chayro
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| shrink wrap film residue- how to remove Alcohol is routinely used by auto detailers to remove waxy residues. As far as my experience with the plastic part, it was left smooth and shiny, like new. The thing is - whenever you polish or even clean the finish, it is very important to use ... | |
| What's on your audio wish list for 2018? Actually very modest - I would like to buy an Oppo 205 so I can listen to my SACDs and DADs again. I'm pretty happy with everything else. Maybe a new pair of 845b tubes for my Viva. | |
| Worth buying a Solution 541? Can't you audition them? | |
| shrink wrap film residue- how to remove The clay bar is a great idea, although very intimidating to those unfamiliar with auto detailing. Without assuming any responsibility, you might try some alcohol. I just used everclear to remove the sticky residue from a very old plastic piece a... | |
| Equalizers- love them or hate them and why? My system doesn't have them, but I think most audiophiles around here who are unsatisfied with their sound would be better off with them. If I ever buy and "end of life" system, it would probably include an Accuphase or Mac integrated with tone c... | |
| Review Audioquest Hurricane (part 1) Wow - you people amaze me. After all the testimonials from the hundreds of clients Bo has helped reach audio nirvana, you still do not believe? Wait a minute - has ANYONE ever admitted to buying anything from this guy? I would like to see some po... | |
| Store auditioning and then buying on-line from others. How do you feel about it ? As someone who has seen many people develop into what I consider to be unethical human beings, I have come to this conclusion-Conscience, once discarded, is not missed. I don’t know if I coined this phrase, but I haven’t heard it before. Whether o... | |
| What is your goto reference recording I also use a CD I burned with many familiar but different pieces of music. I think that Paul Desmond's alto sax on Take Five is a very good indicator of whether a speaker will exhibit objectionable harshness later on, BTW. Other pieces include m... | |
| What are the best loudspeakers under $4000 to re-create lifelike piano This is one of the most lifelike piano recordings I have heard. Worth picking up if you can. https://www.ebay.com/itm/David-Montgomery-the-Piano-LP-Mint-Audiophile-USA-D2D-EX-EX/181765845045?ha... | |
| What is your favorite holiday song? Anything by Burl Ives. | |
| Morrow SP6 speaker cable break in I had a pair of Morrows way back that were virtually unlistenable at the beginning. I sent them back and he burned them in on his machine, which made a very big difference. I won’t get into whether burn in is a myth, but that’s what I heard. So gi... | |
| Viva Solistino Amp I’ve owned the Little Solista since 2008 and had no desire to upgrade. Are you telling me the big Solista is only $4500 more? It used to be more than double the price. Mine cost about $7500 back in 2008, but I had it upgraded with the new transfor... | |
| Phono Stage Recommendation $3000 Not to fuel the tube/SS argument, but Inna did not say solid state preamps aren't good. He said that that the people HERE with serious systems rarely have a SS phono stage. I think the implication is that tube preamps are superior, but that's an... | |
| Upgrade from Jolida JD9 Mk 2 phono stage? I think what J Carr actually said was that the loading makes more a difference to the phono preamp than the cartridge. Seems like a distinction without a difference. In any case, I think the Linto is really good and maybe look around for another... | |
| Upgrade from Jolida JD9 Mk 2 phono stage? There's a Linn Linto up for sale right now for about $800. I have one and it's really very good. I have no desire to upgrade it. It has no adjustable loading, which may or may not be important, but just FYI, J Carr from Lyra just posted that lo... |