fatparrot
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| millenium or revelation tweeter? People seem to get "hung up" on the brand name of tweeters, due to either: 1) audio press hoopla 2) the actual superiority of a particular brand of tweeter.With that said, you must consider that a tweeter is only ONE COMPONENT of many that goes in... | |
| Differences btw speakers? Gmood1, great website! Thanks for the heads-up! | |
| What are your favorite monitors? Budrew, what is your price range? | |
| What kind of music did you/will you get married to Wedding song was Billy Joel's "Just the Way You Are". Unfortunately, after one year, "just the way she was" got REALLY tired, so after the divorce, I went on a "Free Ride"! | |
| How do you get to listen to high end speakers? I would ask to speak to the owner, and explained the rude manner in which you, a repeat customer, were treated! If it WAS the owner who treated you in this manner...keep on walking! | |
| Who Would Have Thought? Hope they bring along a keg and bikini girls, too! | |
| How to track down bad tube and what can it mean? What did you buy for new tubes, and from whom? Are you still using the new tubes in your preamp, amp, or both? What make is your preamp and amp (monoblocks?) | |
| Is the big sound from the big names? Gregm, I'd like to add to your comments:1) Many, if not most engineers may design great products, but usually are not well enough versed in marketing, business models, and don't have the finances to compete in the 21st century. They become consult... | |
| Dangers of Dryness Lugnut, thanks for your response! I think that it is better to live in a very dry vs. a very humid climate, as far as audio equipment is concerned. Also, you ought to see some of the abandoned cars in the desert! 50+ year old cars that have been s... | |
| What integrated amp under a grand is your favorite I agree with Celtic66. I really enjoyed my Audio Refinement Complete integrated. It's basically an entry level YBA integrated...great engineering and build quality.! | |
| Stax Voltage Change Most equipment will have 2 or more taps on the primary side of the power transformer, so that a manufacturer won't have to stock several power transformers for the different voltages in use worldwide. You will have to change the fuse (half the amp... | |
| Wadia voltage change Most equipment will have 2 or more taps on the primary side of the power transformer, so that a manufacturer won't have to stock several power transformers for the different voltages in use worldwide. You will have to change the fuse (half the amp... | |
| import tax? I thought that NAFTA only applied to products MANUFACTURED in the USA, Canada, and Mexico. Items manufactured elsewhere are still subject to taxes and/or duties when sold internationally between these three NAFTA countries. | |
| Turntable Leveling, Again Shasta, why is torquing receptacle and breaker terminals so important? Isn't just "tightening the snot out of it" O.K.? (Sort of like Marisa Torme's "balls on" technical calibration standard for the dripping faucet in MY COUSIN VINNY! | |
| Turntable Leveling, Again Aceto, a bulls-eye balance looks like a clear circle with a bubble at the top, and a small marked circle at the top, in which the bubble should be positioned for true level. Makes leveling much easier and more accurate, than having to continually ... |