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| un-becoming an audiophile @bigtwin I built the rack myself. It is butcher block shelving and black iron pipe. The pipe goes through the butcher block with a 1.5 inch piece of pipe that threads into each of the connectors. Most everything was sourced from Home Depot or th... | |
| un-becoming an audiophile @bigtwin I totally agree with your perspective. An Audiophile does not need to have a lot of technical knowledge and I do not. Like you I read some threads and have no clue what is being discussed. I have a great system and get lost in the music... | |
| Does Hearing Loss Disqualify Me from Audiophiledom? I have had tinnitus at a pretty high level for years. I have worn hearing aids or about 15 years. My current ones can be adjusted through my iPhone is needed. Listening to a great album pretty much makes me forget about the tinnitus. | |
| Solid copper or stranded copper for speaker cables? What is your choice and why? I have Morrow Audio speaker cables which are multiple strands and the ones I have are 1500 strands per cable. | |
| How do you find time to enjoy your $$$ speakers and system? I am retired so I have no excuses for not using my system. Every day at 5:00 I enjoy a cup of tea and listen to albums. The wife like my taste in music so all is good. My taste are usually New Age acoustic guitar or piano. Also as much Eva Cassidy... | |
| FAVORITE POWER CABLE under $100 (1M) I built all of my power cables with Furutech components. Built to custom lengths for each unit. It was a un project. | |
| LOUDEST Concert and Tinnitus Steppenwolf back in the 60's was the loudest concert I had ever been to. I'm 74 now and have had pretty severe tinnitus since the 80's. I attribute a lot of it to firing weapons in the army back in the late 60's and early 70's. I have worn hearin... | |
| Female vocalist recommendations By far my favorite female singer is Eva Cassidy. It is so sad that she passed away at age 33 in 1996. I have all of her published albums. | |
| Investigating if ultrasound is harming LPs At my age it was taking too long to read the entire thing but I guess it is ok to keep using my ultrasonic cleaner. Most record only need one cleaning. The US machine was the best investment I have made for enjoying vinyl. | |
| Upgrade to McIntosh I ordered my McIntosh C2700 yesterday. Did I need it? Probably not but I had permission from the boss sooooo! Will just sell my C2600 at that point. | |
| Tune of the Day "Over the Rainbow" Eva Cassidy | |
| Upgrade to McIntosh @perkri I don't think any of the McIntosh amps preamps power conditioners receivers cd/sacd players are made in China. It is only their small powered speakers and some speciality items. | |
| Do You Play Or Save Your Best Cartridges At 74 years old, I listen to my best cartridge the Ortofon Cadenza Black. While I have a back up to use, it would only be used till I get the Ortofon replaced or rebuilt. | |
| Power cord length I made all of my power cords to length with Furutech components. The cords to my mono blocks are different lengths and I cannot tell any difference. I was trying to cut down on cord clutter behind my racks. | |
| Did vinyl sales just hit the proverbial brick wall? Stupidly i got rid of my vinyl in the late 80's. I decided to get back into audio about three years ago and about two years ago back into vinyl. I am retired and it was something I really enjoyed. I thought I would focus on about 50 to 100 albums ... |