armstrod
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| Record Clamp????? I also recommend the Michell record clamp - it's inexpensive, works great, and is light enough to be benign on suspended decks. Michael at Britaudio.com always has them, and there are some eBay vendors too. | |
| Best Russian Tubes to Import Punkuk,Be careful with the Russian "military" tubes. I bought some "military" 6H8Cs (same as 6SN7) and they were clearly identical to the current Sovtek 6SN7s, and sounded just as bad. YMMV. | |
| Audiophile Electrocution Mdhoover,That's sounds pretty much like the description my doctor gave me. I'm definitely in the hypothyroid phase now. Thank goodness thyroid hormone replacement drugs are common now and relatively cheap.Too bad my original shock was AC - if it w... | |
| Audiophile Electrocution Drubin,Yes, I'm quite sure the shock changed my metabolism. Up until that point it seemed quite normal; after the shock, definitely revved up, and stayed that way for years.My doctor said he studied cases in med school where people where people ha... | |
| Ipod and accessory power help Apple makes a USB power adapter:http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wo/2.RSLID?mco=63413C01&nplm=M9837LL%2FAwhich used to come standard with iPods but is now an extra cost accessory.An alternative is a cheap powered... | |
| Audiophile Electrocution Long term effects?When I was 13 I belonged to an Explorer Post, an adjunct of the Boy Scouts. Our sponsor was a local company that built closed-circuit television systems, and after hours we could go into their shop and use their machine tools, eq... | |
| Zu on Zu Bartokfan,I suggest you read the 6moons article as linked in Aktchi's post above. Perhaps the Zu's "ideal" match is something other than an SET amp....For all the Zu owners here: what's the most power you've run through your Zus in your home, and ... | |
| Need Recommendation of PC speakers Swan M200s:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16836136102For classical and jazz they would be hard to beat; from 100 hz up they're terrific. If you're a rocker or a gamer, they don't have the deep bass. I'm thinking of buying a pai... | |
| Inexpensive preamps look too good to be true? Forget about 5 years, what about 5 months from now? The Pacific Valve stuff has a 90 day warranty, the eBay stuff doesn't indicate any warranty at all. If you can fix them yourself, or are going to mod them and void the warranty anyway, or conside... | |
| Zu on Zu In the NY Times this morning was an article about Netflix, and it contained this quote from Reed Hastings, the Netflix CEO:"At the heart of any good investment, I tell investors, is a contrarian thesis that they and the company believe very deeply... | |
| Programs for File management - HELP iTunes works great on the PC! Go here:http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/Pick Windows, and enjoy. | |
| VR-1 or Onix Reference 1?? I was looking to move up from the Epos ELS-3 and listened to the Onix Ref 1 in a friend's system. I wanted to get away from the slight harshness of the Epos tweeter, especially at low volumes. The Onix was only a marginal improvement, especially s... | |
| Best music store online or off? There are some very cool independent releases here:www.woodstockcd.comI was at Princeton Record Exchange maybe a month ago, and while I agree with Sbank that it, and most used record stores, aren't as good as they used to be, it's still pretty fab... | |
| Do tube dampers improve sound? Once again I have to make my plug for trying the inexpensive solution first. I got 50 industrial grade silicone o-rings from here:http://www.marcorubber.com/material_selection.htmfor $10 plus shipping. I have a preamp with all octal tubes, so the ... | |
| What do you wish for? I can't speak to the first two, but the last definitely won't happen. DVD burners sell in the millions of units, while Creek and Bryston sell in the thousands. The economies of scale aren't even close. |