cd318
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| Multi Meter Tweak I've got an auto-ranging multimeter which took ages to learn to use.More or less essential as a continuity tester for fuses, cables, circuits etc.You can pick them up for peanuts on Amazon. | |
| The Right Stuff They don't build them like Chuck Yeager anymore.I'm not too sure if they did back then, but they're not even allowed to try now.Brave beyond any reasonable doubt. | |
| Beatles best album and concert dvd? @xiang,Yes, everything can only be a product of its time and they were lucky with theirs.WW2 generation being superceded by those who hadn’t known war. National service abolished in the UK. Post war economies were boomingPirate Radio stations play... | |
| Has "politically correct" killed the used audio market? As we know (and politicians and sales people seem to know even better) words can be very slippery indeed.It’s can also be a long and circuitous route from one person’s original thought and desire to communicate, all the way to another’s understand... | |
| Beatles best album and concert dvd? @rgs92, Sorry, my mistake. I was referring to the 1987 original George Martin supervised releases. Or at least I thought I was.The only other digital set I like is the US Box of 2014 which I believe is a slightly tweaked version of the lacklustre ... | |
| Has "politically correct" killed the used audio market? @audio2design,"In my yearly or every other year call with my cell phone company where I "negotiate" my rate, I tell them at the start of the call, this is my offer based on competition and their public offerings."I tried to haggle last Feb with my... | |
| Has "politically correct" killed the used audio market? @jjss49,’i tend to agree on all the above... especially the last sentence -- mostly but not always... and we all have the scars from being burnt those few, memorable times’Me too. I remember buying a portable Minidisc player whose built in recharg... | |
| Beatles best album and concert dvd? @rgs92 ,'If you ever get into the vast library of Beatles rarities, alternative takes, and all sorts of Beatles archives out there on CD, you may go nuts.'Err yes...It is frustrating that even in 2020 we have NO definitive digital versions of thei... | |
| Has "politically correct" killed the used audio market? @tobor 007,’If it’s old and damaged, you pay less. If it’s old, damaged, and vintage you pay more.’Old and vintage (>20 years) mean the same thing but one carries more value and distinction.Antique (>100years old) usually carries even more, ... | |
| The survival of the fittest. Bose = listening contour bef accuracyBose = 1 box simplicity consumers loveBose = marketing, marketing, marketingBose = legal action against poor reviewsBose = all for brand building and loyaltyIn many ways Bose were Apple before Apple.Expensive f... | |
| What speaker – under $10k – has the best timbre and tonal qualities? @ hoosierinohio,"I have since found a more full color sound with old speakers from the 50’s."You’re not alone in that opinion.Far from it. Without extensive measuring techniques they must have relied more upon listening back then. Some of today’s ... | |
| Audiophile demographics? @danvignau ,"And, since it was mentioned, how much money do women spend on things to make them pretty, i.e.shoe comment?"As long as we remain human, physical attractiveness will remain important.It always did for many women, but now some men are f... | |
| Honest Amp Reviews: Impossible? @lhasaguy,"Someone not paid by anyone."Unfortunately finding such truly independent individuals is becoming ever more difficult.We live in an age of ever increasing globalism. Ever increasing propaganda, ridicule and bias against those that may be... | |
| New game with active speakers @julie_priest,At those prices the Edifier S3000s must be strong contenders for anyone wanting a second system.Currently I’ve got some AirPulse A300 active bookshelves sitting in my Amazon basket just in case a need for a 3rd system arises.Those Ge... | |
| Audiophile demographics? @audio2design,'More accurate would be there is brain activity before we are able to communicate an intention.'Ah yes, the greatest mystery bequeathed by Doctor Freud. The workings of the unconscious mind.Who will unravel it first?The race is indee... |