billstevenson
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| If Bi-Wiring is an option, should I choose Bi-wiring over single banana with free jumpers The same tired old myths keep re-surfacing don't they. Bi-wiring made sense back before we had good speaker wire and everyone was using zip chord. Those days ended around 1978. There is no benefit to bi-wiring today. None, nade, zilch this ha... | |
| Do you grade your albums? This gets at the broad range of approaches that each of us takes to the hobby. For many years I have listened mostly to jazz, and have generally gravitated through the course of time to older and older styles. When I was a kid I was listening to... | |
| The Wizard of Vinyl Is in Kansas My wife saw this article first and brought it to my attention. It served to alert her to what I am spending to a limited extent. She thought the big bucks were wrapped up in equipment. Little does she know. To put it mildly, this article was n... | |
| Piano is just 300 years old? There's more. This timeline intrigued me. It struck me as illogical as it tells us that the earliest instruments were flutes. My Grove Dictionary says there is a lot of controversy on this subject. I always supposed some sort of rudimentary drum, but thinking... | |
| Can you do anything to make power tubes last longer ? This is a situational maybe. In South Florida especially during hot weather in densely populated areas we experience fairly large voltage fluctuations. During peak demand hours at my location voltage can range from ~105-120 VAC. Power tubes wer... | |
| Cartridge - sweet spot on the cost/sound curve? Everyone has their preferences. As mulveling points out aluminum cantilevers can sound very good. Personally, I tend to prefer them over other exotics such as boron or beryllium. This is a personal taste thing, there is no right or wrong, just ... | |
| Bose 901 Review Well Done. I own a pair of Lifestyle 901s, these are basically series VI speakers with the amp and equalizer built into the base of one of the speakers. They are very rare piano black and mine are in minty condition bought new in 1999. They sound very good... | |
| Is there usually a dramatic difference between $5k and $10k cartridges ? This is a wonderful discussion. I love all the ideas and perspectives. Like many of you, I have a lot of cartridges. $50, $500, $3000, $5000, and $10,000 ones. My favorite ones are an Ortofon 2M SE Mono (the mono version of the Black), and a So... | |
| Turntable Upgrade As the owner of both VPI and Technics TTs perhaps I can lend some perspective. Right up front you can't make a bad decision here, you are considering great turntables. I have a VPI HW40 sitting next to an SL1200GAE. Generally the former is set ... | |
| Do you agree with John Atkinson (and me)? It is certainly true of me at this stage in my life, but I would not be quick to judge younger audiophiles. Especially in the current environment where streaming is so prevalent. Truth be told I am not sure in my younger days that it was true fo... | |
| Seeking a Power Conditioner +2 for pay no attention to ASR. As far as power conditioning is concerned there is a controversy sparked by misunderstanding. It is only needed in locales where the power supply is not tightly regulated or in areas served by old infrastructure o... | |
| Sound room humidity It probably varies to some extent with climate. 56% is my number in South Florida. This is semi-tropical. 40% would not be practical here. The air is thick here in more ways than one. Consider the musings of our President and Mr. DeSantis. ;-) | |
| Sound room humidity Yes, I maintain 56% 24/7 year round even when we are away. | |
| SUT suggestions for Audio Note System If there is a boffin in this thread methinks his name is dover. I stand by my recommendations. | |
| Anyone hear of I use Audio Sensibility Statement Silver interconnects both RCA and XLR as appropriate, Statement speaker cables, and Statement power cords. This for all components on two systems. I first learned about this company and owner Steven Huang over a... |