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| Anyone use solar power? I'm totally on the AA batteries in my portable CD player and the AAA batteries in my portable radio. Yes, there is a big difference. No AC power, no power cords, no transformers, no fuses. | |
| Stillpoints ERS cloth for EMI/RFI Never had luck with ERS, oh! well. Too phasey for me. But I did have good results with the 3M AB5100S on the AC cord coming into the player, on ribbon cables inside the player, those weird short 12 wire connectors, also on chips. Two layers of mu ... | |
| Another UPS Horror Story I have a sneaking suspicion that the claim inspector in most cases will try to shift the blame to the shipper. I.e., if it had been carefully packed, e.g. Box within box, damage would not have occurred. It's a Catch 22. This supports a strategy of... | |
| Isolation platform - Gingko vs Mapleshade None of suggestion with the possible exception of Minus K actually address all 6 degrees of freedom which is actually required for true and thorough isolation. Even Minus K IIRC disengaged the twist isolation so that it wouldn't interfere with tur... | |
| Isolation platform - Gingko vs Mapleshade A well constructed bungee cord suspension system will crush a Symposium. | |
| Isolation platform - Gingko vs Mapleshade Hardwoods ain't soft sounding. They're hard sounding, meaning dynamic and tight as a bull's hindquarters. | |
| World's best Pre-amp for $10K and above? Always go with the most expensive unit. It might not be the absolute best but it'll get you in the ballpark. Then tweak the crap out of it, of course.An ordinary man has no means of deliverance. | |
| Analogue Productions Duke Ellington's Masterpieces One can't help wondering how the CD version sounds, assuming the CD with the blue cover is actually the same recording. In any case I guess I'll find out post haste as I ordered it yesterday. | |
| Funny and clever Axpona Ad Al wrote,"The wife is played by an accomplished actress and filmmaker, who it can be readily determined is about 46 years old."One supposes she was saving her acting abilities for a big budget movie. "The dancer is played, as I had indicated, by a... | |
| Funny and clever Axpona Ad Al, it's the wonders of makeup. Hint - you never see the two women in the same scene together. By the way the guy in the background is a real audiophile. The others are just actors. Lol | |
| Funny and clever Axpona Ad It's the same woman, right? High End Audio improves sex life. Read between the lines. | |
| Sound Advice: 'Cost no object' on audio gear? Oh, yeah, I forgot. Audiophiles match components. Cough, cough. | |
| Sound Advice: 'Cost no object' on audio gear? Z Man, that's an old wives tale. Sorry to burst your bubble, Bubba. Lol. I know what you're thinking, they go to a two week training course on how to set up the expensive TVs. | |
| Best Preamp = No Preamp? Actually the reason the records produced during the Golden Age sound so freaking good is because they were still recording and mastering with tube electronics, including tube microphones. Hel-loo! It was in the seventies when the industry switched... | |
| Sound Advice: 'Cost no object' on audio gear? Look, you want to buy a TV, right? You walk into the store And look at the TVs in your price range, maybe even some TVs that are way out of your price range, you know, just to see what the big deal is, right? Then you buy the best one you can affo... |