jhills
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| Youngsters these days. @cleeds Ripping all my favorite CDS to a NAS drive also seems like a lot of work to me and probably a bit expensive....Jim | |
| What kind of listener are you? Over the years, I came to the conclusion that the one thing that all, or near all, live performances have in common is a fullness and a richness in the music that is sometimes not captured in our home systems. It's a tight rope act to get that swe... | |
| If you had to start all over again in this day and age I started my in home audio journey back in mid 70s with basic Pioneer and Denon Electronics and BIC speakers; quickly moving up to other electronic ie. Harman/Kardon, Tandberg, Nakamichi and Thorns and speakers ie. Klipch, Mission and Vandersteen.... | |
| Unreal prices Someplace, in storage I still have my mothers old SX750 receiver, her Pioneer PL100 TT. with a Shure cartridge. and Denon (can't remember the model) cassettes player. She also had a pr. of HPM-100 speakers, I think went to my sister.I never really... | |
| Dedicated 20 amp circuit - Electrician laughed! @jea48 Yep, that was exactly it :-) Not sure when the original house was built, but it was very old when we moved in when, I was a young child, in early 50s.I believe you're right, it does seem that that old wiring was copper and the wire we repla... | |
| Dedicated 20 amp circuit - Electrician laughed! Back in the old days (I can say that now) in the early 50s, our family home was wired with old stranded aluminum, textile insulated wires; one hot and one neutral with no ground. They all ran under the house from joist to joist through glass insul... | |
| Dedicated 20 amp circuit - Electrician laughed! Don't get me wrong, I completely believe that Audio components should not be in a circuit that is shared by appliances. I also believe high current amps usually work best plugged directly into a wall receptacle and on a dedicated circuit, or at le... | |
| Dedicated 20 amp circuit - Electrician laughed! I think that some of you guys buying into some of the crazy ideas here need to get a copy of the residential NEC. First: NEC does NOT allow separate earth grounds in any circuit that is connected to your primary service (the service that comes to ... | |
| Lifespan of amps and preamps? Getting a new system for the new office seems like a good way to enjoy what you have while trying a new direction. Also could be an opportunity, when you get the time, to experiment back and forth and mix things around a bit. While I am now using ... | |
| Most recordings you own by a single artist, group, or composer About a toss-up between Van Morrison, Neil Diamond (wife's favorite) Mark Knopfler and Pink Floyd. A mix of everything else from R&B to Irish Folk (Celtic) to Classical. One of my favorite newer artists is Amos Lee...a real story teller....Jim | |
| More Power or use subwoofer to boost bass for music One thing that usually isn’t taken into account is the fact that, regardless of power, placement or how great we think our hearing is, human hearing is Not equally sensitive to all frequencies at lower to moderate volumes. So if you are speaking o... | |
| End of the World system @thecarpathianThanks for the advice. I guess I’ll stick with rabbits, ground squirrels, snakes and of course, an occasional elk (plentiful in the nearby high mountains) :-) | |
| End of the World system Since I’m already close to the edge of nowhere at the base of the AZ western mountains and there is not a hi-end audio shop within hundreds of miles, I would be most happy to stick with the gear I have. Erik thanks for the advanced notice -I guess... | |
| Are manufacturer AC cables good enough? Here in AZ, it's quite necessary to have a large home AC (air conditioning) unit. When my AC unit comes on, there is a momentary dimming of lights and even a slight flicker in the TV picture. The one thing, in which I detect no flicker of the ligh... | |
| Great country recording So many greats mentioned here. I recently came across a Readers Digest double CD set of "The Unforgettable Jim Reeves". Some hard core country fans don’t like the combination of orchestration and country (I do) but the vocals are incredibly pure, ... |