hifiman5
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| Speakers positionning Wow. That is extreme! I have never heard a successful set-up with such an extreme degree of toe-in. What speakers are you using and in what type of space? | |
| Can anyone help me remove a stuck fuse holder from my tube amp? I just did this the other day to remove a hard to reach (with my fingers) fuse. I used a piece of wire that would bend to my will and looped it under the fuse, grabbed a hold of both ends and pulled. Out it popped! | |
| Vandersteen TREO CT's with Pass Labs XA60.8 The old audiophile adage that "you can't have too much power" has a great deal of truth to it. | |
| Dear Audiogon, @shadorne I know. Thought it would be fun to play along!😀 | |
| Cost of Shipping Records @joenies They had better be fantastic pressings!! | |
| Cost of Shipping Records @joenies Perhaps use Elusive Disc, Amazon, Ebay next time! | |
| Cost of Shipping Records @joenies WOW! Very disappointed to hear that MD charged that much. And... you were buying 10 albums to boot! Even half of the amount you paid would be ridiculous. I would go through a friend in the contiguous 48 next time!Bad MusicDirect Bad... | |
| Dear Audiogon, @shadorne There is no doubt that we are in different tax brackets!💵 | |
| Dear Audiogon, Interesting thread. I don't recall seeing any political ads here. The only banner ads at the top and bottom of the A'gon page appears to be from "wikibuy".I continue to favor this as a no politics zone. Our discussions become contentious enough... | |
| What albums, in your opinion, sound unquestionably better on Vinyl rather than Digital? U2's "The Joshua Tree" is a whole new experience on the 180 gram LP versus the CD. So alive, open and clean, tight bass. The upper midrange glare of the CD is Gone! | |
| Repair repair vendor will not respond Would you be willing to mention the general location of the repair facility? | |
| Would someone please explain how 'gain' functions? As far as gain in reference to phono cartridges, a low output MC will require more gain from the phono amplifier so that when the signal reaches the line stage you don't have to turn up the line stage volume control an excessive amount. In that i... | |
| Perfect Path Technologies: Omega E mat @amg56. If you are not interested in PPT products that is your decision. It is likely though that not doing so will limit the ultimate performance of your system which is a shame for you.☹️ | |
| Coupling vs Decoupling @georgehifi Agree with you about wood floors. And coupling to a concrete slab floor can yield fine results... but, when this issue came up a couple years ago, I decided to decouple my main speakers and subwoofers and what I hear from that is gre... | |
| What is wrong with Audiogon Forums? @djones51. That sounds about right. Good catch! |