czarivey

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Can a power amp have too much power, risking damage to a speaker?
It really can. I've damaged my speakers with large power!  
Ohm Speakers Status Update
Continuing legacy is always appreciated.  
What if a high end speaker measures really badly?
In high-end industry crowded by unaware and uneducated rich kids of baby boomers you can take different approaches.  1) Design Measure Build and Measure again then present and advertise 2) Build Present and Advertise -- provide unmeasured good l... 
A SHOCKING DISC-OVERY TANITE NO KIDDN!!!
@garebear  Lucky you... Otherwise you'd be HUNTING like I do now. If you ever need to boost your mood, you must definitely spin that band!  
Should we care if a piece of equipment comes from a pet-free, kid-free, smoke-free home?
Looks like we really need to forget about kids, dogs and other home dwelling species or dog peeing on the speaker -- not important at all We should really make sure it's not communist or any kind of extremist or *ist. Plenty of "good thoughts" h... 
Should Speaker Manufactures provide a Frequency Response Graph?
Not really when an idea of "trusting your ears" is widely used as a sales pitch and extreme lack of education of consumer on how to read and comprehend those graphs. Notably before 90's graphs, schematics and detailed reference manuals had been p... 
Ethernet Cables - what are you using and why?
I also use Triplite. I purchased nearly 1000' of that wire for $20 and wired my entire house with wired internet. I only use wi-fi for portables now.  
Seeking Bookshelf Recommendations
I've spent for my B&W C202 $5 at garage sale. They're excellent bookshelf speakers that I use for PC audio!  
Recalibration
Ways to make more money for starters. The rest of reasons isn't that high of a caliber.    
Andrew Singer Of "Sound by Singer" passed away yesterday
I remember Sound by Singer store like no other that would FIRST look at depth of your pocket before servicing you. They very often started conversations from "you probably can't afford it" -- that meant that I didn't have Rolex on my wrist and dre... 
Silver Speaker Cables
Go straight for golden or platinum.     
Looking for the next level in imaging...
If I ever ready to stretch my audio spending, it would definitely be MBL101  
Picture Discs
Colored discs and picture discs are different in sound quality. Color disks are no compromise to non-color releases while picture discs will bring you rumble and surface noise.  
Music first or sound first?
Music is a combination of sounds.  
Should we care if a piece of equipment comes from a pet-free, kid-free, smoke-free home?
How can you exclude what's not visible? How can you see communist or left-right-race-lgbtq-ist or pretty much any *ist selling audio? Can you imagine what fetishist can do to audio?