jameswei
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| Who else is using old cables/interconnects, and is happy? i"m still happy with my old wires.Interconnects are Audioquest Audiotruth Amazons primarily, with a few Audioquest Diamond x3 sprinkled in.Phono interconnect is Graham Engineering IC50 from Graham Phantom arm.Speaker cables are Amazon Dragons for ... | |
| Big amplifiers and heat dissipation in a small room @millercarbon Said before, say again: it ain’t the amp.Duh? Why do you think his turntable would heat up the room? Is it that Jamaican reggae that he is playing?? | |
| What did your system look like 30 years ago? @oregonpapa Just curious ... Like Mesch, are any of you still using any of that equipment from thirty years ago in your main system? My Classic Well Tempered turntable is still going strong. With all of the mods that have been done to it, it stays... | |
| What did your system look like 30 years ago? @millercarbon -- "Mathlexic? Or is it more of a logic thing?"Was this confusing for you? Something you didn't understand or agree with? | |
| What did your system look like 30 years ago? 1990 was before I began my high end journey. 30 years ago, my system was 20 years old.Benjamin Miracord 50H record player with Shure V-15 Type 2 Improved CartridgeAcoustic Research TunerPhase Linear 2000 PreampAdcom GFA 1 AmpRectiliear III (High B... | |
| Do any still use an older high end tuner from the past?.... Ditto on the AR Amp. I have one in storage with my AR Tuner.Separately, following up on my earlier post, I have since replaced my Emotiva UMC-1 with an Outlaw 975, and the 975's FM tuner section has clearly better reception than the UMC-1 using th... | |
| Have you changed your mind about a brand? Was it you, or them? My first component system was Fisher, which back in the ’60s I thought was a really top brand.I’ve been disappointed with Classe for not supporting legacy products when a tuner and an amp were unrepairable.And I am still sore at Graham Engineering... | |
| What was your most fun and rewarding upgrade? Biggest effect for me was replacing a Magnavox console with a Fisher three piece system. -- My first step into the exotic world of audio components. lol | |
| During this isolation, I would be interested in suggestions of great movies you like. Mini-series The World of the Married (Korean with English subtitles) | |
| Periphery outer ring thoughts ? Aside from flattening the record and treating resonances, I like an outer ring for the added mass for extra speed stability.I had an outer ring that would stick to the platter and thus be difficult to remove and put back. I realized this was becau... | |
| Wild Fires, Air Purifiers and Sound Systems I live in Arcadia and I bought a Coway Airmega 200M last week.It has a HEPA filter and an ionizer, as well as an air quality sensor.It is pretty quiet except when the fan is on high, and so far my asthma has not flared up.It is rated for spaces of... | |
| 30w class A amp for Joseph Audio perspective 2? Most material requires less than 1 or 2 watts most of the time. But low frequency sounds need more. Depending on your listening level and the bass content, you might be pushing into 30 watt levels on peaks. Although 60 watts only gets you 3 db ... | |
| A Highly Unusual Topic! Except for pheromones, my smell sense responds better to food aromas. | |
| Ok now I am frustrated with streaming “I’’m confident the technology will improve as time passes and your issue will be overcome.”Streaming technology is already matured. It just a matter of making sure your Ethernet connectivity is up to snuff. As I pointed out in my earlier post, I... | |
| Ok now I am frustrated with streaming I''m confident the technology will improve as time passes and your issue will be overcome.In the mean time, appreciate the convenience of streaming and enjoy the music. |