jwillox
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| How to remove scotch tape brown residue from album covers A light use of any typical “salad oil” can loosen and even remove - I’ve used it for decades on furniture, computer parts and labels. Find an area to test it. Don’t saturate, just a light application. Most remaining stuff usually just balls up and... | |
| Poor grammar is disappointing and decidedly distracting in formal audio reviews. “…”I rest my case. | |
| speakers for classic receiver Grab these up. Don’t know what the deal is, but these sell new for around $2700 each, and I see some “open box” as low as $2400 each. Happy for your good fortune!92dB sensitivity is on the high side, and if you don’t drive your amp into clipping,... | |
| What is the #1 equipment want currently on your HiFi horizon??? Maybe Focal Kanta 2 (local shop has some demos),or hold out for a deal on Kanta No.3. | |
| If you own quality monitor speakers you want to read this new review Thanks for the link to the receive…Wait! There wasn’t one 😜😂😂 | |
| How many of you are digital only systems? I am still happy straddling the fence with feet firmly planted in both camps.I currently don’t see any good reason to take a stand one way or the other.I enjoy the flexibility of having both. | |
| Build a wooden crate or use a cardboard box for Amplifier. The key with any shipping container is to ensure that the contents do not move around.This is a large part of the battle.However if these are going to be shipped, wood crates would be the logic and ground freight versus one of the one of the carri... | |
| Money Well spent 😜😂😂😂😂😂😂 | |
| Bookshelf/Small Speakers Find your pleasing small speakers, but add a small powered subwoofer like a Rel T7ithis assumes you are in a smallish room, and not a head-banger. | |
| Best dac under $2500 - comparing build quality and technologies While not specifically a DAC, the Cambridge Audio 851n is awesome, and only blemished by a shifty app. Streamer by category, is has several inputs and balanced/ RCA outputs. Preamp function is built in, but can be disabled. | |
| Looking for an amp that punches way about its weight and I can grow with Sub $3,000, a pair of PS Audio M700 monosi evaluated the S300 and after burnin, found it too bright. When I called to setup the RMA, Joey said the M700s are much more tube-like and warmer. Can’t seem to paste the URL here. | |
| Power conditioner types @jchiappinelliGood correction:Farads, millifarads, microfarads. A Farad is quite a large amount of energy storage capacity. For example, my current power amp has 108,000 uF, or 108 Farads. A lot of storage and smoothing for a D.C. power supply. | |
| PS auido Direct stream Dac Cambridge Audio 851N is a nice streamer with good DACs. Hindered by a so-so app (StreamMagic) it’s not magic 😏Yeah, PS Audio is intriguing, but as the state of the art is in flux, the price is a little steep. | |
| Does Steely Dan sound bright to you? Not that I remember. However, I picked up an original vinyl (and a CD) of Billy Cobham’s Spectrum. Sent them both back - they were ear piercing, and my old Kef Reference speakers are not bright per se. So no, Dan is above average intelligence, but... | |
| Deja Vu all over again Listening now on Deezer, pretty decent stuff. Deezer seems to default to HQ which is by their definition CD-quality.However they have no control over the original mastering and I am enjoying the album but it’s not a super deal. |