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| Best debut album Jimi Hendrix Are You Experienced? Dude! | |
| In the middle of a pandemic, Stereophile reviews ~ $30K equipment Are they out of mind?!! Northern Va. is opening today, phase 1, yet yesterday as a huge spike in cases and deaths in Va. most of which are in Fairfax country, where your humble scribe lives. Yet the Governor and state officials say data supports o... | |
| Directionality Explained I am not a hand holder, especially in these times of social distancing. Besides, as I’ve often reported, there are many thousands of owners of various brands of fuses, even stock fuses, who report significant sonic differences in fuse direction. S... | |
| Directionality Explained So, you think I’m lying? Go find it yourself! | |
| Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive CD players miss a lot of information on the disc. Across the entire spectrum but especially noticeable in bass frequencies and treble when compared to the analog versions. Or compared to Fully tweaked CD players. Also, tonality is not Right, nor i... | |
| Are tubes really “warm”? I went pro, Wolfman. Just like you. 🙄 | |
| In the middle of a pandemic, Stereophile reviews ~ $30K equipment erik_squires OPI just spent a bunch on cassettes, a couple grand, which everyone tells me is old technology. Was that wrong? 😳VHS or Beta? >>>>>Master Beta | |
| Room Treatment suggestions and advice Oh, geez! For a second I thought you said take a pandemic picture of your room. Never mind. | |
| New Buchardts coming out! Pop a wheelie! | |
| is it possible to make digital audio sound like vintage vinyl A couple things stick in my craw about digital, not much air and not as squeaky as analog. There is the overly aggressive compression of a heck of a lot of CDs to consider, too. Even LPs and hi res downloads can suffer some serious compression, ac... | |
| Directionality Explained djones51Fuses might might have a sound characteristic if they are in the signal path but any competently made modern component shouldn’t be using fuses there. Most of these fuses people are replacing is in the mains. This thread isn’t about fuses.... | |
| Directionality Explained rwortmant’s an AC signal, for crying out loud, anything it does in one direction it will do in the other.>>>>>>Well, not exactly. That’s the whole point, for crying out loud. | |
| In the middle of a pandemic, Stereophile reviews ~ $30K equipment I just spent a bunch on cassettes, a couple grand, which everyone tells me is old technology. Was that wrong? 😳 | |
| Whats playing on your system today? More cassettes, damped shells with Mystery Tweak, Led Zeppelin first album, paper label - the analog cassette, the way it was intended 😁 and All Things Must Pass (songs for the coronavirus?) | |
| Directionality Explained andy2Well it’s hard to argue with regard to directionality against the data if indeed the data are valid. One thing is the average difference is about 0.000005 Ohm (or about in that neighborhood). Given the difference is so small, has the data bee... |