dekay
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| What's going on with the used audio gear market? "I cannot fathom how greed comes into it at all." But then, I can easily fathom such and wonder what these sellers are basing their asking price on. DeKay | |
| What's going on with the used audio gear market? hilde45: Some of the sales listings I see are either greed or sellers who are not clear on the concept of value. For example the typical asking prices of old production Klipsch Chorus/Forte have increased approx. 300% from 3 years ago. Are the ... | |
| What's going on with the used audio gear market? Greed and/or hard times. DeKay | |
| To truly enjoy this hobby, I need to learn electronics. Any book recs? I would start by learning how to read schematics. Here is a "very" basic video which gives an idea of how important this will become when looking @ your own gear (especially basic vacuum tubes based designs). This said, complex SS gear (like my ... | |
| Indentical measurments = Identical performance? "And now you just described the science of human perception and psychoacoustics, which seeks to understand how dissimilar two items can be from a definable standpoint (measurements), and still sound the same." Huh? DeKay | |
| Indentical measurments = Identical performance? Wudabout to things that sound alike, but measure differently? DeKay | |
| Am I Better Off With Limited Low Frequency Speaker In A Small Room? I did not realize that the listening room was that small (on your previous thread). You might take a look @ the Silverline Prelude Plus floor stander. I've listened to the original Non-Plus version and they were very nice, but our living room op... | |
| What are some of the mistakes, failures or bad purchases of your audio history? Years ago I decided that I would try "free cryo" on a power cord (had 3 of the same model). The instructions were to seal it in a plastic bag and freeze it for 24 hours, then remove it from the bag and let it set out for a day, or so. I forgot a... | |
| Socket savers for tube amps and preamps Tubemonger had nice ones (just checked and they are sold out). Searched Belton (my TV7 tube tester has old Belton savers) and came up with this hybrid. https://www.eurotubes.com/store/pc/Octal-Socket-Saver-p2775.htm DeKay | |
| Musical Fidelity A3.2 dual mono integrated amp repair A3.2 pic: DeKay | |
| Questionable Tweak Your'e kidding about the snakes - right? DeKay | |
| Does your "esoteric" taste in audio also exist in other "things" you own/consume? Primitive/naive art (mainly paintings), vintage French/European advertising barware, vintage enameled cast iron cookware and between my wife and myself gobs of other stuff. One of my favorite paintings is of a small blonde girl, wearing a tutu, s... | |
| Looking for good recordings of female vocals I have not yet tried... Jane Birkin Nico Francoise Hardy | |
| Brass versus copper binding posts I used Pomona Electronics Gold plated Tellurium copper binding posts ages ago and they were very good (compared to running the speaker cable directly to my single driver speakers). They weren't beefy (but still sturdy) and I prefer less metal mas... | |
| Where do you want your system to go when you go? My wife asked me this very question. I told her to surprise me. DeKay |