douglas_schroeder
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| Keeping Hifi Equipment For Sentimental Values I still have my beautiful condition Nakamichi CR-1A tape player. I used to make a lot of recordings from CD. At the time cdp's were in their infancy and I could get the tape to sound awfully close to the player. I still have lots of the tapes I ma... | |
| Less noise during intense listening sessions. Put a fan in the room; the constant droning will take your mind off the breathing. ;) | |
| What is the best full range Speaker ? From my discussion with Bill Dudleston, the specs of the Focus HD are 20Hz - 22kHz +/-2dB. I reviewed the Focus HD for Dagogo.com | |
| AC Power Cord Wire Gauge Nsgarch, the biggest Fairy Tale in contemporary society is the belief in spontaneous generation of life apart from a causative agent. :) | |
| Class D question............... SET's are high strung little things, like Chihuahua. They look so harmless, but they can nip at your ear lobes! Little amps think they are big amps. You put one next to a Class D and it thinks it's the same. It will not back down, even though Clas... | |
| Class D question............... I rehabilitate amps; I train people. I am the "Amp Whsiperer" Class D amps are "high energy". They want a Big Workout. You must run them often and hard. You must maintain control, or they will dominate you. Give them a job and let them do it! ;) | |
| To repair/replace Utopia Be If the speaker is too heavy to turn on it's side, solicit help in holding the tweeter and then solder it. You may want to mask the speaker near the tweeter as well. Every precaution may seem extreme, but it's well worth it when the job is done cor... | |
| To repair/replace Utopia Be Even with soldered ends it's easy. If you have not soldered prior, just spend a few minutes with a soldering gun and practice. You need to be cautious as the melted solder runs rapidly, like water. It goes from solid to liquid - like THAT! Be sure... | |
| why still buy a cd player? Brian, I experimented with the cheap transport concept when I reviewed the Benchmark DAC1 (and wrote my findings in that regard in the article). You are correct that it does a lot to "even the playing field" in terms of usage of inexpensive transp... | |
| why still buy a cd player? I wrote the Sonos article for Dagogo.com, and I tested for those very things. Bottom line, a good high end cdp is still better than Sonos, even when Sonos is fed via digital coax to an outboard DAC. Both the cdp's on board DAC and signal fed to th... | |
| Rain-X as CD Enhancement Treatment Oops, my retraction was supposed to be of the nonsequitur, "...sound of silence" ;) | |
| Rain-X as CD Enhancement Treatment Nasaman, This is an interesting post you have written. I applaud you for trying the treatment, but I would encourage you to try other substances (not inhaling or injecting!) as well, as I found that different treatments yield different degrees of ... | |
| Rain-X as CD Enhancement Treatment I will likely use Rain-X first on discs and compare to the untreated disc. Then, I will polish the disc and see if there is further improvement. I found that any type of cleaner had much less effect on the sound post-treatment than polish. Even cl... | |
| Rain-X as CD Enhancement Treatment Eldartford, Yes, I did see your comment on the test being difficult and subjective; I agree in essence. I was not attacking you in my last post, merely stating real possibilities when people conduct these tests. There will be some with hearing iss... | |
| Rain-X as CD Enhancement Treatment Not in the least. I have said before and maintain now that I have heard the difference in my rig between treated and untreated discs clearly. I simply wanted to thank a man who was willing to actually try it. I cannot explain why he did not hear i... |