jdane
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| in the eye (ear) of the beholder And, for the kitchen, the perfect companion piece.https://www.etsy.com/listing/927326378/white-turntable-record-player-suitcase?ga_order=most_relevant... | |
| To re-cap or not to re-cap? That is the question Mid40sguy-- I was being a bit facetious, but I guess the serious point was that this is not step-wise? (Perhaps someone can help me here). I assume there is no difference between (1) 'break in' and (2) 'aging' or 'degradation' (let's just ... | |
| Tube life Those were great videos, particularly the second (for many many reasons!). Thanks. I don't 'push' my system at all--small room, apartment, etc. Putting all these together, yeah, I'll stay with my present, completely unscientific!, way of dea... | |
| Tube life Corelli-- Ha! I will definitely pay more attention to warning signs. But it was truly spectacular, in terms of both sight and sound. There was no danger of my sleeping through it. | |
| Focal aria 906 (No, but just seeing the words ’Focal aria’ makes my day. I have what must be 30 year old Aria 5s, and they sound as awesome to me today as they did the day I got them.). Sorry I’m no help! | |
| Tube life MC-- Thanks. I thought about the wall timer, but that doesn't seem worth the bother and I was afraid the very suggestion of introducing such a thing might lead to vilification here! 2-3 years is about the time I get antsy and begin wondering h... | |
| Why so many angry audiophiles? Years ago, I was at a Dodgers game with a good friend. The pitcher threw a curve ball. We immediately began to argue: "What?? How could you POSSIBLY throw a curve in ..." "Wait; you HAVE to throw an off-speed ..." This was amusing for about... | |
| Why so many angry audiophiles? I imagine it's the on-line thing. But let's take a poll: we've all gone to a friend's house to listen to their system. And most of us say, "That sounds great!" no matter what we think. SO: how many here in that situation have given their... | |
| Can AC Outlets really make a difference? The best solution is to get the power company to install a dedicated line from the power station to your system. | |
| My hearing deficits are becoming clear... Get the hearing aids.You’re right: several voices in one room is the worst: my aids had a setting for restaurants and situations like that--those settings actually work. One thing you might find (I sure did) is that once you start wearing them (an... | |
| What genre tends to be recorded in the most satisfying fashion? Do you mean "sounds better than other genres when in recorded form"? or "has had the most care expended on the recording process"? If it's the first, I've always thought (with no evidence, of course), that part of the "early music" or "original m... | |
| What is the Silliest Accessory You Have Ever Seen. wsrrsw--Nice. And you know the meaning of "denigrate", whereas MC seems not to know the meaning of the word "demean." But in terms of the specific accessory here, I'm told that listening to music with this in the room will be overly fatiguing ... | |
| To re-cap or not to re-cap? That is the question How much time is there between the end of a burn-in period (for caps, cables, and power cords) and the moment to think about replacing them? | |
| Uneven soundstage help, please. Maybe I missed it. When you reversed the speakers L/R (or the speaker connections), there was no difference, correct? | |
| Your system struck by lightning? What did you learn? I had a ground-fault catastrophe. It destroyed every SS piece of equipment that was hooked up (two cd-players, a sub ... [along with the oven fan; the coax cable for internet melted]). Tube equipment SEEMED unaffected, but a blown capacitor show... |