elliottbnewcombjr

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Ears hurt when listening after changing speakers
I wonder if others have also experienced this. Over the years, as I progressively improved my system, it seems I progressively listened at lower volumes. I still play WAR, RARE EARTH, ... loud, but not 'generally' as loud.Perhaps these speakers ar... 
Interconnect Directionality
I am skeptical of many tweaks, based on my and other's listening to changes in my and my friend's systems,  There might be initial 'errors' of construction/cable path, rectified by simply messing about (like wiggling a phone charger cord), or nat... 
Need help to know the value of these items
Have you listened to the system? You might be amazed by the involvement with music you perhaps never experienced, and keep some or all of it. It was my inheritance of a remarkable sound system in 1973, age 25, that opened my ears to a lifetime of ... 
Its the recording stupid!!
It's a chance for me to repeat: Stop chasing tweaks, start chasing great recordings! 
Its the recording stupid!!
Well,Younger, yes. As you age, experience adds up, you have confidence in your system you have accumulated, then it is both disturbing and rewarding but not alarming. We have learned to listen intently, and put together systems that reveal the goo... 
Equipment Rack Between Speakers...Good or Bad
roxy54 So, back to you, have you decided to try anything different after various input? 
Equipment Rack Between Speakers...Good or Bad
mikelavigne I'm passing Cleveland, be there Friday 11AM!!!!!!Oh my, I'm in NJ, but now have more reason to visit my nephew who lives near you. Perhaps some day, thanks for the welcoming invite.Those tape machines are gorgeous. What do you do wi... 
Equipment Rack Between Speakers...Good or Bad
mikelavigne You live within 3 days travel from me????I truly admire your dedication and accomplishments involved, and your photography is superb also.  
AC Dedicated Line
Ignoring science, just instinct,I keep my amp and preamp on one dedicated circuit, and all the source equipment powered from any household outlet on any circuit without equipment that surges on/off like refrigerators, fans, compressors ... 
Equipment Rack Between Speakers...Good or Bad
Primary concern is Turntable of course. Let's over state the case that 99% of setups have equipment between the speakers. Music (mono or stereo): there are no center vibrations generated, only the illusion of center, by weak/strong/equal le... 
Replaced SHURE M95ed W/ JICO SAS stylus 1 - Will Not Fit
they are very specific, if it doesn't fit, it's wrong 
Separate Phono Pre - $$ before I will hear a SIGNIFICANT difference vs. integrated?
Oh yeah, the 80AZ mono block tube amps are still kicking too. https://www.google.com/search?q=fisher+80az&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=DQH3F7O4r2nnxM%253A%252CPtqoclGrGT_fPM%252C_&vet=1&usg=AI4_-kSwTppSgh6H7NuVVz__Qvqqdy_... 
Separate Phono Pre - $$ before I will hear a SIGNIFICANT difference vs. integrated?
OPYou would love the center control panel of the Fisher President II Console I inherited. http://www.fisherconsoles.com/President%20II.html In one drawer was a Garrard Record Changer, a couple of headshells, and a switch for Ceramic/Magnetic.Oth... 
Separate Phono Pre - $$ before I will hear a SIGNIFICANT difference vs. integrated?
I believe, in the context of either separate or integrated, my comments were 'true enough'.wikiUltimately the New Orthophonic curve was disclosed in a publication by R. C. Moyer of RCA Victor in 1953.[6] He traced RCA Victor characteristics back... 
Digitizing Vinyl; Suggestions Please
(I say sell something else to get money to ship your LP's and their gear where you are going.