geoffkait
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| looking for best isolation platform for CD player The more robust players such as those for jogging feature data buffers, so if there's a momentary loss of data due to shock, it is transparent to the user. So this is not error correction per se but data buffering. | |
| looking for best isolation platform for CD player "I can't see needing this for a CD player..."Actually, CD players respond very positively to vibration isolation, the better the isolator the better the results. One reason for this might be the small coil spring assembly that supports the laser i... | |
| Am I imagining things? I tend to disagree that directionality is a hoax, but I do think that the arrows might sometimes be incorrect -- maybe the cables you have were made on a Monday :-) | |
| Is a cable cooker worth it? The M.O.B.I interconnect break-in device worked well for me, even though the ICs (solid silver/air dielectric) had been used in my system for at least a year; I had also used the "break-in" track on XLO Test CD for an extended period prior to M.O.... | |
| Room Treatments added, with negative effects.. Chairs with foam padding - a good example is the Ikea Puoang chair, otherwise an attractive & inexpensive chair - can have the same deleterious effect on sound in the room as Sonex & similar foam type wall treatments. | |
| Songs of the sea and shanties Paul Clayton was one of the most prolific singers of sea shanties, I have one album on CD; it is quite well recorded though not recent. | |
| Bybee vs Shakti as they apparently operate on quite different principles, they should not interfere with each other...IMO | |
| Strangest Tweak? ditto the freezer thing for records | |
| I need a female jazz vocalist. No Krall, No Norah Nina Simone, the earlier the better... | |
| Good Classical discs for "beginners" Mercury Living Presence "best of" compilation, "Being There" | |
| What's your latest "Discovery" second Jorma Kaukonen's "Blue Country Heart" - stunning | |
| XLO burn in disc: The burn-in track should be played for at least several hours but better to play for up to three days. Play must be continuous. Track 3 is outstanding for speaker placement. | |
| I need a recording with a good drum solo . Santana's "Soul Sacrifice" on Woodstock | |
| Halo JC-1, Part 2 next thing you gotta do is isolate 'em...:-) | |
| Preamp Isolation Cones Without Going NUTS i agree with remarks about DH Cones (from Golden Sound); I use the Super size cones in addition to Jumbo and Large sizes; extreme hardness of NASA ceramic material (next highest to diamond - hence DH (diamond hardness) - yields lightning-fast (mec... |