kingsleuy
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| How to find the min and max bending radius of a cable. It depends on what the cable is made of. The arc the wire or cable naturally want to form. Here is my way of determining.Take arms length of cable and bring them together into one hand. Hold it above your head. That arc it makes on the bottom is... | |
| At This Time Can We Recreate Full Range Live Music In The Home? No. It's all a recreated illusion. And I'm glad of it.1. In my apartment, every disk I play Always sounds exactly the same. Never had I been attended a Live Performance and gotten EXACTLY the same performance as the night or two ago playing th... | |
| Has Anyone Ever Run TWO Identical Pairs of Speakers ? Wouldn't you rather have one pair of high quality speakers instead of two pairs of mediocre speakers? Consider having two pairs of High Quality Speakers that perform mediocrely. | |
| Any audiophiles into motorcycles I learned to ride on my brothers Yamaha Enduro. 1970? Been riding every since. When I move to Kona in 1996 I bought a Harley 883. It had been my only transportation other then walking for 20 years. 18 years were 60 miles round trip to work, 4-... | |
| Lack of Female Representation I called this thread to my girlfriend's attention. Want to comment I asked? "No". So I will speak for her. Put words into her mouth. I am allowed to do this with Audio. She doesn't care.I have met "Audiophile" women. Walk the walk, talk the... | |
| What Is The Most Romantic Song That You Have Ever Listen To? I don't know the title of this song or singer. I heard it on a 24 hour no commercials or talk, all Christmas music nights. Song was about this young man driving to a school Christmas party. He saw this girl walking. Picked her up. Took her to... | |
| Cleaning house ~ Completely unclear on values if any Reading thru this thread brought back a memory of years ago. Pre Ebay. Pre Internet. Possibly of such "worthless" notion of value.Visiting my local Salvation Army I came across a pair of Accuphase units. Pre and Power amp. Both of them. $25... | |
| CD v Streamed CD vs Streamed?My preference is CD. I Stream to find music that I enjoy. Then I purchase the CD.Measurement = My Ears and Wallet. | |
| What Makes your System Special? Finally ENJOYING the cheap system I have.All the electronics were expensive 1980's new but purchased broken cheap off of ebay. eg, shipping cost more than the unit. Well known brand speakers purchased very inexpensively off of craigslist. More I ... | |
| When did you most enjoy the music? Ah yes. 10 years old. For me 60's-70's. Simple beginnings. It was all about enjoying the music.Now I would not (well, can not) remove the Tuner or Receiver, Turntable or Speakers from a tv/stereo console donated to the Salvation Army and purch... | |
| Do you care about car audio? When I was interested in purchasing this one used car, the first thing I did was turn on the radio and played a cd. Bose system. I could nit pick but surprisingly decent. Didn't tell the salesman that. Then, I walked around and inspected the ... | |
| The Lifespan of an LP? A long long time.I stole my dad's collection when I moved out in 1975. I remember he playing them on a Magnavox phono console in the late 50's. I played them till 2010ish. Those records saw a bunch of systems Always sounded good. Even when pl... | |
| Newbie question 1. Why the need for soooo much watts?2. Who manufacture a 2500 watt amplifier? Bridged? Per side! 3. True. It does not matter how much power your "vintage receiver" has. You should not be connecting it's speaker outputs to the inputs of thi... | |
| My ears are ready to retire! "down sizing my home" Does this mean from a 10x16 listening room to a 10x16 studio apartment? My divorce made that happen to me.Looking at the system in your profile. Appears to be a good system.I would keep it. All paid for! Make them work ... | |
| Russian Tube Preamp, No Return, Here I go again I was looking at the toroidal transformer for some wiring information. Hoping for good news. Noticed: Boy, that one tube is really close to the transformer. And behind the transformer are the output jacks. Also very closely mounted. Here's m... |