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| How to add SPDIF and Toslink connections to my computer I like the idea of buying an el cheapo sound card just so I could use the connections, but how would a sound card coexist with a DAC when I want the sound of my DAC and not the sound of the sound card?But that idea would be immaterial if I could f... | |
| Problems with Surge Protectors Jimson replied as follows:How to Tell if Your Surge Protector is Bad: Most surge protectors have a light of some sort. Newer models will have an LED, purple flower wild while older models may have a standard light bulb. If your light is burnt out,... | |
| Problems with Surge Protectors Something occurred to me since I posted my original message. There was a *major* electrical storm near my home. It was severe and it started one of the many major fires in California that went on to burn for weeks. Perhaps one or more or those ... | |
| Anyone done A / B listening to compare vintage stereo receivers with today’s Amps/Preamps? To ndevamp Who said this. Echolane, +1 for moving the switches regularly to keep them working well.I help maintain a studio mixing console with hundreds of mechanical switches. The advice given in the service manual is to do just that, operate the... | |
| Anyone done A / B listening to compare vintage stereo receivers with today’s Amps/Preamps? To riaa who said this:As somebody that has had over 100 Vintage 1970's receivers I can tell you that PIONEER...all of them...cant touch the Higher End Sansui's, Sanyo's, Onkyo's or Kenwood's. I mean its not even close. The Sanyo JCX2900K is the bi... | |
| Anyone done A / B listening to compare vintage stereo receivers with today’s Amps/Preamps? I will pass on some advice my long time audio repair fellow has given me, which is to rotate knobs and move switches fairly often so any tarnish is not given a chance to accumulate.So, for example, every time I switch sources on my big tube amp, ... | |
| Anyone done A / B listening to compare vintage stereo receivers with today’s Amps/Preamps? responding to comments about so many switches the signal must pass through, I have to admit most of these sorts of techie comments are over my head, but I feel safe in commenting that I very much agree in principle with a “less is more” philosophy... | |
| Anyone done A / B listening to compare vintage stereo receivers with today’s Amps/Preamps? To lowriderwho asked if my Pioneer was sounding any better:Quite a bit better! I am confident it has benefited greatly from a breaking in period. One of these days I will find an easy way to compare how it sounds with something else if that som... | |
| My stereo receiver is a little too bright. Can a cable help me out? What’s a tube buffer? | |
| My stereo receiver is a little too bright. Can a cable help me out? I would definitely give the Pioneer 100 hours or more to break in the news parts, especially the caps. There could be a myriad of other reasons why it sounds bright and not related to the receiver. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I was a little disma... | |
| My stereo receiver is a little too bright. Can a cable help me out? That is one of the best receivers of that era. It should sound full, fast and sweet. Not bright. What speakers? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I have floor standing Spendor FL-6 speakers.i recently had the big woofers refoamed and also repaired t... | |
| My stereo receiver is a little too bright. Can a cable help me out? “No, I think the only thing we can say for sure is these things need to be judged on a case by case basis.”~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I certainly agree, and I think this is the take home message of this topic. I intend to keep l... | |
| My stereo receiver is a little too bright. Can a cable help me out? “My first proper amp was a Plinius pre/power combination in 1986. I still have it, had it upgraded last year, and will never part with it. It's going to be my work system.(Not including the Luxman tape deck and Dual turntable I got in 1982, and no... | |
| My stereo receiver is a little too bright. Can a cable help me out? Lots of opinions here! If I were to look at the big picture:- is original vintage gear < = or > than modern gear- is refurbished vintage gear < = or > than modern gearIt is obvious that to answer those questions produces very differ... | |
| My stereo receiver is a little too bright. Can a cable help me out? Wow, lots of advice to wade through for which I am most appreciative! I think the most sensible thing to do is to have some patience and decide whether to move on or not after a couple hundred hours of break in. Believe it or not, now, only 24 ... |