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| Is it the Windex? Again propably not the windex,. He doesn't do a proper preclean/wash ala Allsop type wet and scrubbing out the grooves. The usual soft scrub with a more volitile solution will not remove settled petrified deposits in, particular molds, and just an... | |
| Macintosh vs Pass labs Yes you cannot imagine how well McIntosh sells in comparison to other brands of equal quality or I venture to say better sonics. The reason they are found for sale more frequently than others, as allready said is a function of the numbers sold.I c... | |
| CD Dead?? For the mainstream who don't give a pooh about compressed files or not the CD is already suffering at the hospice. Will you be able to buy CDs for the next 100 years absolutely. However if you want new music it will be like vinyl is today (yes I h... | |
| Best amp under 1k for Soliloquy 5.0s Try the Consonance SS amps very well priced and might be just the sound you want. P.S. Vincent is an OEMed - Sheg Ya I think??? maybe Consonance. | |
| Tube Integrated - Narrowed down to 4 - Help pls Just pick the one you like. Nobody but you and a Sig Other is rellevant. We can't know what you would enjoy most, we can say what we like most but what I like doesn't matter at all. Anyone who claims to have a monopoly on the correct sound is quit... | |
| Are bad rooms keeping the hobby alive? Chad,I have always been a little less accepting that tweaking the room makesas big a differenceas people claim. I have heard acoustical architect designed rooms and the worst concievable type room with the exception of an empty corregated storage ... | |
| Mapletree Super Stealth Monobloc Try Hed-Fi.org and do a search he has a following there. | |
| Where are the female Audiophiles? Shoes who needs stinkin shoes. The fact is that audio can be bought like shoes. The woman in this case need only wait until shoes go on sale as though we aren't all aware that a lot of demos aren't sold after the "show". They do not even have to k... | |
| BURMESTER B99 OR VANDERTEEN 5A'S The most expensive and more exclusive of the two is better by definition. I have personally only heard the Vandy 5A's. Burmester isn't carried by anyone local who doesn't demand your net worth and credit worthiness first. I refuse to do business w... | |
| Where are the female Audiophiles? I think it must be genetic, with the allele on the sex defining chromosone. It is likely the loss of a suppresor protein which exists as a homozygote in the XX female vs. the Male XY. It is obviously only expressed if homozygote. This being entire... | |
| first tube rolling: expert advice needed - take 2 Indeed yes an unused tube requires some use to get the emmiting plates boiling off electrons in a steady equilibrium while the recieving plates acquire a coating of of oxidation. The filment wire burns in etc. That said, let me warn you that total... | |
| Which Mundorf for my tubes? Don't you know the rule of "more expensive and harder to get" is always the right way to go if you are an "audiophile". Precious metals, diamonds, exotic ancient woods are always the thing to do. Especially if each of the caps is made in a very la... | |
| What do you do when you listen to music? When not evaluating some element of the music or equipment, I browse reading materials or just lay back on my listening seat and enjoy. If on the other hand, I am trying something new or trying to ascertain if something in the system is not doing ... | |
| What made you select "audio" as your hobby It came to as a dream one night. I must take on the personality of my father or I would be lost in life forever.I couldn't possibly have an original idea of my own if I tried. He loved music and equipment. Thus my super ego formed and I was ready ... | |
| New or used??? The good news is that, the price of used speakers except the flavor of the month depreciate from the new price considerably. Indeed if in need of repairs shortly after after aquiring them, most speaker repairs are relatively simple, For instance n... |