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| fuses - the $39 ones or the 85 cent ones I bought the uber fuse for my MC402 with the stock power cord and heard the difference.The difference isn't as great as what I've heard between different brands of $400/1meter pair of interconnects, but then it was only 1/10 the cost and it is an ... | |
| Reccomendations for 802D's? I have the N802's powered by Mac's MC402. I run the 8 ohm taps. I tried the 4 ohm briefly. If I recall correctly, the sound was tinny sounding. It was very obvious 8 ohms was the way to go.In my 16 x 15 x 8 room, the backs are 3.5' from the wall a... | |
| Your First Concert was..... ELO, Deep Purple & the no show opening act Elf (Ronny James Dio's band) - Dec. 1974. Tickets were 4.50, 5.50, 6.50. A cello blew up during ELO's show. The front and back just blew off and a roadie put out the small fire with an extinguisher.Re... | |
| Sealed MOFI's on eBay Agree with Viridian on plastic wrapping. Not only was the plastic loose, it was extremely thin. American Beauty never sounded so good.Later MoFis (Anadisc 200) had loose, heavier gauge plastic sleeves with the perforated edge. This made removal of... | |
| Vintage vs. new McIntosh amps long P.S.I compared a demo MC402 to the vintage 2205. The 402 was undoubtedly the better of the two. It had marginally deeper, tighter bass. The soundstage had considerably more depth and more dynamic range (150 extra watts helps, I'm sure). The larges... | |
| Microsoft Excel for LP, CD, Tape inventory? I agree with Osgorth and Rushton's advice. I use Excel, never really tried to master Access although I did the conversion once which was very easy. The main reason I haven't switched to Access is cost. Microsoft markets MSOffice as standard and pr... | |
| Vintage vs. new McIntosh amps long Thanks for the inputs, guys! I'll be checking the prices on other used units and contacting Arthur.Relax, have a Fuller's London Porter and listen to some FZ...... | |
| Review: Conrad Johnson CT5 Tube preamp I too have N802s and have wondered how the CT5 sounds with them. I appreciate your review. I also own older c-j gear and should I ever find the money, the CT5 is the current model of my choice in their lineup.Besides the sound, the one thing that ... | |
| Home made cable lifters. Stoneware coffee cups - supplemented with a pint or two of your favorite microbrew. As Slipknot1 said - plastics are bad. You want something that doesn't generate static electricity easily and is non-conductive.Relax, have a New Glarus Fat Squirre... | |
| Your favorite prog rock music? ? Triumverat, Grobschnitt, The Nice, Van de Graaf Generator.Very highly recommended:Triumverat - Illusions on a Double Dimple, SpartacusGrobschnitt - Rockpommel's LandI've got one record of the others but haven't listened to them in years. Time to f... | |
| Queen on American Idol How 'bout Taylor Hicks singing Crazy Little Thing Called Love? | |
| Nakamichi 420 specs? I have the 420 and Bob is correct.It is rated at 25 watts into 16 ohms, 50 watts into 8 ohms and 60 watts into 4 ohms. The sensitivity is 1V into 10K ohms.Relax, have a Fuller's Vintage Ale and listen to some Mountain....... | |
| Help set up phono stage resistance with dip switch The formula for calculating resistance in parallel is 1/R1+1/R2+1/Rx...=1/Rt where R1, R2, Rx are individual resistors and Rt is the total resistance.For your phono stage the values are:Switches----> Resistance2 ----------> 2.5k ohms3 ------... | |
| Home brew cleaning solution I clean all my bottles, caps, carboys and blow-off hoses, etc. with bleach/water solution ;) Sorry, couldn't resist. | |
| The Best Live album My favorites are:1) Lou Reed - Rock'n Roll Animal2) Climax Blues Band - FM Live3) Marshall Tucker Band - Where We All Belong (only disc 2 is live)4) Mountain - Twin Peaks5) Grateful Dead - Reckoning6) Allman Bros. - At Fillmore East1&2 were re... |