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| Bedini still in business? I was in touch with Gary about a year ago. Try his email: gary@bedini.com | |
| Persistence sometimes pays off I was fond of the L810 in the 80s. It was sweet sounding and played extremely loud. I wonder why midrange domes aren't used in current production speakers these days. Is it cost or performance? | |
| Please recommend a budget tube dac Another vote for the Paradisea. Very smooth with an excellent midrange. | |
| Seismometer on iPhone iSeismometer doesn't seem to be sensitive enough to give meaningful data for micro-vibrations. Even if it was, you can't do A-B comparisons. | |
| Looking for Wagner recommendations Many thanks for the suggestions. I picked up a few cds over the weekend:The Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Solti performing Rienzi, Der fliegende Hollander, Tannhauser, Siegfried Idyll. Decca label. The New York Philharmonic conducted by Mehta p... | |
| The Hub: Refrigerators that can really sing Bill, keep the articles coming... they've been great. I heard the Type A's in 1979 and was utterly blown away. | |
| Whither Oracle Mk 1? Absolutely worth it. The Origin DC motor is considered an excellent upgrade. I don't know anything about the Technics EPA 100, but Vinyl Engine says it was their top tonearm at one point in time. The DL-110 can be improved upon. | |
| slightly neurotic question from a tube newbie In the process of bending your pins, you put stress on the socket which, in turn, loosened its grip on the tube. If the tube glows and the amp sounds normal, I wouldn't worry about it. If you're anal retentive and want to restore its original grip... | |
| Seismometer on iPhone I just downloaded it. I'm looking forward to playing with it. | |
| Hi Output MC cartridge recommendations? Cartridge Man Music Maker is a stellar MM that comes up used for $500-600. | |
| Remote Control of Itunes That's great news about RealVNC. Did you try setting up screen sharing in OS X? I'm curious if that works. | |
| Remote Control of Itunes Gmood1, I haven't had a chance to test this, but you should check it out:Windows => OS X Leopard VNC? | |
| Remote Control of Itunes Some useful links: Apple: About screen sharingCNET: Tutorial: Screen Sharing in Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5): How it works and how it doesn't | |
| need new amp What brand/model amp do you have? I had a similar situation that went on for several months. It was totally frustrating and made me consider giving up tubes, but an electrician and I discovered the root of the problem was loose (old) sockets. If a... | |
| Dyna 20XL and Shelter 501 II - fixed load ? Why not avoid the loading problem altogether and go with a Dyna 20XH? It takes the standard 47K and the output is 2.8 mV. |