kingsleuy
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| LP - first needle drop or 2nd or 3rd?? " My cart is 1.7 g on the vinyl, barely touching , how can it wear at all?"That 1.7 grams is pressing on two tiny contact points in your record groove. ~50 square micrometers comes to mind. Then the grooves starts pushing the stylus about. Pl... | |
| Are these fake? My first thought was the inside materials and construction. Where the electrical connections will be made. None was shown in the pictures. I'm not saying grounding is not important. Peeking into the receptacle holes, looks like tin or alu... | |
| What integrated should I upgrade to? Wow. Lots of great upgrade suggestions for a system that is "mostly for TV viewing". It appears to me, you have a very good system right now for TV viewing. And quite capable for casual background music. For more serious listening, walk upstai... | |
| Should people who can't solder, build or test their speakers be considered audiophiles? An audiophile who owns/drives a Porsche can have someone solder whatever needs to be soldered. Fix whatever needs to be fixed. As an old Mercedes and Harley owner, I have to do all those myself. Including cooking and cleaning the bathroom. | |
| Just received my new Luxman CL-1000 pre-amp. OMG!! I had a CL-1000 back in the 80's! It was solid state. Looks identical. I think it was around , $1000.00? The mute function was hidden on the volume control. You would tap on the control knob. I thought the cl-32 (tube) sounded better.... | |
| I can prove your room is bad @erik_squires The room is essential gear. In my world my girlfriend is the ultimate Essential Gear.Yes the room is horrible. Absolutely, system can be improved. But I and girlfriend enjoy it still. As liberal as she is there are many things ... | |
| WAF -- I'm getting some of this already. And we're not married!! But she does like the music. I have my audio fetish. She has her shoe and purse fetish. I roll my eyes (holding my tongue) when she shows me a pair of Christian Louboutin shoes she ju... | |
| 2 amplifiers connected to 1 set of speakers DON'T DO IT!I've done this. A long time ago. Twice. With two receivers. First, by accident. Second, purposely. There are conditions that may allow you to do so with no harm. As long as both are NOT ON at the same time. But without diving... | |
| What kind of listener are you? I am generally a "musical" listener. But I can be analytical. Both musical and reproduction wise. I enjoy the oem Bose in my car just fine. One night while preparing dinner, my girlfriend asked why does the piano sound so "Stereoy" Beethoven ... | |
| Why do you think Bi-Wiring improves the sound ? Oddly my girlfriend and I just spoke about this last week while she was painting my fingernails. Coronavirus social distancing is getting to her.Digressing. We have this Plate Lunch equivalent purchase values. She freaked when I bought MIT biwi... | |
| Is there such a thing as too much power? Not all Watts are equal. That's why one 50watt amplifier may sound better than another 50watt amp. We drove a pair of Dahlquist DQ10s with a pair of 80wpc Stax amplifiers to uncomfortable levels that a 300wpc Kenwood could not achieve. Of cours... | |
| End of the World system I would move ALL my belongings 20 miles to that stereo shop.Screw living in the woods with one system. | |
| I'm interested in hearing what "the best" systems sound like, where to go? Oooohhh boy. Is the thousand dollars you mention happen to be hundreds of thousand? If you are more or less satisfied with your system don't even go there. If by chance you come upon it, great. If you seek to experience "The Very Best", find ... | |
| Futterman. Jump in? Or, not so fast... Go for it!!When I spoke to Julius about my H3aa, he said:- Matched tubes weren't needed. The tube set can be "Balanced" via the balance pot and measuring pins in the 7pin socket to ground. Pins 5 and 7 comes to mind. But it has been a few years... | |
| WD-40 for electronics wd40, NO. But I had used it to free it up a frozen volume control on an old (antique?) table radio. But later flushed it out with a regular contact cleaner. I have had very good results using Radio Shack's Tuner Cleaner. I think wd40 was use... |