honest1
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| WILSON PICKETT- R.I.P. I have a greaqt memory of stumbling into one of his concerts at a local night club in the late 80s / early 90s. I didn't expect a legend to be there,and didn't know him by name (but was familiar with his hits) but listening to him perform, I could... | |
| When will your system be enough? Grannyring has the right idea. I have heard people do this w/ home decor items, like have different pictures to hang on the wall when they need a change. | |
| Big beautilful tube amp There are some tubes that light up quite brightly with a white rather than orange glow. I think they are 845s(?) - someone help me out here. I don't know if there are any amps that use lots of these, I did see an ART audio amp that used 2 per side... | |
| When is unequal, equal? The key point of Gs' response was that he didn't take capacitance and inductance into account. Since these are 2 of the most important factors, nothing has really been proven. If you don't believe cables change the sound, then you also should beli... | |
| Review: Daedalus DA-1 Speaker I remember this company from the tiome I helped my friend (who makes electric violins) at the NAMM show (tghe equivalent of CES for music instrument makers). The tone produced by their combination amp (an amp and speaker in one box) with an electr... | |
| When is unequal, equal? I wouldn't be so sure of the speed of light thing. While it is true, it is not the speed of the electricity traveling through the wires that is a concern, but the resistance, capacitance, and inductance, which are functions of length. | |
| Cary 306/200 CD Player vs VPI Scout What would you do with all your CDs? You need something to play them. If you are into this for music, this should be a big part of your decision. If you are a gear collector, (and I don't think there is anything wrong with that if you are) or don'... | |
| Any member feedback from C.E.S. 2006? Nordost gave an excellent demo of their cables, swapping in interconnects up their entire line, with obvious sonic improvements with each swap. He said there are no plans to replace Valhalla at this time.The Gaylord maps were memorable, although t... | |
| CD Player with best bass?? CD players are not all alike in this regard!! A Great Northern Sound modified Wadia should present all the bass available quite powerfully. Unmodfied Wadias also have great bass, but when I replaced my 830 w/ a modified 850, I was surprised by the... | |
| Hey, why do WE have to break-in cables??? I agree wholeheartedly. If I have to run my system for a month solid everytime I get a new component, I'm going to wear a lot of stuff out (especially tubes, cd drive mechanisms).I also agree w/ Nrchy, as I've noticed that if I don't play my syste... | |
| Isolation of my chair, am I crazy??? Ball bearings under the house is no joke. These are available. There is a very stately Victorian stone courthouse in San Francisco that was retrofitted with them. They cut all the columns in the basement and inserted the bearings to protect it fro... | |
| Spendor vs. Von Schweikert? Wow, htis is a great thread. People giving honest opinions of their perception of hte gear in question (and people seem to agree on what that sound is), yet disagreeing civilly about their differences in percieved value of those traits. This is wh... | |
| Isolation of my chair, am I crazy??? I agree with RcPrince - you are crazy ;) Well, I don't know, not having tried it, but I am more surprised by your comment that reclining your LazyBoy has no audible effect, whereas putting isolation under the chair does. I would think this would h... | |
| Subwoofer w. Passive Line Stage? Some powered subs are set up for this. I'm pretty sure REL is and Audio Physic may be also. Mnay subs ae not set up this way, though, and I would like to hear if there is a way, maybe transformers, of converting speaker level outputs to line level. | |
| Newbie Tubie just wants insight and direction.... Check to see if your speaker wires are in phase. |