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| How, all this obsession started Man alive: you guys can really resurrect some old memories. I started taking apart radios (& clocks too, mom reminds me) before I could even read. Dad had a wire-recorder which always amazed me. Around age 6-7 I heard my first real audio at my... | |
| Power Conditioners (1) Yes to always leave it on (for solid state only). I used to turn everything off, but my trusted dealer convinced me otherwise & he is absolutely right! I always noticed improvement in systems' sound >1 or 2 hours on, but it's not at bes... | |
| Ever Get Tears of Joy? Music has been described by some as "emotion". Must be true, because late at night when all is quiet, when everything's 'right' listening can truly evoke emotion in our house. Sometimes goosebumps on the back on the neck, yes even tears on occasio... | |
| Best CD/DVD cleaners & tweaks? to WHknopp0713: what's an Airmass? Cost? Where can I get these? to HK2: she got a blue spray can of the Endust for Electronics at the local grocery. They had another antistat spray product too (black can - don't remember its name) which actually c... | |
| Best Listening Room? see August Stereophile "Fine Tunes" P.154 by Jonathan Scull. George Cardas' ideas for reducing "slap echo" via asymmetrical wall dimensions; even tunable rooms with a tapered-angle sidewall on rollers (if you're actually building a room, might as ... | |
| Best CD/DVD cleaners & tweaks? I have used "Endust for Electronics" very economical anti-stat. spray can (which also cleans TV screens & turntable covers w/o scratching, & shines faceplates nicely, even if you don't hear any improvement on your discs). Spray a small por... | |
| Budget phono stage- advice appreciated I have the same question as Jeffloistarca. Has anyone tried the McCormack phono stage? List $600 but you can get a used for half-off. Any good for a budget-size analog system with a cheaper Signet MC cartridge? My trusted dealer also recommended t... | |
| Ground Cheaters-Good or Bad? It's likely safe, but not recommended. Because since everything is cheated, you have no grounding to any of the components. Also any stray AC leakage is now carried through the signal path (your interconnects) which should not be a good thing. To ... | |
| Ground Cheaters-Good or Bad? Fortunately I haven't (yet) had to use a lifted-ground to eliminate my (rare) hum problems, so I can't speak from self-experience. Electrically this is a no-no, & is even considred dangerous, esp. if there's a bypass cap. failure, etc, interna... | |
| Clean Ears: Cheap Tweak? Try ear-coning to really clean 'em out. Cones are inexpensive /available at health-food stores or alternative med. outlets. Good non-contact, non-abrasive, non-solvent method to get the grunge out. Be sure to follow directions, know what you're do... | |
| Source of Brightness In addition to interconnects & power cabling, what about your AC power? I had excess brightness (& some grungies) which was resolved with power conditioning. Now have two Chang Lightspeeds (a 3200 & a 9900 Amp, per dealer's recommendat... | |
| Dedicated power lines for audio? Sol: Yes to the single solid copper wire question. Dunno about directionality: now I need to try it both ways (per Garfish, see above). I guess you just look at the printing on the wire's insulation & ensure that all 3 conductors are aligned i... | |
| Dedicated power lines for audio? I ran my own dedicated line: three strands - the usual black, white & green (with some advice from Mike VansEvers) using #10 solid THHN. Line them up straight, & tape the ends all together. Put that combo into your power drill chuck & ... | |
| HDCD Cd's Pick up Stevie Nicks "Enchanted" boxed set. Not labeled as HDCD, but the sound is unbelievable! 3 discs in the set. Do an A/B comparison with same titles previously released on her other discs - it's killer. | |
| Better Electronics or New Cables??? Cables all the way dude! You can't believe the performance that your components (assuming that you have decent equipment to begin with) are capable of, until you invest in some really good cabling: interconnects, speaker wire, & especially pow... |