clearthinker
Responses from clearthinker
| Is Old Music Killing New Music? No. If recent music is less popular than 'old' music then it is because it is of less interest and/or less quality. New music is killing itself. I suspect that the under 30s are less interested in all music than I am at 72. Things have just... | |
| It comes with a balance knob?!?! I'll take it! Summarising, balance adjustment is useful to correct *hearing deficiencies *room deficiencies *small output differences in phone cartridges *speaker placement issues *tube/valve output differences *adjusting position of sweet spot *channel ... | |
| Scams on Audiogon (McIntosh Amps) Yes this is endemic everywhere. Those who consider becoming scammers calculate the deal on a risk/reward basis. The risk is that of being caught multiplied by the penalty. These are in inverse ratio. There is a very low probability of being ca... | |
| The Best Preamp is no Preamp? Logic suggests that adding a complex preamp with many active components is likely to degrade sound by the distortion introduced in an otherwise pure signal passing from source to amp/speakers. So what I'd like to hear on this issue from someon... | |
| CDs And Green Markers. Please Don’t Laugh. Don't know whether to laugh or cry... | |
| Why dealers disparage certain products? This silly post has turned into a bag of insults. Grow up all of you involved. | |
| A** Kicking, Rock and Roll! Lots of stuff by the Velvets. Roll on Lou, father of punk, and of thrashing beat that most 70s punk couldn't match. | |
| About users with hidden agendas He ain't no gentleman. Not many of us left now. | |
| How many systems do you have? Four. Vintage nearly SOA. 80s to 00s Vintage vintage SOA. 70s to 80s. Features AR SP10 and Krell KSA50. Crummy cheap Japanese home theatre. Why pay more to watch films? Desktop, no improvements. Thinking of adding an op-amp and small b... | |
| Would you pay more than 25% of MSRP for a used cartridge? The many negative posts here underline the belief that everyone's dishonest. Sad. I misbought an Anna four years ago. It's too heavy for my very light parallel tracking arm. I ran it less than 20 hours (yes really). It just didn't gel. So I... | |
| AGON screening to filter out crap new posts has regressed back to the pits.. "The single biggest problem is people posting for the immediate gratification of seeing their blather in print. " YOU SAID IT MILLER! "I do wish people wouldn't try to make cute remarks or make people feel stupid. If we all knew everythin... | |
| Class A amplifier alternative? T.I.N.A. | |
| Bands/artists you never got to see live in their heyday, but would've liked to. Chopin | |
| Bands/artists you never got to see live in their heyday, but would've liked to. J S Bach | |
| Adding a “safe haven” forum for discussion of tweaks? I'll be pleased to see the back of them. Tweaks will be defined as passive items that are no direct part of signal generation or transmission. No mention will be made of any element that is not a tweak as defined. OP's other rules will ensure ... |