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| Power Cords on a $1000 budget what would you do? Psychicanimal had replied to a power cord question in someone else's post. I paid attention to what he wrote because I'm curious about cord upgrades/sonic improvements. He suggested DIY for an amp, and investing in a higher quality cord for the CD... | |
| DIRECTION OF SIGNAL FLOW VIA INTERCONNECTS Yes - as others have already said - arrows should point away from the signal source.JPS Labs put arrows on their cables and interconnects. I am so dyslexic I have to really pay attention or will get it backwards. Don't know if it makes a sonic dif... | |
| Record cleaner Thanks Stltrains...an Ev1 is on my list of near term purchases (along with a bunch of spare pads). | |
| A question I suspect reveals a lot of ignorance... Thanks to all.Viridian, Herman & Atmasphere - seems like you all agree tube life in Class AB amp service is affected by volume level. Guess I'll look into buying some spare tubes!! Dpac 996 - Don't know what ill effects cranking things up prio... | |
| A question I suspect reveals a lot of ignorance... Thanks all. Kehut - yes, I agree on the dangers posed by over-driving and clipping. That hasn't been an issue so far even though I'm driving Totem Forests (not very efficient) with a Jolida 502B. Good news there from what I've read is that the For... | |
| Record cleaner Listen2tubes- I am interested in your experience with the EV-1. Am planning to get one in the near future. Sounds like it is working for you. | |
| Record cleaner Kethchup - sorry if that comment sort of confused things...My point was looking at how easily and consistently you can find distilled water + it's great purity (at least as originally produced) - I'd still go with it over all the other options. I ... | |
| What's your latest "Discovery" Just listened the other night to a non-audiophile CD of David Crosby's, "If I Could Only Remember My Name". It sounded great. Excellent separation, imaging and sound stage. Don't necessarily agree with the political point of view on some tracks bu... | |
| Devotion to 2Ch/MC? PS - I wrote my response before I read the whole string. I think I am 2nd'g Stehno's position.Johnnyb53 raises some good points. I was thinking about multi-channel solely as delivering discrete audio signals from other than front L & R. Great ... | |
| Record cleaner I don't kmow much but I do know a little about water treatment. I do it for a living, working for "Imagination at Work". Distilled would be preferred over demineralized or deionized or simple filter purified water. Assuming receiving vessels, tran... | |
| Most achingly-beautiful music oops - make that movie reference, "Close Encounters....". | |
| Most achingly-beautiful music Larry - thank you for the recommendations. My classical music education is very spotty and "happenchance". As I write, I am listening to RVW's "Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis" performed by the Academy of St Martin in the Fields with Neville ... | |
| Most achingly-beautiful music This is a really long thread. Don't know if anyone has already listed it, but if so, I 2nd or 3rd or 4th their vote for Vaughan Williams', "The Lark Ascending". I'll save my other 2 for later. | |
| Best guitar explosion of all time Many good suggestions...Eddie Van Halen and Vernon Reid for sure. Jimi and Stevie Ray to me are among the best(I watch tape of SRV playing and it is like some Higher Power flowing through him) - personally, I prefer them to Clapton. Leslie West of... | |
| System psychology, or just psyched out? My 2 cents - 1.It's about the music. Everything else is secondary.2. Enjoying music isn't dependent on the technical/sonic attributes of the hardware (but I'm not saying great sounding equipment doesn't improve the experience).3. In terms of sonic... |