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| To all that worked in audio salons. I worked at Lafayette Radio, TEch Hifi and Radio Shack at various points in my early years.Here are teh recordings that I found most successful in selling systems back then:1) JEff Wayne's "War of the Worlds". Most successful demo record overall. ... | |
| Heartbleed I am not totally familiar with the details of OpenSSL implementations out there today, but OpenSSL is an Open Source technology, meaning it is openly developed by a consortium of various developers and companies. Open source works well to help est... | |
| DACs And Classical Music Classical music, larger scale works in particular, are overall the most acoustically diverse and hence most challenging overall in general of any music genre. Its always that way, be it DAC, phono, whatever attempting to reproduce.My mhdt COnstant... | |
| Do powercords make a difference? A Test. I'm not sure noise is the main point of a power amp cord. ITs more about ability to deliver current efficiently with a power amp. For source level gear, digital ones in particular, noise levels are a much bigger issue that a power cord might help ... | |
| Sexiest Speakers Bjesien,Sure. If speakers can be "sexy", why not OHM. I'll buy that!Actually, I am a horn guy when it comes to cool looking speakers. Avantgarde Trios might get my vote, or perhaps some lesser known more custom similar horn designs I have seen and... | |
| Power cord length? I suspect the only thing one could bank on and worth the worry is make it long enough to reach the outlet. | |
| Windows 7 or 8 64 bit for music only with digital, newest/latest and greatest is usually the best option. same with windows. i use win 7 not 8 yet. | |
| What do you void listening? Bruce Springsteen on many an occasion. | |
| Music server for a newbie I just learned of a new company called "Bluesound" that has a sound quality focus and an integrated product line that includes a server device as well as network players, amps, speakers etc. One stop shopping it would appear, similar to Sonos. Pri... | |
| Best beer Andre the Giant was reputably the champion beer drinker of all time (look it up) and preferred Molsen Canadian. | |
| Apartment Drama ITs true that noise to some degree is inherent in many or even perhaps most apartment buildings.So its a two way street. You can probably expect to get away with making as much noise as you hear associated with any particular neighbor. That's a fa... | |
| Need suggestions on bookshelf speaker upgrades Google search turns up nothing on a "Delco 65 recv" (receiver, I assume)?Hard to say anything meaningful without knowing what will be driving things.I'm assuming this is not the old GM DElco car audio stuff, right? | |
| What is your most beautiful component? If other than in my audio system, I just bought a kitchen faucet aerator with built in LEDs that changes color to reflect the water temperature. Pretty...... My wife does not like it though because the water pressure results in a splashed and mess... | |
| the magic of power cords "Hi Mapman, perhaps "free will" can be reason for trying?"No doubt.But in any task, there has to be priorities. This stuff is based on science and technology first so best to cover those bases as best possible first before getting into the greyer ... | |
| Tube Amp for Martin Logan Speakers If one looks at the Zeros as a type of adapter, its not that complicated to determine the value case by case, which will vary widely.Some cases they will add value, but only when an adapter is what is needed to make two devices not designed to wor... |