lloydc
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| Buying new, but old speakers Agree with Buconero, but it's even worse than that. In the description of the blue book methodolgy, if there aren't any comparables, they make some up, based on "similar" gear, as if it were interchangeable. I just threw out some 14-year-old speak... | |
| Which tonearm? Origin Live arms are excellent, and would fit your rega-ready armboard. | |
| Transmission Line As I understand it, higher level frequencies are absorbed by the damping in the transmission line, so the transmission line port reinforces the bass response - and the roll off is more gradual than with ported enclosures - so PMC's seem to have mo... | |
| Was Beta as good as or better than reel to reel? "VCR has width track but very slow speed"That is misleading. The tape head in a SuperVHS HiFi deck is large, and spinning very fast, so even though the tape itself is not moving that quickly, the speed of the head relative to the tape is very fast... | |
| room treatment, where do you start? Thanks for all the suggestions. My speakers died, necessitating replacement, so this project must be postponed. The new ones do bass very well, so there is no doubt I will need to address the room asap. | |
| EAR 834P Phono Pre No, it is overated. Frequently modded, to overcome its shortcomings. | |
| Was Beta as good as or better than reel to reel? vhs hi fi was better than consumer level reel to reel; beta had better video, but I can't recall if the sound specs were as good. The reason was, that head was spinning very fast, effectively yielding a very high tape speed. I used Canon. It was d... | |
| if one midrange needs a new foam surround, should thanks for the replies. I suspected as much. | |
| I need help with a Dual 1219 that rumbles? Good preamps/receivers from that era often had rumble filters to compensate for the inevitable lf noise. Why intentionally damage records with an automatic? Try a used Rega. | |
| hearing tests - where and how? thanks for the responses. Still no success at finding any audiologist in Houston that can do a full-range test. I suspect there may not be any - just not part of their "business model" or the software most of them use now. I've tried the Stereophi... | |
| Lyra Delos or Transfiguration Axia or ? Delos is pretty impressive, esp. at the price. | |
| Music you HATE the most but once you LOVED it Add to those already astutely listed: Tangerine Dream Roxy Music "What did the Deadhead say when he ran out of drugs?" "Man, this band sucks!" | |
| How is Mid Fi defined? ...it cost less than your car....you wife doesn't ask why it has to cost so much and take up so much room....mp3's sound just fine....playing it has no noticeable effect on your electric bill...you feel no need to upgrade anything....the speaker w... | |
| Downsizing and child proofing first-time mothers often invent paranoid fears, which no amount of rational argument can affect, but other than putting on tube cages and making terminals inaccessible, the idea that a stereo needs to be "child proofed" is absurd. It's just a sill... | |
| The CD player is dead....... In a group that generally believes in tiny differnces in the sound of a single resistor or wire, I am puzzled by claims that data from a hard drive equals data read from a great cd transport. Data has to get onto that HD in the first place. Measur... |