killerpiglet
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| What do you NEVER want to hear again??? Let's add some of those long and pointless Allman Brothers guitar jams.KP | |
| What do you NEVER want to hear again??? Anything that's played at NFL games (yet another reason I prefer college footbal). And that oh, so painful, nasty, annoying, horrible Monday Night Football song.KP | |
| Japanese CD's The way I've understood this:The mini-LP's are "collector's" and the "regular" imports have bonus tracks. They have to fit one or the other to be sold in the US if the original title is still available here. Japanese CD's are excellent, and the mi... | |
| Non-audio related question about forum linguo W00tKP | |
| Comparing Wadia vs. Meitner Family feuds, Audiobugged? Even worse!My poor great-great-great uncle Leo was victim to the tug-o-war between the Great Powers.The Pig WarIt's been a fun thread, in spite of some remarks that appear to have been posted by a snooty 12 year old that... | |
| Best Tweak??? Cheapest:Change the wall outlet with $10 hospital grade one, like Arrow Hart 8200. It's a cheap way to experiment with power. I was sold, and after that experience went ahead and ran 4 dedicated lines.Even cheaper:Adjust your speakers. | |
| Oversampling/Increased dither: a lot of hype? www.ack-industries.comwww.audionote.co.ukwww.sakurasystems.comI was very impressed by the Ack Dack, and have since moved to an Audio Note DAC. My experience has been similar. The sound is just more "right" and I think it is particularly so in voic... | |
| Importance of Power Conditioner? Weee!!!A-cliff diving we will go!KP | |
| power interuption I agree with DarrylA while back we were having similar problems with power drops. I measured the voltage, and it was down to 110.We called FPL. They were very responsive, even assigning a customer rep. First they changed the drop to the house from... | |
| Stupid Question: How to take out tubes?? Tube don't get anywhere near the temperature of halogen bulbs.Keep in mind that tubes were changed by home repairmen and by soldiers in the field.KP | |
| Experience with Argent Room Lens Thye came in today; I will fiddle with them for a while and post. The room is untreated, and I'd like to keep it that way. From what I've read, the lenses are best used in untreated rooms. We shall see.KP | |
| Moving from SS to tube system I had the 120's for two years, and was very happy with them. I did not experience any heat issues (I live in Miami) other than when the amps were new. You can run them with 6550's, KT88's, KT90's and el34 so there's plenty of opportunity for tube ... | |
| Experience with Argent Room Lens Well, you guys may not beleive this but I did flip a coin. My wife dropped the change jar, so there were plenty of them around... I flipped a nickle: heads - buy; tails - don't buy. Landed heads... so I am buying the one listed on here.How's that ... | |
| VenHaus Pulsar™ interconnects T-Vad assessesSean battles against gigglesPiglet mangles artKP | |
| VenHaus Pulsar™ interconnects What Sean means is that we expect an initail impression, expresed in the form of a Haiku poem, and a longer term assesment in an epic novel format. War and Peace is suggested as a guideline.KP |