fatparrot
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| The dumbest thing you ever did to your stereo? Tried workin' on on old Garrard Turntable, back in '76. Had the flu, could barely see, and didn't properly brace the TT when it was on its side. Managed to bump it, tipped it cver, and put a 30 degree bend in the tubular tone-arm just past the cou... | |
| What cassettes do peaple like these days .... Uraniumcommittee, nope. Mini-disc loses to cassette on both the top and bottom end. | |
| What cassettes do peaple like these days .... Why would you put anything on mini-disc?!! It was great in it's day, when one couldn't record CD's. Having owned a few mini-disc recorders/players, I seem to recall that mini-discs are only 14 bit, compared to redbooks' 16 bit.And if you want to r... | |
| Looks like I need another stage...suggestions? If no further contact with the seller, you should be able to get his phone #, and give him a call. | |
| Help My Krell amp is too big. Will the stereo cabinet allow for adequate ventilation of your Krell? | |
| High end stores closing do you really care "Video Killed the Radio Star""Digitized Formats Killed the Hi-end Store" | |
| How loud do you listen to your music? Where is everyone measuring from, YOUR LISTENING CHAIR, I HOPE! Otherwise, the measurements are meaningless!I infrequently like to crank it with peaks [C weighted, fast response, on the Rat-Shack Digital Meter] at about 95-97 dB. Having used and a... | |
| Spare change on a speaker cabinet Be sure to use Euros, if the speakers were made in the E.U. but Pounds Sterling for British speakers :-) | |
| Anyone seen their favorite High End store close? Without the new products for the home theater revolution, many, MANY more high-end stores would have closed by now. | |
| Black CD's Riddle me this, Batman...how do black discs reflect or not reflect the laser beam?? I thought black was non-reflective. | |
| Chesky Records & poor sevice, Why would you wait six month??? I would have given them six WEEKS, and then asked my credit card company to do a "charge-back"!You must have more patience than Job! | |
| Will SACD Formats Play through a Standard DAC? So, has anyone made an outboard DSD decoder? Is there anyway to get the DSD out from an SACD player? Just curious. | |
| Jethro Tull Remasters - Better Sound? Slhijb, check out this Agon thread from last week;http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?hbest&1172186929&openusid&zzGilman61255&4&5#Gilman61255 | |
| are there preamps using a 211 tube Yeah, I should also have my eyes checked! I could have sworn your post read "2A3" tubes...apologies for my irrelevant comments! | |
| are there preamps using a 211 tube I'm not a tube expert, but I thought that the 2A3 is a power triode, so it not used for a line amplification [voltage] tube, which is what a preamp does...of course I may be wrong about this.... |