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| Anyone still using this player? Sony DVP-S9000ES A beautiful, overbuilt to-a-fault (solid copper chassis) first of its kind SACD player. Bought as soon as it came out (early adopter). The problem was it wouldn't play half of the SACD discs I tried.Sony could not fix (tried twice). Paid something... | |
| watt puppy 5 base woofer surround replacement If you need another option: http://www.vanlspeakerworks.com/index.htmlJohn Used to own "Chicago Speakerworks" across from my high-school (1970s). So he's been selling and repairing speakers awhile. | |
| Record Store Day postponed due to Corona Virus What's a "record store"? | |
| Vivaldi, played badly, is the worst classical music on earth Remember listening to WFMT in Chicago one afternoon, to music I'd never heard, and thinking "Damn! That's a GREAT conductor!" Turned out to be Sir George Solti. | |
| Vivaldi, played badly, is the worst classical music on earth That's why they call it "fine art" because it's easy to "un-fine" it.BTW, did you mean "conductor or orchestra"? | |
| Low hum from amp "the hum does not get louder but stays at the same pitch."It stays at the same "amplitude" or level (or volume or loudness) not "pitch".Pitch is different than loudness. | |
| O.K., I know some of old audiophiles can have a golden glow to our memories...that said, Sorry, I've owned the Classe 6 preamp and the Classe DAC-1. Was not aware Classe even made a tuner. | |
| 2 way, which are the best designs? Never heard ATC but held in high esteem. Also, the new Magico two-way looks really interesting.http://atcspeakers.com/https://www.magicoaudio.com/a-series-a1 | |
| GNEDBY RIP I just installed a 12 cubby "Kallax" unit from Ikea. I did some math and determined it can hold 768 CDs using only one side (freestanding, it can theoretically hold twice that (1536) but weight would be an issue). Each cubby can hold about 64 disc... | |
| Raven Audio Nighthawk MK3 I'd like to know if ANY buzz or hum present? From 1 foot? anything?I was heartbroken when I purchased a demo PrimaLuna Prolouge form my La Scalla's and could hear buzz 12 feet away. Sent it to Upscale who gave it a clean-bill-of-health. | |
| Pass Labs XA-25 on all the time? If your planning a big weekend, turn it on Friday morning, turn it off Sunday night. A nice compromise... | |
| Pass Labs XA-25 on all the time? Since the "A" in "XA" means "Class-A", do the math to determine how much A/C will be wasted leaving it on constantly. You may be unacquainted with how a Class-A amp works and get a surprise on your next electric bill. | |
| Cable retermination, XLR This may sound odd but look for a guitar store with a technical department. Needed a fix to my HT Magic-1 (I bumped it and cracked a solder joint) and found guitar store who fixed it for $20. | |
| You could work for any manufacturer, past or present... Schubert: Don't forget "Tang!"... | |
| Speaker recommendations 10 to 30k and no beryllium Congrats! |