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| What do you void listening? I do not neglect Shostakovich and have no relationship with God. I let Him do His own business and He lets me do My own business without pressuring one another. I believe it's not bad at all. Anything I needed in my life I found I can help myself ... | |
| Amp recommendation for B&W 801 Matrix SII speakers Try risk free Crown XLS4000. It's pro audio amp capable of delivering clean and detailed sound with gobs of power for 801's. To my tastes it's definitely better runner vs. McIntosh 452 and it's small fraction of the price of all above mentioned wi... | |
| Needle drop speed on VPI scout move lever slower for the time being. the lever may also have a screw that opens hole to fill up oil. i'd use pistol oil. | |
| Major mistakes made in assembling your audio rig My first speakers were brand new Vandersteen 2ce and I didn't like them after few months of usage. The futher I heard them the further they stinked. Immediately after few months I bought used Aerial 10t that is on my system still for past 16 years... | |
| Best source of NOS or same quality semiconductors Thanks for your help Pete. | |
| selling Vinyl spend valuable time to list $1 record with your own pictures uploaded and filled-up template? it's a joke to spend even 5m to create $1 listing. than rake is gonna be close to 20%. amazon charges $1 per listing and there's a time limit as well. no... | |
| How to isolated stand from springy floors? A floor should be able to hold furniture and other heavy and heavier items than just loads of send-boxes recommended by Elizabeth. Further damage will continue to the unloaded springy floor that needs to be damped. | |
| Best source of NOS or same quality semiconductors Not sure, On the bottom it says S59 and the blown one is S62. What would the extention bellow mean? | |
| Best source of NOS or same quality semiconductors NEC B541A npn | |
| selling Vinyl Selling on ebay isn't quickly by any means. While you list 10 records on ebay you can list hundreds on discogs. I used to sell on ebay 14 years ago and wanted to start again recently. I couldn't access my old account after that long period of time... | |
| Do powercords make a difference? A Test. I liked that approach. You can also analyse plots visually if there's a software to it.I don't deal with aftermarket powercords because I simply believe that it's a marketting scam more than science or research and prices are not justified regardl... | |
| Do you biamp your B&Ws or other comparable brands? I did passive biamp and realized that having powerful enough single amp works better.Passive biamp in most cases stinks except using 2 identical amps. Even in this case one bigger amp wins with better tonal balance and better quiet sound precision... | |
| What is wrong with my Parasound HCA-1000? I'd check output transistors. They may not be short to cause amp shut down, but possibly went bad. | |
| How to isolated stand from springy floors? Usually bad tubes are more sensitive to mechanical disturbance. | |
| First turntable advice I'd vote for used Technics 1200 MK2 or you can purchase new with mods from kabusa.com. It's undisputed built quality, ease of set-up, fully adjustable. Moreover it will never drop the price, because it's legendary. |