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| Food: What does the typical audiophile eat? Food is overrated. Money better used elsewhere. | |
| Recommendations for speakers that sound great at lower volume levels. You probably wouldn't think it, but Vandersteen 3A Signatures are great for low volume listening. Not sure if low watts would manage, though. | |
| Got bit by the Magnepan Bug Would a 12x16 room allow for the 3.7, in your opinion?I think it might, but am not too sure. Probably not the optimal size of room, I'm guessing.Thanks. | |
| Do You Ever Find Yourself Unable to Listen To Your System? Of course.Depression robs the joy out of many things. During those periods I tend to watch a lot of mindless television. | |
| Why are equipment racks so expensive? I do think 3k is expensive for a rack.I didn't see the prices of their racks, but with their footers costing $425 each, I'm guessing astronimical.They do look nice. | |
| Cary SLP-98 tape out question I've got one integrated amp that I use in rotation (300b). I've got several amps that I use the Cary as a preamp so I'll stick with it.I was just surprised that the signal passed through without it being turned on. | |
| Buying used: how old is too old? I've bought many speakers 10, 20, even 30 years old. I've not had issues with any of them.Don't know if they degraded in sound over the years, though, as I don't have a new pair to compare them to. As long as they weren't abused and the drivers ... | |
| Cary SLP-98 tape out question Yep. Zero power to the Cary. My DAC and phono pre plays through it without it being powered on.Up until I discovered this, I always had the pre turned on thinking it had to be. Now, I'm not sure the other preamps I've had also didn't work this ... | |
| Class D for a Tube Lover As audiophiles I think we overthink things sometimes. At least I do.I bought a window AC. | |
| What are the weak points of Pass amps and pre-amps ? My only experience with Pass gear are the Aleph 3 and Aleph 2's I had many years ago. IMO, both were great sounding and when I decided to downsize I preferred the VTL MB125 just a bit more than the Aleph 2's I had at the same time.The Aleph 3 I so... | |
| Can a speaker just die? Just tried in different rig and it worked. Brought back to main rig and zero sound.I thought WTF!For whatever reason, the spade wasn't making a connection. Moved it around a few times and now I have sound.Weird. | |
| Why are equipment racks so expensive? lalitk - I didn't realize my post was a rant. Good to know.mingles - That's a great looking rack!I'm not willing to A/B an audio rack to see if I can hear any difference in the sound between different rack systems. I figure as long as it's solid... | |
| Why are equipment racks so expensive? I tried making a stand out of Lack tables back when that was the inexpensive craze.I bought five or six tables, drew up my diagram, marked the legs and proceeded to cut. Then I found out the legs were hollow. Nothing I read back then indicated t... | |
| Speaker repair...is it easy? Thanks, everyone. I think I will send the driver to a professional for repair since I'm not sure I can even get a replacement speaker for the Dunlavys should I screw the pooch on this repair attempt.The next logical question: Who should I send i... | |
| Speaker repair...is it easy? Thank you.My concern was I've read something years ago that said if you don't get the glue just right the piston action of the cone would be compromised.That kind of stuck with me for some reason.Cheers, and stay safe.Mamoru |