fatparrot
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| Vintage Problem Bdgregory...BINGO! Same problem with a Grado on a Linn LP-12. Actually, even at the innermost grooves, the hum was not really annoying...and I'm pretty picky! | |
| old vs new A curve ball...which manufacturers are now outsourcing to China, when 3-5 years ago, they were building in the USA or the EU?I don't know the answer, but it might be interesting to check! | |
| Dark Day For Hands On Music-Movie Buyers I remember the Towers Records in Boston. The Newbury St one was particularly cool...several floors and all styles of music and related items. I would shop for discounts, or stuff that was not available elsewhere. Sometimes a Laser Disc or music re... | |
| Iggy Pop & the Stooges Concert Rider... LOL...Thanks :-) | |
| Headphone Recommendations I am not familiar with Media Slayer. I will tell you that it takes a lot of "juice" to drive the Senn's. If you're talking about an output of 500-750 mVolt...forget about it! It will take about a 2 volt output [DAC] into a headphone amp to really ... | |
| Ipod to Digital Out Contact HeadRoom, Moon Audio, and Stefan Art Audio to see if the can help. | |
| Beatles MFSL box set Is REVOLVER in stereo or MONO? I have a MoFi copy of this, and the stereo mix SUCKS! One of these days, I'll have to pony up for the Jap. Red Wax Mono pressing from 1984(?).Meanwhile, does anyone know of a decent CD Mono mix of REVOLVER? | |
| What happens if......... Meltdown of the nuclear core! | |
| Headphone I'm using the 650's and an older, upgraded Headroom Cosmic.Depends on what your source material is! Using C.F. will add a bit of upper bass and mid-range, which is useful for some CD's that sound bright, especially if you listen to Rock.However, t... | |
| new "heavy platter" for VPI HR-X? Funny that you just mentioned this platter! I recently saw this item at Elusive Disc, and my first thought was "Holy S**t, $2000- for a special PLATTER?Don't get me wrong, but I think that we Audiophiles are Super Tweak Freaks [myself included], a... | |
| Accuphase P700 Power Amp - power failure Call Accutech at 310-324-7406. They are the authorised Accuphase repair facility, and they have been quite helpful for service and tech questions. | |
| To cryo or not to cryo Porziob, cyro'ing [done properly] requires a great capital investment. Are there ANY manufacturers who do their own cryo'ing? No way that a company can void their warranty if their product WASN'T cryo'ed. If they will void the warranty for non-cry... | |
| The Wizard of Oz and Pink Floyd A little secret..."John buried Paul" | |
| "Burn-In" quietly? Hey, how long should Toslink cable be burned in for :-) | |
| "Burn-In" quietly? Connect your speaker wires out of phase [on only ONE speaker, reverse the + and the - wire], then place the speakers, facing one another, about 1 foot apart. Same operating principle as noise canceling microphones and headphones |