larryi
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| Most annoying song, period. audiozen,That was then, Yoko has refined her art considerably. Just check this out:www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsEuKAstpOQ | |
| Was the Snell Secret a Wide Baffle? I agree with Montaldo that it is hard to attribute particular sonic attributes to particular design choices; I've heard plenty of exceptions to any rule. I've heard quite a few wide baffle speakers and many of them I do like. But, is it the wide... | |
| Who needs a Diamond Cantilever...? 💍 About a year ago, Warren Jarrett, on the Steve Hoffman forum, proposed a group buy of stylus-cantilever combinations from Namiki. He found out that the micro-ridge stylus/boron cantilever combination would cost $95 each, and the micro-ridge stylu... | |
| Amps with meters ... I don't see a need for meters, except as a built in tube biasing aid. My linestage has a meter on it, but it is primarily there because the builder used an ancient chassis, and without the meter, there would be a big ugly hole in the faceplate. | |
| Which stereo amp to try under $30k The right amplifier in a system is so specific to the particular system matching and personal taste that it is almost impossible to make meaningful recommendations except for the purpose of establishing a list of candidates. It would not make tha... | |
| Who needs a Diamond Cantilever...? 💍 I don't know what was meant by one-piece stylus and cantilever, but, if it really means starting with a single diamond that is then cut to form the stylus and cantilever, that diamond would have to be pretty low-grade to start with in order for th... | |
| Why does my old CD player sound so much better than my new streamer? I don't think DAC technology has changed much over the past 10 years, perhaps even longer. Some of the better DACs being made today use ancient circuits and some very old chips that have been squirreled away because they sound better than modern ... | |
| ...amazed by 15+ year old interconnect... I certainly hope that interconnects and speaker wire don't corrode and go bad that quickly. I plan to keep what I have. I don't know if cable technology has advanced much over the past 15 years. If someone offered me a pair of NBS Black Label ... | |
| Why does my old CD player sound so much better than my new streamer? How are you actually retrieving the music? Are you using a streaming service or retrieving files from some storage device? Did you rip your CDs, and if so, have you compared the rip to playback from your CD player? I ask because I've heard plen... | |
| It's National "One Hit Wonder" Day! One more:Shivaree: "Goodnight Moon" | |
| It's National "One Hit Wonder" Day! As long as you don't count hits from members of the band, my all time favorite anthem is:Mott the Hoople--"All the Young Dudes" | |
| Transformer coupled outputs/inputs in preamplifiers. My custom-made linestage has input transformers and output transformers. In my case, the output transformers are kind of necessary because my amp has complementary input transformers and does not play well with all linestages. | |
| Loudspeakers have we really made that much progress since the 1930s? Wow, that coax looks interesting. Now if they only made a coax with a 597 tweeter in the center. I have been sort of casually looking at an M10 and 597 combination. I also got word that someone I know is selling a pair of drivers that have neve... | |
| How many amps do you own? I have only low-powered tube amps these days. I have a pushpull 45 amp that probably does around 3 watts, a parallel single-ended 2a3 amp that is rated at 6.5 watts (I believe), and a pushpull 349 amp that is good for around 5 watts. The 349 amp... | |
| It's National "One Hit Wonder" Day! I like a lot of the songs listed above. In many cases a particular song is heavily identified with a group or individual and is clearly their biggest hit. But, does that make that song a one-hit wonder if the group or individual had other songs ... |