dekay
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| How do you enhance a bad listening room's accoustics without breaking the bank? thoughts? I have not worked with cork flooring and wallcovering since 1990, but back then "some" of it smelled.The odor was sometimes caused by the adhesive and/or backing used but usually it was the cork itself.Anyway, suggest researching your particular c... | |
| One big reason why brick and mortar high end audio dealers struggle. I used to have Mick Jagger and Paul McCartney tag along on my HiFi auditions, but as of recently I have to chose one or the other.Thinking of switching to George Clooney as my sidekick (I just do not enjoy picking sides with the other two).Anyway,... | |
| Tube Amp, Preamp upgrades -- what did you do that improved your units? My rec does not add remote volume, just "likely better" sound by replacing the volume pot.DeKay | |
| Tube Amp, Preamp upgrades -- what did you do that improved your units? If it does not have remote volume look into fitting a resistor loaded stepped volume pot.Gold Point used to be recommended, but there are probably other current rec's.Aside from my inexpensive Bottlehead I heard before/after with a Matantz 7 and i... | |
| about tubes svetlana winged c help Per the photo the top spacer does not look like that of any St. Petersburg Svetlana EL34 I've handled, but perhaps production varied.Can't tell from the pics if the plates are welded of crimped.All of my Svetlana St.P tubes (including 300B's) had ... | |
| What were the radio stations of your youth that helped you on your music/audio journey? In Des Moines, IA Beaker Street (Little Rock?) in the 60’s/70’s and KFMG starting around 1970 until I moved to Los Angeles in 1977.In LA it was usually KROQ (Rodney on the ROQ) and later on added a Reggae show hosted by Roger Stevens (sp?).I recal... | |
| Is it Possible?? I recall large Magnepans (3 screens per side) sounding really good, though not better, from an adjacent room years ago.Your post made me wonder if "treating" the "other room" instead of the playback room would make them sound even better.DeKay | |
| A Record Collection/Moral Conundrum - What Would You Do? Just ran a WWW search of - abandoned tangible personal property laws Canada - and came up with this link for Alberta.https://www.alberta.ca/unclaimed-property.aspxTheir law "as I understand" it is (5 years/under $1K value/no need to report).You mi... | |
| A Record Collection/Moral Conundrum - What Would You Do? For starters you need to contact notify your X-friend about your intentions...https://upgradedhome.com/how-long-can-someone-leave-their-property-at-your-house/This blurb "claims" that the info is for all 50 states (if you live in the USA), but I w... | |
| What song have you played the most? We also watched Gunsmoke every Saturday night and Have Gun Will Travel.They were all reruns as I was born in the mid 50's.6 months into the pandemic I watched the entire "The Office" series from the first to last episode (in order).I was much bett... | |
| What song have you played the most? The Beatles, “Revolution #9”...Backwards of course.May be a tie with my first 45 rpm single that was the theme song to the TV series Cheyenne (it was the only record I owned for 6-7 years, so it got played a LOT). DeKay | |
| Why do my bass drivers shake violently listening to vinyl Per your system pics you now seem to have the TT placed in a dormer off to the side of the left speaker.If possible try pulling the rack out of of the dormer, just temporarily, to see if the LF feedback lessens.DeKay | |
| Picking an Open Baffle speaker for 2w SET amp - plus bonus question !?! The early Decware amp I tried here (maybe 20 years ago) with a few speakers did not perform well with speakers rated for 10+ ohms (Coincident stand mount speakers), but was OK @ lower volumes with my then owned Reynaud Twins MkII (think they dropp... | |
| Picking an Open Baffle speaker for 2w SET amp - plus bonus question !?! Does your Decware amp have the high/low impedance switches?Per their website they added this feature in 2015.DeKay | |
| Whether to do anything about the limitations of our ears Not that simple...https://3dinsider.com/microphone-patterns/DeKay |