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| Whats the weirdest concert you ever attended? Jefferson Airplane when they played Dallas in the 70s.The concert was good but what a strange crowd. I was accustomed to smelling the special cigarettes (which I did not like) but this evening a small brown haired hippy girl kept staring at me as... | |
| Power cords for vintage gear A lot of classic gear is more valuable when left intact, in spite of best effort of owners modifications are often frowned upon.That being said, if you want to upgrade the stock cord a good quality modern version will sound as good and possibly be... | |
| Looking for pre with 2 volume controls. Aesthetix Callisto has two discrete volume controls and is one of the best sounding preamps made. | |
| Great product support from Burson Audio Nice to read a post about a product from a company that's really trying to make things right. | |
| What HardDrive Do You Use? DataTale quad bay Thunderbolt drive http://oyendigital.com/hard-drives/store/RS-M4T.htmlFilled with 4 Hitachi Deskstar 4TB drives.Looking forward to high quality Thunderbolt cable to try between this storage unit and my Mac Mini. | |
| DVD-R Iincopatability? This from WikiThis new format, among other things, resulted in DVD-R being unofficially referred to, in error, as DVD "minus" R. However, DVD "minus" R is not correct, according to DVD-R consortium recommendations; it is, in fact, a dash (i.e. DVD... | |
| Montreal vs Toronto for Vinyl shopping They also had a bootleg butcher block Beatles LP with alternate cuts. I have the original but had to have that one as well.At that same show I heard a cut from the LP, Im New Here, by Gil Scott-Heron (2010). It stopped me in my tracks and for... | |
| Stillpoints LP Isolator Record Weight 04-18-15: SlawI think it's important to note that these devices work differently in every individual set-up. IE: differing TTs, in association with varying platforms etc... IMO, there is no ONE "best" record weight clamp that will work equally wel... | |
| Montreal vs Toronto for Vinyl shopping Montreal is one of my favorite destinations for vinyl shopping, Aux 33 tours being my favorite shop.Agree, I love Aux 33 tours. When I covered the Montreal High End show Aux 33 had a nice shop set up on one floor. I bought so many LPs I had issues... | |
| which 6sn7 tube for my wyetech topaz amp For what it's worth, I agree completely with Peter. RCA 5692 is the best I've tried with Sylvania 6SN7 GT a semi close second choice.RCA is more dense, sightly better dynamics and beautiful flat" top end. Sylvania will be ever so slightly more ex... | |
| High Fidelity Cables -- A revelatory experience Roxy54You write good ads Guido.:-) | |
| Sleeper Vintage Tube Gear? If you can find Dynaco tube gear and repair and improve cosmetics at a reasonable price there are always buyers for this brand. Look at Ebay for same, prices vary according to condition.A more obscure option is older FM tuners. There are still fan... | |
| Help with equipment rack design My only advice, be careful with stacking too high, especially if a turntable or CD transport is on top. There is always movement with height and it harms performance.Also suggest high performance footers under the rack, hard design not soft to imp... | |
| Pani ... New ART-9 up and running ... Thats whats so great about LP reproduction, there are countless rewarding paths to music.I have great respect for Audio Technica, really not surprised they are capable of building an affordable high performance cartridge. | |
| Some Musical Truths This really only works with Kate Bush singing it, but here are the lyrics.I found a book on how to be invisibleTake a pinch of keyholeAnd fold yourself upYou cut along a dotted lineYou think inside outAnd you're invisible |