gunbei
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| Why not more DIY talk/equipment on the 'Gon? Yeah, this seems to be more a place for buying, selling and "shootin' the Shiite". No offense to my friends in the Middle East intended. :°)I've had to read elsewhere for shared experiences on the ProAc 2.5 Clone project I've been slowly building ... | |
| 6sn7 and 5u4 tubes Weebeesdad,I've experienced this a lot in my Blue Circle pre as well. More so with the WWII era tubes.I'm not sure if it has to do with the age or condition of the tubes [even if they test well], or if it's just my preamp. It could just be that th... | |
| How to manage a big itunes library? Over the last three years, I've bought a lot of equipment from Other World Computing. Good people and good stuff!I can definitely vouch for Taiyo Yuden DVDs and DVD-DLs as well. And, Mitsui for CDs.The number of CDs I've ripped to Apple Lossless i... | |
| 6sn7 and 5u4 tubes Larryken,I've only owned two pairs of the clear glass Ken-Rads, so it could just be a case of bad luck on my part...or a good ol' case of Audiophilia Psychosomatica. Heheh. | |
| How to manage a big itunes library? Whoa, Marco!I hadn't read the Amazon Drobo reviews in a few months. I just became aware of the release of the FW800 version a few days ago, and it seems the newer unit for some reason has very poor reliability. What happened??!!The other thing I w... | |
| 6sn7 and 5u4 tubes My intro to tube rolling began seven years ago when I bought a Blue Circle BC21 preamp.I was pretty shocked by the transformation when I replaced the stock 6SN7s with WWII era VT-231s.My favorites for the BC21 are the ones Rodman99999 suggests, th... | |
| How to manage a big itunes library? Good point, Drubin.I haven't actually heard a Drobo unit, but four spinning hard drives with a fan can't be dead silent. Then again, any computer based system will have to contend with some level of hard rive or processor noise. | |
| How to manage a big itunes library? 6-8TBs is one big library!The reviewers at Newegg and Amazon don't seem to think the Drobo is TOO loud, however the new unit seems to be quieter AND runs cooler.In your case, you may have to wait awhile for 1.5TB drives to become more affordable a... | |
| How to manage a big itunes library? I've had my eye on one of these for awhile and may pull the trigger before the year is out.http://www.drobo.com/It's basically a simplified RAID system that utilizes up to four drives of any size. There is redundancy built in so when one drive fai... | |
| how much would you say a good set up cost It all has to do with your state of mind.I could probably put together a HOME SYSTEM for $6K that I'd be happy with...for at least a few weeks.After spending decades involved in CAR AUDIO...unsuccessfully, I'm currently satisfied with my factory B... | |
| Bi-wire v's single with jumper leads. I noticed better coherence as well in the single run when comparing AP Oval 9 single versus biwire.When using Audience AU24 or Ridge Street Audio Poiema, I always used the high quality factory matching biwire jumpers. | |
| Bi-wire v's single with jumper leads. Very system and cable dependent.I compared single runs of Analysis Plus against biwire runs of the same and liked and disliked characteristics of each.I also own Audience which at the time I bought them advised against biwiring.It can get confusin... | |
| Proac or Sonus Faber Monitor Speakers About five to six years ago I owned Sonus Faber Concertinos and ProAc Tablette 50 Signatures at the same time and was able to compare them at great length.Back then, I was using a Blue Circle tube preamp and a Blue Circle solid state amp along wit... | |
| No CD with works by Alexander N. Skrjabin For me, the two Scriabin pieces Vladimir Horowitz plays on Horowitz In Moscow are the most powerful on the whole CD. | |
| What is the best band ever? Wall of Voodoo |