jasonbourne71
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Swiss Digital Fuse Box - "What headroom sounds like" All you youngsters that think the SDFB is the bee's knees you should try the Tice Clock! | |
Swiss Digital Fuse Box - "What headroom sounds like" The height of audio foolery is polishing those copper, brass, silver ... slugs used to replace the AC line fuse and claiming to hear a sonic change! | |
Swiss Digital Fuse Box - "What headroom sounds like" This device is only for the IEC/AC line fuse. It is NOT for the B+ DC rail fuse/fuses! Apparently some here don't know this! So even if the SDFB is installed your component will still have power supply fuses in place. | |
Swiss Digital Fuse Box - "What headroom sounds like" Now where did I put that blue fuse? Or maybe it was the red fuse? | |
Swiss Digital Fuse Box - "What headroom sounds like" Even considering the part count I doubt it sounds any different than a fuse. Spending money for a nicely encased circuit board with a catchy name sure stimulates confirmation bias! | |
Swiss Digital Fuse Box - "What headroom sounds like" This thing is just an SCR crowbar! It is made of four parts: a silicon controlled rectifier (thyristor), a zener diode, a resistor and a capacitor. Cheap and easy to build! Put it in a fancy case and charge hundreds to unsuspecting audiofools! | |
Issues with heavy noise using RCA cable connection to Record Player Another wonderful product from Synergistic Research! | |
Cheap used LP's: They're still out there! Freddy Hubbard's First Light on a 1971 CTI LP bought from an eBay seller for $8 + $4.35 shipping last week! I will cherish this more than any new made-from-a-digital file 180 gram reissue! | |
What does it take to be a die hard Beatles fan? Going through my record collection this Sunday morning I came across a nice pristine 1967 Capitol pressing of Magical Mystery Tour - with the invoice from the eBay seller I bought it from: $18..50 + $4.00 shipping. This was about five years ago so... | |
What does it take to be a die hard Beatles fan? I watched that show with my parents on a black&white TV. My mother made loud disparaging remarks about the Beatles hair styles. My father mostly remained quiet. Ed Sullivan on Sunday nights was must-see TV for my parents. | |
What does it take to be a die hard Beatles fan? I too was 12 when I saw the Beatles on Ed Sullivan. It is astounding to think that show was the start of a new epoch in Rock! I agree with you that Abbey Road was their creative peak. | |
Turntable recommendation For a budget of $1K the Pioneer PLX1000 ($699) with the Schiit Mani ($160) plus Grado Prestige ($90) and AT record weight ($38) comes in under the wire! Check out the review of the PLX1000 by Herb Reichert a few years back in the Stereophile archi... | |
Turntable recommendation One more thing - get a record weight to be placed atop an LP during play. This will couple the LP to the turntable mat quite effectively! Nothing fancy required. AT makes a good one. | |
Turntable recommendation @elliottbnewcombjr +1! This AT turntable for $328 is a very good choice! I'd add the Schiit Mani ($160) and a Grado Prestige cartridge ($90). The Mani and Grado are considerably better than what comes with the AT. Regarding the advice about a reco... | |
Cheap used LP's: They're still out there! I paid $.99 + $3.65 shipping for a copy of Wishbone Ash's Locked In at an eBay auction last week! |