mapman
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| How to clean pots and switches properly? Update:I took the cover off yesterday, cleaned and lubed what I could, wiped whatever I could clean, and blew lots of dirt and dust out with compressed air.It's working pretty good now. | |
| What music do you want to play really loud? Also add "One of these Days", "Echoes" and "Fearless" from "Meddle" by PF to the list as well. | |
| What music do you want to play really loud? Someone mentioned Finlandia.I love that piece! Its very unique! Just so happens I popped in on the table for the first time in years yesterday!How about "Swan of Tuonela" as well?Sibelius rules!One totally different, more obscure track, there's a ... | |
| How to clean pots and switches properly? Good point.I've seen similar accumulations of cleaner inside cabinets on other components.I did a quick spray cleaning of the controls with some radio shack cleaner/lubricant gunk without having to open the thing up.It's only been running now for ... | |
| system for a 12 year old cwlondon,Thanks for the tip on the Behringer interface. I hadn't seen this particular gadget before.My parents bought me a Sanyo integrated compact system (radio, tt, cassette, amp, speakers)which was a common entry level system back in the day ( ... | |
| Internet radio stations that sound really good 101.ru - diverse and somewhat quirky muzak from Russia with excellent sound quality.Delicious Agony - Progressive Rock | |
| What music do you want to play really loud? The louder, the better with:Deep Purple - Machine HeadMoody Blues - Seventh SojournZeppelinAC/DCLA Woman - DoorsYesVintage CamelMany by Neil Young | |
| system for a 12 year old Yes, he is into music and asked for a stereo.But of course I did not require much convincing to volunteer put something together... | |
| system for a 12 year old As a sidenote, in putting this system together, it works out nice for me as a way to scratch the itch I've had (see related thread) for sampling the horn loaded speaker experience. In researching, I've heard some enticing things about Klipsch Fort... | |
| system for a 12 year old Kotta,I think your assessment is on target. The interconnects will make a big difference for this, I believe at marginal cost.I'll definitely check the QED's out and consider. I have nothing particular in mind for this in the IC department at pres... | |
| Good, Affordable Horns? Anyone ever heard these "omni-horns" from Duevel?http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?spkrfull&1212895210 | |
| Good, Affordable Horns? These look very nice!http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?spkrfull&1212516378 | |
| Best/Cheapest/Easist Way To Burn CD's? Soulgoober,I would not think it possible to assert that either computer burning or stereo component burning is categorically better or worse. The technology required to do a good job is similar in either case and I'm sure there are devices that do... | |
| Best/Cheapest/Easist Way To Burn CD's? Markphd,Good point. The book is still open on the longevity of recorded CDs. I haven't had problems so far, but have only been doing it for 5-6 years now."Burning" in a lossless manner to file/server storage is an interesting approach as well, but... | |
| Beatles covers: better than originals? MadHF,I've seen several leading BEatles cover acts including "Classical Mystery Tour" (with symphony orchestra doing the fills, wonderful!), Rain (twice), 1964 (very good, early BEatles stuff only, simple arrangements), and others. All were most e... |