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Power Conditioners
ecrotty My power source is standard residential 110v ... the power is fairly stable with no brown/black out.Are you sure? If you're correct, your voltage is quite low and out of spec. Nominal voltage in the US is 120VAC ± 5 percent, so you sh... 
Power Conditioners
Anyone who gives you a definitive answer to your question would be speculating. There are too many variables - including the nature of your existing AC power - for anyone to do anything else. Music Direct has a money-back return policy and they ar... 
Ebay and AudiogoN, listings and the economic crisis.
Audiogon moderators don't deserve Inna's profane attacks. The rules here are pretty simple to follow; accepting them is really a prerequisite to posting. Beyond that, there's just no reason to not treat others here with at least a modicum of respe... 
Renaming The Forum
uberwaltz... I think admin does an admirable job here, they have helped me with issues numerous times. Not quite sure why people here who openly criticize their actions and style and the way the forum is run bother to keep posting ...I agree comp... 
Favorite Recordings Featuring Odd Selections of Musical Instruments.
Those Darn Accordions. 
Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive
billwojoOne thing I have found in common with all of the popular British TT is the constant need for upgrades.Actually, there is no "need" for an upgrade. Without the upgrade, your turntable will perform exactly the same as it always did. An upgra... 
Why no interest in reel to reel if you're looking for the ultimate sound?
fusian ... I have never released a vinyl record (since my band in the 80s, anyways), so I don't even know if mastering plants have the capability to cut from an analogue tape. They have, and they do. 
power cord directionality
danvignau ... transformers are DC to keep from blasting everything with a 60 cps hum ...Sorry, but you don’t know what you’re talking about. A transformer will not pass pure DC. A transformer can’t work with DC - its primary coil would have a stat... 
Are manufacturer AC cables good enough?
djones51When logic and science fail you what's left? Oh yeah, your system is junk and you're deaf.Ironically, that statement is a non-sequitur, a logical fallacy.  
XLR adaptor advice
There is nothing to gain by using unbalanced cables in an otherwise balanced system, and potentially lots to lose. 
Recommendations for a tonearm upgrade on a VPI Classic 4 turntable
stereo5... The arm was too fiddly! ... That unipivot arm is not for me ...It’s just a personal thing, but I find unipivot arms to be kind of creepy. I’ve never met one that I liked. It just seems to me that a pickup arm should be rigid and not flo... 
Classe CAM 350 monoblock vs Classe CAM-400 or Bryston 4B3
psnyder149L6FAYYYH0111 Panasonic FanThe part number so that you can have one of your very own for $28.95! lolAmazing! What does this fan cool - a processing chip??  
Classe CAM 350 monoblock vs Classe CAM-400 or Bryston 4B3
psnyder149 ... in my listening room, the fan noise from my plasma TV is actually louder than from the 2300 ...Wow - I had no idea that some TVs have a fan. Thanks for this info! 
Tuning Collars on speaker cables - concept and any good?
heaudio123Which could be verified in about 2 minutes with an oscilloscope ...geoffkaitAre you volunteering? Please report result ...C’mon, Geoff, you know it doesn’t work that way. People here who say they favor measurements, double-blind listenin... 
Beware of Wayne's audio - Poor product quality & worst business ethics
audiofool1982   ... After a lot of back and forth emails and phone calls I was able to get 50% of my money back. So in the end, I paid 50% of the cost for a product that I don't even have with me  ...You've accepted an agreement so it's prob...