outputs are extremely wide band and sound really good, considering I have only half the hours needed for break in. As far as this player as a CD transport, my CD' s have ... | |
| demagnitizing CD s? I have heard that demagnetizing CD's can help. I do not have any experience with this, but do not find it impossible to believe that the material (aluminum?) that the CD metal layer is formed from could not contain microscopic particles of magneti... | |
| The Beatles Click click, send send. (right?) | |
| Aesthetix Io-Reliability Problems??? I have used the Io for some time, and was the first to implement the dual power supplies. I have now done this with the Callisto as well. The Callisto is the matching preamp from Aesthetix. On tubes, I started with stock and after some break in, d... | |
| Analogue or Digital sound level meter? The meter from Radio Shack is the one I own as well. This is not a precision instrument, but can hardly be faulted considering the low selling price. I doubt that there is much difference in accuracy of the two models (digital / analog) The "slow"... | |
| Best speaker a wife would tolerate Not knowing your wife, this is an impossible guess. I will give it a try , and suggest the small Magnaplaners. She can be told they are cloth covered room dividers or Japanese screens.....whatever appeals to her aesthetic value. Another option is ... | |
| Shakti Stone? Gmkowal, I too like to have fun, what kind of site would this be if it never had a light side? Gmele, I have no experience with the new VPI brick. Probably the only person who could accurately answer the question would be Harry at VPI. I don't kno... | |
| Best "Modern/Contemporary" styled gear Never owned any of these, but Jeff Rowland equipment is as beautiful inside as many product are outside. Also agree with Cornfed about the Gryphon amps. Only other piece that comes to mind is the Rockport Cirrus turntable. It is the most beautiful... | |
| Broken Glass on a McIntosh MC2505 Here is the web site of a company that may be able to help. http://www.audioclassics.com/I bought a replacement tuner glass for my Marantz 10B, the type had faded and the edges looked aged. The replacement they sent me looked IDENTICAL to the orig... | |
| Sound anchor amp stands Newbrie, I do photography for the audio business, so I know many of the importers and manufacturers. Over the years I buy from CES or from friends, and I usually do not dispose of feet that do not work "right now." There always seems to be a place... | |
| Shakti Stone? Gmkowal, I cannot tell if you are having fun, or don't believe in the effects of magnetics. Actually the post about the motorcycles by *Recres* is a true story. Evidently reducing the "hash" in the on board computer of racing vehicles (motorcycles... | |
| Sound anchor amp stands Newbrie, I do not have experience with Krell, but have used Sound Anchor stands under my last 5 pair of amps, and currently with my Atmasphere dialogue amp in my surround sound system. I agree with Cornfed that it is worth getting the amp off the ... | |
| Shakti Stone? Is it true that you can add some of the LP#9 to the gasoline of the 750 Motorcycle and make it like a 1000? | |
| Shakti Stone? I would like to state that the Shakti stones do work, at least in the sense that they effect the sound of many, but not all components. I probably should not post my opinion at Audiogon, because I really like the guy that manufactures the Shakti p... |