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| If you had access to a time machine, what concerts would you go back to see? The DoorsStevie Ray VaughanLinda Ronstadt (before the politics)Elvis in Vegasthat's what comes to mind, too many to list. | |
| The Absolute Sound vs Pleasing Sound @Russ69I never did chase or attempt to massage my system to sound live. Essentially what I have always been after is correct timbre, pitch and intensity. A very very close second is weight and dynamic range. All of us or nearly all have been to... | |
| Worst Concerts You Have Attended ?? Hot Tuna with Papa John Creech (fiddle), OMG I couldn't stand it with my fingers jammed in my ears the PA was so loud. Had to leave.Rick Wakeman Journey to the center of the Earth. Played it very well and then announced that was the only song the... | |
| Building a house +1 consonanceTake a lot of pictures during the process, I mean a lot. Takes very littleeffort and you'll be glad you did at some point. Use a tape measure to show stud locations. Don't forget the ceiling! You may need those for hanging acousti... | |
| Schumann Resonator Interesting thread, even if just for the entertainment value. I have no doubt, as with many things audio, many people get a different response from their system/ear/brain interface.Real question: It would seem to me as with all waves that there ... | |
| Embarrassed....Audio furniture help You mentioned that this little spat is over the décor in the second living space. What's in the first living space? Who is dictating how that whole room is being setup? Colors, furniture, window treatments etc etc.To negotiate from a position o... | |
| How does Donald Fagen do it? I'm a Dan fan as well, saw Becker/Fagan/Winwood at Red Rocks in Colorado with my wife and kids. Becker gave a moving speech about what a privilege it was to play/write with Fagan for 50 years. That was June of '16. Becker died the following yea... | |
| Equal $$ for Phono OR Streaming? Sounds like your buddy is just starting out as he has no vinyl or CDs.Streaming done right can sound excellent. So, my vote goes to aBryston BDA-3.14 Streamer DAC. List is about $4k.The Bryston will play PCM up to 384K as well as DSD4. Stereop... | |
| FTC may end amplifier rule! ACTION NEEDED @russ69 "Frankly, I go by weight. Big iron and big toroid transformers weigh a lot and tell you more about power capabilities."I've done this simple test on many occasions and it seems to upset sales people.Regards,barts | |
| Who else is using old cables/interconnects, and is happy? Well I guess I have you all beat as far as age is concerned, bought 300 feet of Hartley Reference Cable (10 gauge) in 1980. Spec'd by Rich and custom built, Rich owns Hartley. Needed 300 feet to get the 6 runs from amps to speakers in my tri-am... | |
| Last Audition - Blown Away By A Lottery System bgm911I have to many hobbies as well, several of them smell like gasoline.Goldwings are beautiful machines. Best of luck with it.If you feel like you're in the candy store don't be too eager to jump off the cliff with $20k. Regards,barts | |
| Last Audition - Blown Away By A Lottery System To the OP,Do whatever you have to to go back to that system that "blew you away".Bring music your familiar with. Listen as much as they will let you.To be clear I'm not sayin' jerk them around. Outline, on paper, the system you would like to buil... | |
| Which speakers did you find bright, fatiguing or just disappointing in some way? @glupson" Virtually all Bowers & Wilkins (except one older model)."I had the very same experience, somewhere in the late 80s I listened to B&W model?, I think 800, anyway the biggest they made with all McIntosh tube gear and they sounded ... | |
| Best temperature for optimum tube performance My three ARC amps (NOT TUBES) each have 32 output transistors and 3 cooling fans each. So, 96 output transistors and nine cooling fans. If I run them really hard for say an hour their temp never goes over 100 F. Yes, I measure them with a BBQ p... | |
| Wow, $10k+ cables @jetter Thanks for the reply. I as well thought they were benign. But, there are many posts which I think are legit questions and they are met with slings and arrows. In fact, I was simply trying to inject a little humor into this all to seriou... |