lilmsmaggie
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| Can anyone recommend someone to service a vintage receiver in the city of San Francisco? You haven't said what kind of receiver but maybe call House of Musichttp://www.houseofmusicsf.com | |
| CD Player Won't Read One CD Only If you can play other CD’s before or after you insert the Grateful Dead, then the disc may be dirty enough that the laser in the MF can’t detect it or the laser is dirty and needs to be cleaned.You could try some of this on your CD'shttps://www.mu... | |
| tubes and current I don't have the electrical/electronic chops to answer, maybe someone else will have to provide an answer but it seems the amplifier design, power supply and transformer that will determine current.I don't think "high current" determines what you... | |
| What's happened to the used high end market recently?? Sales are tough....:0( The guys who do it for the love of it are leaving. We are losing those who love this obsession to those who are obsessed with only money! Amen | |
| The Future of HiFI? I'm sure they will pass the wife-acceptance-test for those who are married.I could see consoles having appeal to minimalists and those that have small living spaces. | |
| Tube Phono Preamp What's the budget? | |
| tubes and current +1 for the Quicksilver mid-mono’s. I’ve recently seen these 40w wonders drive a pair of M-series Sound Lab’s. Both the audio dealer AND Sound Lab were impressed by that feat. OTOH - Melikes KT88 vs EL34With with respect to 845's. The only amp wit... | |
| Interconnects and non-believers Given:Difference in sound - SS vs. TubeDifference in sound - between tubes of the same type e.g. 6SN7/5692Difference in sound - between different power tubes e.g. EL84, KT88, 300B.Personal preference in speaker sound/choice. Difference in sound ... | |
| Audio as a weapon Elizabeth- Are you saying the US Govt or the US military does not already have these types of weapons??? Or the capability to detect them? I would be curious as to what you know. It's not Elizabeth that's saying. it's the US Gov't that's not sa... | |
| Audio as a weapon I believe Elizabeth is referring to whether or not the technology exists to detect such a weapon, keeping the technology classified, the R&D involved, the government contracting and procurement process that would take forever. If such technolo... | |
| What is an excellent power cable? @xenon,Patrick has a 6' Crossover PC listed here on the Gon. You might want to check it out. | |
| Audio Note Japan vs Audio Note UK--Comments? I believe the courts in the U.K. decided the issue. It's probably best to let sleeping dogs lie. Mr. Hiroyasu Kondo (may he rest in peace) is not here to defend himself or his reputation.For those in the U.K., you may have access to court docume... | |
| Leave preamp on all day, off at night @divesh and others, this may help shed some light on the subject.May I present Exhibit "A""Getting the most out of Vacuum Tubes," by Robert B. Tomerhttp://www.nutshellhifi.com/library/MostVacuumTubes.pdfThe topic begins at the bottom of p. 96 and ... | |
| Leave preamp on all day, off at night The question of whether to leave preamp on/off reminds me of a question years ago about whether you should turn off your home computer or just leave it on all of the time. I think it depends.I will say this with respect to computers having worked... | |
| The Difficulties in Component "Shootouts" "Nothing seems missing and I think that’s because the human ear has a way of filling in the missing pieces when we listen to music." Nope. Our brains do that. With speech, it's called phonemic restoration. With music, it sometimes referred to... |