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| Townshend Seismic Podiums "...if your interest is piqued, try a set of Pods on your most sensitive component."But PLEEEZE fit them carefully. | |
| Townshend Seismic Podiums Dead right @pengun. Simple really. All said in two short, simple sentences. Bravo. To the rest: boing boing. | |
| SLOT LOADING CD MECHANISMS - DO THE DAMAGE CD'S? You cannot damage a CD - perfect sound forever.They told us that in 1984. | |
| Is usb reclocking necessary? You don't get clock anomalies with analogue.All fixes for clock error and dither are cludges. | |
| Different amplifier class for different music genres? Class D for grunge and rap? | |
| Putting together turntable rig @chakster There is no such thing as new/old stock in cartridges. All the materials used for suspensions harden over time by drying out or oxidation.The suspension on an unused cart that is 20-30 years old will have hardened to the point where it ... | |
| Bookshelf/Small Speakers OP: Small speakers. The smallest.I listened yesterday to a BBC Radio piece on Joni Mitchell.At my desk where there is a cheap Dell with standard sound card and two tiny plastic speakers. The speakers are 3.5 feet apart and not toed in at all o... | |
| Your favorite audio cartoons Some wonderful fun! Thanks to all who posted.The Rodriguez work is great. It's amazing that working in the 1950s the issues he struck on haven't changed a bit today.Is our hobby bogged down?https://community.klipsch.com/index.php?/topic/169403-... | |
| Class A amplifiers And I have had a KSA50 (Krell's first product) since the early 80s.It is very musical and never serviced, although I haven't used it much these last 25 years. It doesn't run that hot. | |
| Class A amplifiers Yes. Don't believe everything you see on the internet. Most of it is rubbish.I bought my 1987 Krell KRS200s in the early 90s. A capacitor blew in 2007 (after 30 years) and I had them refurbished, mainly all new caps.Yes they do run very hot and... | |
| Ok, but does your audio gear have rotons (metamaterials)? "Everything in this post can be EASILY VERIFIED, on the Net."Rodman, do NOT believe everything you see on the net. As time passes, more and more material is false, sometimes through ignorance, more often through intent to put up false and mislead... | |
| Hearing aids for audiophiles. My father lived to a very old age and was not only into hifi but as a boy was in at the dawn of broadcast radio in the 1920s.He had some quite nice kit if, shall we say, vintage 60s but his hearing deteriorated. Undeterred, he bought a pair of st... | |
| Upper Level Vintage DD Strenghts and Weaknesses "Townsend is talking about vibration coming from the earth up into the speakers.""That's what I need to prevent happening up to my TT from my springy floors, vibration any fool can feel."I hope max isn't suggesting it is the planet vibrating (mass... | |
| Stylus Cleaning Rituals "Stylast is supposed to extend stylus life x10."Given the scale size of the forces operating between stylus and groove and the fact that the groove travels more than half a kilometer past the stylus for just one side, can the above statement be re... | |
| Replacement capacitors exploding More bang for your buck? |