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| Help out a Young Audiophile Hell, I am a curmudgeon, so what the heck: As an employer, I would have thrown your resume into the circular file after reading your nebulous "Objective," especially your use of the word "media's." "Media" is plural. And, on top of that, the posse... | |
| Anyone ever read the listener magazine It's good. Nice balance to overly slick 'phile and overly pompous TAS. I read them all anyway. Don't you listen to more than one radio station? | |
| What's your profession? Age? DVD manufacturing engineer, author. Five-Ohmygod! | |
| Why pay "more" for USED?? I'm sure you all are familiar with the psychology of gambling. The competitive bidding frenzy on ebay causes an adrenalin rush, and a true addict will keep bidding up the price, even beyond the list price, in order to "win" and beat the competitio... | |
| Music trivia anyone? "The time has come," the walrus said, "To speak of many things... of (something and something and something), and sealing wax, and Kings." | |
| Is my Salesman telling the Truth? Are his lips moving? Then no. | |
| PS AUDIO MINI LAB POWER CABLES A tad stiff, but otherwise excellent, especially with P300 power plant. | |
| Blu-Tack where to Buy? There is also a product called Museum Wax, for securing knick-knacks in earthquake-prone regions like CA. About 6 bucks for a half-pound jar! | |
| RF picked up from cable Even expensive stuff can have a cold solder joint at the connector which acts as a rectifier, making the radio station audible. Also just try cleaning the plugs and jacks. Or try different cables; internal oxidation can be at work. | |
| Vibrapods under speakers Like others have said, they are an incredible improvement, and at only 6 bucks each! I use 6 #5's under Maggie 1.6's metal rails. They improve detail, transients--listen to how natural guitar music sounds. Only concern I have is that even the hard... | |
| Jokes of and about audiophiles If you have more money invested in your system than in your 401K If you have copies of "The Absolute Sound" displayed on your coffee table and "Sound & Vision" in your bathroomIf you carry on a one-hour debate over the expected results of a te... | |
| Jokes of and about audiophiles YOU MAY BE AN AUDIOPHILE… If you introduce your wife as "My Wife Aacceptance Factor" If your Christmas Wish List costs more than the GNP of a small country If you can name 6 brands of turntables If your speakers can be mistaken for the Monolith in... | |
| Jokes of and about audiophiles An audiophile was crossing a road one day when a frog called out to him and said, "If you kiss me, I'll turn into a beautiful princess". He bent over, picked up the frog and put it in his pocket. The frog spoke up again and said, "If you kiss me a... | |
| Jokes of and about audiophiles Why did the amplifier hum?Answer: It didn't know the words. (Hey, this was an actual answer to a recent Audiogon post) | |
| Jokes of and about audiophiles How do you keep an audiophile in suspense for 24 hours?-I'll tell you tomorrow. |