dekay
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| Experiences with your "Better Halves" My wife can hear anything abnormal/wrong @ much lower volume levels than I (especially in the HF's). She also loves music as much as I, but unfortunately after burning herself on a 300B tube (and damaging the tube in the process) she has not been ... | |
| How Do you hide/camouflage your rats nest? Most living rooms have @ least one closet attached to them. We have two closets (one a coat closet in the room and one a hallway closet which runs behind the speaker wall). I use the hall closet for my electronics and run the speaker cable through... | |
| Ebay auctions referenced at AudiogoN? Gee: I just ignore ads (such as this) @ both sites (works for me:-). | |
| analog gurus, please help, cartridge too light? Other than the above, it may have the "wrong" counter balance on the arm. | |
| Tubes with Gold pins have issues in some sockets? The person who told you this is full of Poo-Poo-Pa-Loo (as far as this advice goes). | |
| CLEAN RECORDS WITH WHAT????? Geez: I have gone through a couple gallons of a mix (similar to what Frank uses but sans Photo Flow) in the past two months cleaning 600 or so LP's. I clean them by hand (no machine) and do not reuse the fluid. I also clean the brush with electric... | |
| Turntable choice: Thorens TD145 or Rega Planar 2 The hum on the Thorens may not be that easy to repair if the tone arm wires are compromised inside the arm. It may just be the external ground wire (which is attached to either the right or left channel IC, can't remember which) and if this is the... | |
| Is it just me or has A-gon become a high dollar I purchased over 100 mint LP's in the past week alone ranging in price from 50 cents to $1 each and have probably picked up 600 or so LP's in the past year. They are not all audiophile pressings, of course, but some are Shaded Dogs, Living Stereo,... | |
| What is the purpose of I am one of those "thin" wire people. There are also obscenely expensive IC's and speaker cables that use such thin wire and, of course, more reasonably priced ones. Even though I prefer thinner cable in general (the largest that I use, other than... | |
| Parts Connection - Now where do I find parts? But, so what, if they will be stocking and selling parts online for reasonable prices? Isn't this what it is all about? I will check them out once the new catalog is out. | |
| Rat Shack SPL meter calaibration I am pretty sure that the RS adjustments are archived in the FAQ section @ Audioasylum.com | |
| Inexpensive Amp and Speakers If you have local thrift/resale shops keep checking them out for receivers (they average $20-$40 in my area - LA) and I even run across ones from NAD from time to time. You will need to take along interconnects and speaker cables to test them @ th... | |
| Acoustic Guitar CD Recording/track to test Spkrs? Easy to find is the Clapton "Unplugged" CD (which I use for this test). I use track 13 (think that's it) because it also has a well recorded piano solo (kills two birds with one stone). I have even better recordings but prefer this one as I am ver... | |
| Need replacement for garden hose Audio Advisor Gumby D: Good luck on finding it used (some have purchased leftover portions, of whole kits, this way). I would love to pick up additional OTA as well to replace the internal wiring in some old components (it makes great hookup wire, though is a b... | |
| Small Room, Move Often, Speaker Suggestions. APV: Thanks for the info. I am using the Twins right now but will eventually want something more efficient for the living room. |