asvjerry
Responses from asvjerry
| To Buy or to DIY, here is my question Since I can't buy precisely what I want, I'm left with one option. That, and nobody has admonished me that I can't, the skills, or the gumption to do so....that led me to make one. Follow by similar pair. That begat 4 identical ones; all iterat... | |
| It comes with a balance knob?!?! I'll take it! ...hmmm...do separate level controls qualify, or is that even more 'retro' or 'sota' sorta' ? Is it possible to have too many? Pre-, post-, even at the amps? | |
| A** Kicking, Rock and Roll! Just to interrupt this frenzy of group names that lead into Klingon Opera... ( "LIVE! Until You're DEAD!" ) ...just my choice for a pleasant evenings' devolution.... This'll make do for 'intermission'....(...give it a minute, it grows on you... | |
| A** Kicking, Rock and Roll! @dabel ...so it's been 'Burning Down the House' for at least one episode of Another Miserable Day in Paradise....:( ? Every one gets a sh*t sandwich on occasion...hopefully with bread, but.... There's always this retort of sort: ...burn y... | |
| A** Kicking, Rock and Roll! @dabel ...."....I'm done." *Tsk* Some people....start a fire, toss some gas about...then split. *sheesh* I guess it's some of the 'things' I've posted of late..... "You 'drop weird stuff..." (Well, you asked....🤷♂️) Come back, little dabel.... | |
| Your single most significant purchase mistake? There are those items I let 'go away' that I regret now.....but one must move onward and up 'different', which is my rationale...or excuse, if one prefers....*s* One either enjoys 'where you're at', or off into the swap swamp or into the detail d... | |
| McIntosh -- good for show, not for sound, says dealer @szore ...the one you own )Mac, Bryston, et al...) or the one you contemplate getting....;) | |
| A Second Noise Floor? @oldhvymec .....Proportions? ...all but the cannabis...I wager a pinch, no more.... ...better things to do with That..... :) | |
| McIntosh -- good for show, not for sound, says dealer Drop a large rock into a large fishbowl and watch the fish go frenzy...;) Yup, Macs'/Rolex is 'bout right. But that makes anything 'new' like the latest digi- wrist thing or cell...."Hot" with a tag to match, 'till it's not. ...of course, there... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Ah, the 'classics'....one might desire another lifetime to explore that/them/those....*s* @dabel , 'fraid I'm devolved into the depredations of the modern misuse of the art of noise...draim bamaged beyond incomprehension....🤪 (Got exposed to par... | |
| How long ago did you catch the bug? *L* At my age, I've no short stories anymore. Always loved music, grew up with polkas, Cosby, Sinatra, Martin, Spike Jones, and was forced to sing in a choir. Why do parents thinks moppets 'singing' around a key sounds so cute? *sigh* Got expos... | |
| How many systems do you have? @1971gto455ho *S* Idle chatter....can't be 'profound' All the time....;) | |
| How many systems do you have? Four; one HT w/sat, receiver, screen, and laptop. Spouses' desktop and mine, the latter linked to the main in the larger space next....which is where the major pile is. The 'residence' is small, so the 'main event' is an Elsewhere. *g* Enough ... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? @dabel Oh, the Demarco "Cowboy"? Isn't that profoundly strange? *LOL* Best guess is #ones' anesthesia has allowed consciousness, but has had a profound side effect on comprehension...👀 The 'crowd' in the water :50+ is ....well, what they is..... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @tomic601 ,,,the 'buy lots cheep' > listen > give to the Salve Army next wk.' struck me more like 'audio bees' passing on Odd Pollen'...*L* |