dougholdco
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| What s wrong with this picture? Your grandparents no doubt thought, for a while at least, that those 78RPM records they spent so much collecting sounded absolutely awesome. Then came the black vinyl LP. Replace the library. Then came CDs. Replace the library. Now DVDs and SACDs.... | |
| My Poop theory by kublakhan Hey, Artemus: How interesting that you chose Bose speakers as part of your description of torture. I couldn't agree more wholeheartedly. Back in the days when I was a high end dealer, if a customer came in looking for new electronics but said he w... | |
| pwr conditioner - vans evers unlimiter I too bought a VansEvers Unlimiter from Steve Bruzonsky, from his listing here on A-gon. It made an instant, dramatic improvement in everything we listen for: inner detail, stage, dynamic range, bass... you name it. | |
| Alarm systems. If a professional with experience at breaking into banks wants to come take your stereo, I'm sure he knows how to do it without tripping your alarm. The idea of the inside siren is to scare the bejesus out of some inexperienced kid, and make him l... | |
| Dedicated line vs. power conditioner I bought a VansEvers Unlimiter to plug my amps into, and it made an immediate and dramatic improvement in stage, dynamic range, inner detail etc. Then I bought a VansEvers Model 85 Reference power conditioner for everything else -- CD transport, G... | |
| Payment by paypal,keep your records On those rare occasions when I have mailed someone a money order for something I was buying (I prefer COD for the big stuff) I wondered what kind of mess would be created by having the seller claim he never got the money order. Even if it were rea... | |
| Applause: Bummer Quite right, elgordo. On the topic of live rock recordings, let me add that IMHO many of their technical limitations are probably the result of the equipment used in the live performance. Having the lead vocalist sing into some Shure dynamic micro... | |
| High ceilings and hardwood floors Try trading in the wife for a set of Argent Room Lenses. | |
| Audio s impact on enviroment Wanna save the environment? Stay home and play your stereo instead of driving your gas-guzzling SUV. Besides, when I go out, I don't like being behind some big piece of crap I can't see around. | |
| What is Phase and how does it work? For a thorough discourse on the topic of ABSOLUTE PHASE, please read the AudiogoN threads at: http://audiogo1.iserver.net/cgi-bin/forum5.pl?aamps&983090714&openusid&zzDougholdco&4&& | |
| Always leave equipment on? If you use a Theta outboard DAC (I have a IIIa) Theta sez it takes FOUR DAYS before it sounds its best. So I just leave the entire system on 24/7. | |
| What s in front of your chair? Rhljazz made the comment "Just buy a good comfortable scandanavian recliner and matching ottoman and sit back and enjoy." Bear in mind that if you do this, your system will sound different at each position of the recliner. Sitting straight up, you... | |
| Cough vigilante Do you know the difference between Orlando and a cup of yogurt? The yogurt has an active culture. It is impractical to list in the concert program all the things that people shouldn't do during a classical music performance, but here in O-town, it... | |
| help with absolute phase Dekay: Don't forget that power cords, like every other piece of wire, take a certain amount of time to break in. The last time I changed power cords it took several days for the improvement to become apparent. You can't pass judgement on a power c... | |
| help with absolute phase As a postscript to my last post, I wanted to mention an idea that my brother and I tossed around some time ago. Before I owned a component with a polarity reversing switch (Theta thinks it's important enough that they include them on their DACs) I... |