mapman
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| I am getting some new tubes for my amp, and I want to do a 24-hour burn in. How? Why waste tube life during "burn in"? When is that over? Who even knows? How bad can it sound? Just play it and listen. If you must leave it on when not listening so be it. Hifi is supposed to be for enjoyment so enjoy it to the max always. You do... | |
| What do we hear when we change the direction of a wire? The one thing human perception is not, is accurate. Marketing is the tool used to address those pesky human perceptions.For example, you can can be a total unknown and sell a wire for $10K. Then you can give a skeptic permission to buy it and find... | |
| is using a tube amp every day bad? Let me check the bible and other holy books that provide direction to peoples about good and bad....hold on............................................................................................................................................... | |
| EXTRA! EXTRA!! Millercarbon Proven Wrong!!! Read all about it! EXTRA! EXTRA!! You can’t make this stuff up. Just sell it for $10k on Audiogon. Needs some marketing work. No thanks. Over and out. | |
| Room size. DSP can help make larger speakers work in smaller rooms well but can’t really solve the issue with speakers that are too small for a larger room. | |
| Room size. There is no real value to defining room sizes. The point is in general you need larger speakers to deliver flat extended bass in larger rooms. A good example is Ohm Walsh speakers. https://ohmspeaker.com. You will find every speaker there provides... | |
| EXTRA! EXTRA!! Millercarbon Proven Wrong!!! Read all about it! EXTRA! EXTRA!! I’m welcome to buy the power cords?Gee thanks. But no thanks. I’ll leave it to MC. Did he buy them? | |
| Goldenear triton replacements Check out Triangle line of speakers from France. | |
| Perfect Pop Songs “Windsurfer” by Roy Orbison. “That Happy Feeling” by Bert Kaempfert. | |
| Does a Tube Dac make sense? Technically probably not. I probably would not. Used to have one. But practically sure why not if a particular tube dac sounds good to you. I am a mhdt dAC fan. Mostly tube DACs. Mine is SS though. I found I was trying to get the mhdt tube dac to ... | |
| EXTRA! EXTRA!! Millercarbon Proven Wrong!!! Read all about it! EXTRA! EXTRA!! What’s inside people’s heads? Some angels if you are lucky ( no not Mike Trout). The angels live inside me: I can feel them smile,Their presence strokes and soothes the tempest in my mindAnd their love can heal the wounds that I have wrought.They ... | |
| EXTRA! EXTRA!! Millercarbon Proven Wrong!!! Read all about it! EXTRA! EXTRA!! You are right! I give you permission to stop responding to my posts. | |
| What do we hear when we change the direction of a wire? Using it, you can evaluate the coloration and right direction of almost any radio component (L,C,R) including wire. Ok now we are getting somewhere. Have you done that? Where are the results published for those who might be interested?I would beli... | |
| EXTRA! EXTRA!! Millercarbon Proven Wrong!!! Read all about it! EXTRA! EXTRA!! People often offer to send me stuff to try too. Maybe more than anyone including you MC. I seldom accept.Why?I only do it if it is something of interest to me and that I would buy at asking price if it pans out. I’m not going to yank peoples chain... | |
| When does one know it's time to upgrade? When things do not sound good and it bothers you and issues with current gear have been either out-ruled or no way to determine if one or more components are operating properly up to the norm. Having spare gear helps to isolate problems when they ... |