khrys
Responses from khrys
| Strange Turntable Question I think you have a grounding problem, especially if the "vibration" is worsened by tighter contact with the headshell. Make sure the arm is truly grounded. Your problem is electrical, not mechanical. | |
| Audiomecca Mephisto So that's what that puck is for. | |
| What is a "Redbook" CD player? One whose hype exceeds its bluebook. | |
| Am I Nuts or What? Dekay has nailed it. Audiophilia Nervosa is a zero-sum game. The obsession will always seek the path of least resistance, striking often at the foundations of common sense. | |
| Best Carpet Padding Why should the floor be treated differently from any other reflective surface? If you heavily pad the floor then heavily pad the rest. If your walls and ceilings are reflective why should the floor be inert? Because emphasizing slap-echo is inhere... | |
| Best Find Ever??? For the record it was the California blackout protection feature that sold me. | |
| Best Find Ever??? I got the Absolutely Amazing Absolute Power Cord for $39.95! | |
| Most achingly-beautiful music Pcc, is that the homophobic rendition of Dire Straits? Maybe they titled the CD eponymously. | |
| Best Martini s -Baccarat stems chilled, not frozen (1/2 hour in freezer)-Plymouth gin (U.K. version, not export) room temp.-Boissiere vermouth, plus froid.-Berrouni olive pitted, not stuffed.-place gin in sterling shaker with distilled ice.-microwave the olive u... | |
| Techno Anyone? Great suggestions above. My current faves (mostly goaTrance) include:-Analog Pussy-Atmospheric DnB-Eat Static-Hallucinogen-Jedi Mind Tricks-Paul Oakenfold-BT-Voice of BuddahMany can still be easily downloaded. | |
| Optimizing the Listening Distance This is an interesting concept. Many of us have moved to nearfield listening to minimize "room sound". Given the perils of comb filtering, slap echo, frequency nodes and the like, I find myself inching closer and closer to the speakers. And yet, a... | |
| To Sub or not to Sub...? Lindeman, use your specious formula to compute the lowest note I can hear from my Stax headphones and get back to me. I could swear I can hear things below 6746 Hz. | |
| How much does your system retail for? Yikes!!! Should have known you had a mono switch on your pre-amp!!! | |
| How much does your system retail for? My audio-only system comes in for a shade less than Albertporter's right channel. And I'd stack my whole system against his right channel anyday. | |
| Top Ten Tube PreAmp of all time? No but they should, AAV being symptomatic of endstage Audiophilia Nervosa! |