markmendenhall
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| Do you ever do this before you listen? Barnettk- the aqueous nasal cavity cleansing is done with your head level or pointed slightly downward so the liquid basically travels into one nostril then over and out the other one, then you reverse the procedure a little leaks down the back of... | |
| Do you ever do this before you listen? as a stereo enthusiast with Meniere's Disease I'm very familiar with this method of 'clearing the ears' - first of all it does work and according to many of the docs I've been treated by, it won't damage anything provided you don't 'force it' - in... | |
| Wet carpet under system Drying out the subfloor is critical and that can’t happen with pad and carpet in place adhesives used in plywood and OSB manufacturing can release when damp for extended periods causing subfloor panels to warp and delaminate; staples holding down... | |
| Has anyone added a small subwoofer to 2 channel and been thrilled with the result? I added a single JL Audio e110 to support my Sonus Faber Olympica III's in a fairly large roomit is the first of 6 or 7 subs I've owned over a 25 year span that I've kept, every other sub lasted a few weeks and ended up in the sub boneyardI've toy... | |
| What unknown musical artist would you like to share with your fellow audiophiles? Didn’t our boy Albert Collins play a strat? Saw him live in the King Street train station in Seattle many years ago. Wasn’t a club, it was the train station next to Safeco Field, old brick building, tile floors and bathrooms. Amazing show. Beer... | |
| What unknown musical artist would you like to share with your fellow audiophiles? Eva Cassidy RIPnot obscure but long gone and still amazing tearful, joyful, like a bell in the fog | |
| What unknown musical artist would you like to share with your fellow audiophiles? Please! This is supposed to be a happy occasion. Let's not bicker and argue over who killed who. | |
| Good FM tuner for around $1K http://www.fmtunerinfo.com/luxman.html | |
| Good FM tuner for around $1K Several of the old Luxman tuners are great unitsthe rec above re: tuner shoot out site is a great resource | |
| The urge to tinker is awash. What TT might better mine and why? T9I’m by no means a techie, not even close, but the absolute minimalist design of the Nott makes me think (right or wrong) that it’s gonna play what’s on the record: no more, no less. Having owned two Notts going back 15 years, the reading I’ve do... | |
| The urge to tinker is awash. What TT might better mine and why? Uberinteresting thread: a year ago I swapped out my spacedeck/spacearm (9”) for an ace spacedeck and ace Anna 10” arm; at the same time I added the Kiseki purple heart ns cartridge which replaced a cadenza bronze i use a walker audio motor contro... | |
| Help me choose a speaker match for my Line Magnetic 805ia tube amp under $10K freesoledoes not coincide with my daily experience - I own the Oly 3's, run a Hegel cdp with a Pass amp and tube pre and the highs are anything but 'piercing'; I auditioned the Sopra 2's with the beryllium tweeter, and if you want to hear a bright... | |
| Help me choose a speaker match for my Line Magnetic 805ia tube amp under $10K whatever harshness you heard through the Olympicas was not speaker relatedrecording, gear, or room related causes, but not the speakerthe Oly 3 has a unique ability to allow almost any recording to sound listenable; great recordings sound excellen... | |
| WHAT HAPPENED TO SONUS FABER? speakers are not designed by ‘bean counters’nor do speaker designers manage the company’s books good grief | |
| Many seem to be talking about their last system . two other issues often, and correctly mentioned, just can’t be completely overcome by even the best of equipment: 1) recording quality, and 2) room acoustics room acoustics can be modified to an extent but recording quality just can’t, and most m... |