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| 45 Singles You Just Had to Buy 'Offshore Banking Business' The Members Ghostbusters theme, on 12 inch. Played loud. | |
| Question about wpc on tube amps Sorry but the answer is clear and simple. You aren't going to drive Maggies well on $1,000 of tube amp. Unless (just possibly) you listen at a very low level; even there you would be far better off with solid-state. | |
| Mobile Fidelity Settlement Update We don't want a world in which commercial companies are deliberately dishonest. Ergo if any is deliberately dishonest then there must be punishment in order to deter. So, it MoFi were deliberately dishonest, exemplary damages are appropriate Si... | |
| subwoofer buzz - how to eliminate it It is placed on a wooden floor on rubber footers. So why is it 'vibrating like it wants to fall apart' straight out of the box. It's obviously faulty. Take it back. | |
| Sensitivity question We mustn't confuse or obfuscate these two factors even though both determine whether a given amplifier will drive a give speaker satisfactorily. Resistance, ohms, of a speaker is the main determinant of how hard it is for the amplifier to drive ... | |
| Top two most important sound qualities Accuracy to the original event. | |
| Turntable Isolation Journey @noromance +1 for concrete Although it's very difficult to implement across a bouncy wood floor. My system is in the basement standing on very large marble and stone slabs, they standing on the concrete screed in the ground. I have called th... | |
| Any Thoughts? Yes. But I'm not telling you | |
| Amps on top? @ghdprentice I am interested in your comment on the sound improvement using ultra-short speaker cables. I have always understood the speakers like to 'see' a bit of resistance and capacitance. I run Krell KRS200s that stand immediately behi... | |
| Your experience of moving to two subs Personally, I can only handle one sub at a time. | |
| FYI: Let visitors use your Wi-Fi for additional security @hgeifman Just look at all the hacking that happens to networks. You have a touching faith in technology and the companies that sell it. Don't let anyone into your internet access. Clearthinker's fourth rule of computing: never set up a ne... | |
| Why are People Dumping their Audio Research Gear and What Does it Say about them? @speedthrills Yeah. Who's 'dumping'? I'm keeping all mine, six pieces. | |
| Cartridge question @elliottbnewcombjr buy an advanced stylus shape: Line Contact/Microridge/Shibata/SAS: they cost more, but last much longer All these advanced profiles have far smaller contact areas with the disc. So the friction is concentrated over a smaller... | |
| Storage boxes. Can I discard high end shipping boxes, and still sell in the future? Flattening a sophisticated dedicated packing is often impossible. Where it is possible it will certainly reduce the integrity of its structure and invalidate any warranty given by the manufacturer, thus probably negating the benefits of having re... | |
| Modifying Crossovers Don't. Mummy knows best. |