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| You know you are an Audiophile when: ..when the sonic masterpieces of the 'audiophile's audiophile' Emory Cook take pride of place in your collection.https://folkways.si.edu/cook-records/smithsonian#:~:text=Emory%20Cook%20(1913-2002),equipment%2C%20a.... | |
| Replacing driver screws with brass screws @cal91,'I am a Harbeth owner and I don't see how I could do that with the screws securing my drivers.'As an Harbeth owner perhaps it might help to be a little more familiar with the Harbeth website?Alan Shaw stated that it's no big deal as long as... | |
| Replacing driver screws with brass screws Another word of caution against over-tightening of drive units. Don't do it.As mentioned earlier it alters the tone, but it does more than that, it alters the amount of resonance pumped into the baffle. Since the baffle due to the cutouts is norm... | |
| Poor value vs snake oil... I remember painfully listening to Darko's drivel and posting this back in May.'My take on it was that the irritatingly impatient John Darko was continuously attempting to coerce the rather more ambivalent Jeff Dorgay (TONEAudio Magazine) into a bl... | |
| Old favorites that you still play and still "feel". These have all stood the test of time for meAbbey RoadAstral WeeksBorn to RunDarkness on the Edge of TownGet Happy!!Love and TheftRomance is on the Rise (Genevieve Waite)Surf’s UpThe Hangman’s Beautiful DaughterTruelove’s Gutter (Richard Hawley)Vi... | |
| How to insert album cover art on music files? glupson,I think the US and UK charts have always been a little bit different, end of year release dates could vary somewhat, especially for acts that weren't so well known outside their region. Sometimes the US and UK charts would converge but the... | |
| Tannoy Stirlings on the way! The Stirling’s look similar in size to my Berkeley’s, but with better cabinets. I have to put mine on small wooden benches to get the tweeters up to ear height, at around 6 inches from the front wall.If they have that classic in-house Tannoy sound... | |
| What has been your costliest mistake in this hobby? @janehamble ,’Only when doing some REW testing did it come to light that both my Seas tweeters were pressed in. $900 a pair, plus installation. I have no idea how this happened. Could have been a visiting child or dog - but most likely it was clum... | |
| How to insert album cover art on music files? @glupson,’Once all the covers are done, you may notice that The Beatles and the beatles are filed separately and may end up in different folders. That is just a made-up example, but I want to say that arranging the library becomes a year-long chor... | |
| How to insert album cover art on music files? There’s also a free program called Creevity MP3 cover downloader.Very simple to use and think it works with W7/10 and iOS.https://www.creevity.com/mp3coverdownloader/ | |
| What are the signs of caps going in an Amp? Great question.Because it could happen sooner or later.I knew a case where a power supply capacitor leaked inside 2 years on a big name integrated amplifier.It was making a constantly buzzing sound on both channels whilst still playing music. In f... | |
| Oldest Recordings that sound “audiophile” @ivan_nosnibor ,'From 1947 to 1950, excellent sounding mics were available, but they were expensive to make and uncommon and tended to be first reserved for high-profile, big-budget events. I have two fine-sounding CD soundtracks, both in stereo, ... | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? @acefactory,For years the following lines used to bug me so much so that I had to read the novel.'With your sheet-metal memory of Cannery Row,And your magazine-husband who one day just had to go,'It was a lovely read even though I can't remember m... | |
| Why the truth is not in them ?? @glupson,"Science just discovered in this century that all that exist is consciousness..."Tell that to the guy who is having a heart attack. "Hey, buddy, it is all in your head."Yes, you can debate and philosophise all you want but there's no gett... | |
| Why the truth is not in them ?? Everything is in flux. Europe is changing fast under conditions of dissolving hegemony, and even Scandinavian countries are no longer exempt.Civilization needs a belief system, a set of morals and a code to live by. If religion no longer provides ... |