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| Who remembers the Dahlquist DQ-10's? Samhar---what was the name of that small chain of Hi-Fi shops in SoCal, one of which Randy operated (the one in Venice) before starting Optimal Enchantment? I was a customer at the one on Sherman Way in Woodland Hills, at the North end of the San ... | |
| Long XLR Interconnect Cables Great, thanks. I too use balanced whenever possible, and like silver. I’ll look into your other suggestions. How cool to have a Dad you share the passion for Hi-Fi with! I'm the Dad, and my kid just wants to smoke out with me ;-). | |
| Long XLR Interconnect Cables Hey adg101, how good IS the Clear Day balanced cable? I have the CD Double Shotgun speaker cable, which is a tremendous bargain. Is the balanced cable as well? I use Kimber silver ic's (KCAG and KCTG, both balanced and s-e), but need some more, an... | |
| Cartridge loading question Moving coil, moving magnet, or moving iron cartridge? | |
| Manley Chinook Mofi, the Ampeg SVT has been THE bass amp to own forever! | |
| Tonearm mount on the plinth or on Pillar ? Ivor Tiefenbrum raised the question of the importance of the integrity of the mechanical relationship between arm and platter almost fifty years ago. And his Linn Sondek turntable proved that integrity to be the number one priority---number one---... | |
| Long XLR Interconnect Cables Ralph Karsten of Atma-Sphere has posted some interesting and illuminating facts about balanced connections. It is Ralph’s contention that the manner in which the signal wires are connected to the electronics---which pins are hot, which is ground, ... | |
| Direction of aftermarket fuses (only for believers!) Good one jea48! When Ric Schultz was modifying the Modulus 2 pre-amp, he was offering a fuse-bypass option. On a tube pre-amp? Probably not a good idea, but I had him do it to mine anyway. Older and wiser, I wouldn’t now. | |
| BARNES & NOBLE HAS VINYL!!!!! BUT IS THE QUALITY UP TO AUDIOPHILE STANDARDS ???? Man, don't you guys have a real record store in your town?! If I had to rely on B & N as my only source for locally-bought LP's, I'd hafta move! | |
| Greatest song titles.. I got beat to the punch by a bunch of ya’ll, so I’ll nominate "Baby Let Me Bang Your Box" by Doug Clark and The Hot Nuts. How that got by the censors so my friends and I were able to listen to it in the turntable booth at our local record shop (yo... | |
| Need advice on adding subs Oh, one (I promise ;-) other thing. The Rythmik Sub is what speaker builder Jim Salk builds in to some of his models. He also offers the Rythmik Sub in his own designed and built enclosure, featuring greater internal volume (for increased efficien... | |
| Elevating subwoofer about two feet off the floor I believe the Harmon-Kardon paper on bass reproduction, the basis for the concept of subwoofer "swarms", recommends locating subs at varying distances from the floor, thinking of the room in terms of a 3-dimensional volume, not a 2-dimensional floor. | |
| ... Best Live Recordings ( other than Classical or Opera) on CD... For new fans of Cream, their Wheels of Fire double album sounds just as they did when I saw them in ’67 and ’68. A couple more of my favorite live albums are The Ventures On Stage (’65) and The Live Kinks (’67). The Kinks are just about the most f... | |
| The Beach Boys There have been more versions of Pet Sounds on LP and CD than any other album I can think of. Enough already! How much more deluxe can it get?! | |
| Has there been any inexpensive item that enhanced your system's sound? When I just applied for a drivers license in my new state, the clerk looked at my ID asked "So, you’re elderly?". Well! It’s a very progressive state with medically licensed use, and man is it big business. Dispensaries everywhere. And gee, I had ... |