blindjim
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| Which cost more: your system or your car? Car?Waht's a car?Oh, yeah...I keep mine in my living room.Of course if I had a car, well, yeah, my system would cost more than it I'm pretty sure. I've had fancy autos and trucks... they depreciate faster than components and cost more to operate..... | |
| Why is a 1.5-2 volt AC signal on my Neutral line? Jea48 most cases the branch circuit neutral conductor as well as the branch circuit safety equipment grounding conductor terminate on the same neutral/ground bar in the main electrical service panel.... Sub panels will have them separated on two ... | |
| Utilizing PC, options for downloading muti-channel The aspect of ripping DVDA (24/192 stereo  24/96 multi ch) isn't terribly hard to do, but the learning curve for it all is a bit exasperating depending on which application you use.There's a few DVDA ripping apps around on the web. Google will p... | |
| Why is a 1.5-2 volt AC signal on my Neutral line? Simply_q it'll sure tell you if there is a weak connection there.it's certain there's a weak connection, or resistive connection somewhere , if not in one of the devices, then it has to be in the service. I'm figuring the house is older than the e... | |
| Why is a 1.5-2 volt AC signal on my Neutral line? Water your service ground.or, re-establish a better connection where the ground lug attaches to the ground rod. IOW... take it off and clean it up... then reattach it. This might also be a good thing inside the service panel to do.An inductor on t... | |
| Dee Dee Bridgewater - To Billie With Love As much as a list of the more accomplished matrons of jazz, and with regard to recordings released this decade, and done well, you might also investigate The Dana owens album.... Before me by Gladys Knight, and Susanna mcCorkle hearts and minds. | |
| Why do old tubes sound better than current tubes? Why do old tubes sound better?They have more experience. ;-)I think its simpler still. Especially if you think about the times the vintage tubes were made. Demand. Materials. QA.Back in the 40s, 50s, & even in the 60s, times were different... | |
| Dee Dee Bridgewater - To Billie With Love Listen to her "Dear Ella" album. | |
| Should I upgrade DAC, speaker cables, ICs, or PCs? Lewinskih01I thought I had posted reviews here on the gon about both the Lavry DA10 & Bel Canto DAC III. Just now looking back at them, I see only the BC D3s appraisal. Apparently the Lavry article has gone missing or been deleted.Read throu... | |
| Review: Bel Canto Design e One DAC III DA converter Correction: Please forgive my statement in the review itself for quoting the BCD3 as only accepting up to 24/96 PCM feeds. Via the SPDIF; BNC; and aES inputs it handles from 16/44 to 24/192. Via USB 16/44 to 24/96; via TOS well Hell, I don't remem... | |
| What's the latest word on the Emotiva UMC-1? See why I've become more cynical than my usual idealistic self when it comes to the new kids on the block over achieving, under priced, latest greatest slam bang gizmos?They do it to themselves.it do pay to stay with proven standards a good bit of... | |
| Is a good soundstage possible with 2 speakers only I'll keep my answer to the OPs question as a big Yes.OK... I wanna change 'ignorance' to 'obstinacy. But are they, TACT, selling something or not, to achieve this better sound stage for the two ch listener?Yes. They are.I nearly fell asleep readi... | |
| 24/192 rez with M2Tech HiFace The Hiface does indeed pass true 24/192.I'm thinking power amp had a hiccup during the conversion.something may have corrupted the file during the process... some service or anti virus app might have fouled things up while the process was ongoing.... | |
| Is a good soundstage possible with 2 speakers only Skimming over it briefly, I felt it was little more than a sales ad for another audio gizmo thats supposed to make our listening events more enjoyable . According to THEM and their noted BrainAlthough it comes off like some fascinating new rema... | |
| Music Servers vs. High-End CD & DAC--Help Please The sky is the actual limit with HDD based music.I doubt specifically if the server needs be McIntosh though to acquire a step up in performance.But then perhaps youre looking for a turn key outfit . And not a DIY affair.Variety is its Avitar,... |