immatthewj
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| Question for Atma-sphere, will expensive power cables improve your amplifiers? Thank you, @61falcon and @mclinnguy ; that makes sense. If voltage drop is the reason/advantage of after market power cords, on a strictly hypothetical (or strictly theoretical) basis, I guess if one was to run Romex straight out of the wall and... | |
| Marigo Virtuoso CD Player mat Just checked out their web page on this item. The mat is directional. $250 before taxes and shipping. Does the mat clip onto the cd or lay on top of it? $250?? Holy cow! Well, all I can say is the name may be the same, but that is not at all... | |
| Marigo Virtuoso CD Player mat The name sounded familiar so I went back and checked and back in the ’90s I bought the Marigo Orpheus Crossbow CD Mat. At the time I do not remember thinking I heard a difference. But that is not to say that there was not a difference. Anyway, I’v... | |
| Send in the Clowns There is a contingent on Audio Asylum (and probably here) that will tell you that all amps sound the same and only the speakers matter, so for them even the measurements don't matter. | |
| Movie/film suggestions. Rewatched "Capote" recently. We lost a great actor in Philip Seymour Hoffman. Agreed, @slaw . I liked him in most everything I’ve seen him in. Almost Famous and The Ides Of March immediately came to my mind, but there are so many others. | |
| Movie/film suggestions. Yes, it was a serious question. I ask because I read an article that said he finds a way to dance in most movie’s he’s been in. He’s quite good. Okay, @thecarpathian , I was not aware of that, and I will look for that from now on. As I typed,... | |
| Movie/film suggestions. Speaking of Steve Carrel....check out Foxcatcher. I totally agree, @slaw ! Foxcatcher was one of my previous picks. Besides Steve Carrel’s excellent portrayal of the increasingly unhinged heir to the Dupont family fortune, Mark Ruffalo and Chan... | |
| Question for Atma-sphere, will expensive power cables improve your amplifiers? solid core wire for a power cord is illegal and for a good reason! @atmasphere , this is a stupid question I am sure, but since I don't know the answer I have to ask it. Why is solid core wire illegal in a power cord? Thanks. | |
| Movie/film suggestions. Did Sam Rockwell dance in that movie? If he did, @thecarpathian , I do not remember that part. Did he have a famous dancing scene in another movie he was in, or was that a not serious question? (I am not super familiar with most of his movies... | |
| Movie/film suggestions. Speaking of Sam Rockwell, I watched The Way Way Back some time ago and I really enjoyed it. It urns out to be a feel food drama with some moments of comedy woven in. Sam Rockwell of course plays a laid back protagonist, but the role I was reall... | |
| No sound (I didn’t know a switch could break in) Maybe the volume pot? | |
| Buying used audio equipment in peron in Canada If you don't declare it, it is a federal crime but clearly not a problem for many forum members. Well, I guess if a convicted felon is your role model. . . . | |
| If anyone is still looking for a SLP-98 @billpete , a few posts or so ago I referred to an email I sent to a benefactor who had blessed me with a literal plethora of vintage pairs of 6sn7s. I really wanted to do something nice for someone who had turned me on to so many tubes either at ... | |
| If anyone is still looking for a SLP-98 @harpo75 , interesting read on adjusting the trim pots on the SLP-05. That sounds like it would be a lot of work to roll tubes. And I guess to perform the procedure the preamp would have to be setting on some type of open support box so that it... | |
| If anyone is still looking for a SLP-98 A friend of mine sent me a Moscode preamp and it is called a hybrid. Well, as I typed, I may have been mistaken about that part. You’re well ahead of me on this stuff. I wouldn’t say that at all, @billpete . When people start talkin... |